The year is 1958
4 years ago, while
Florence was apprenticing to be a corporate lawyer, and
Jesse had become an assistant manager at the same butchery he's been working at for the past few years. The relationship was sailing on calm waters, occasionally talking about tying the knot.
Life had a different path though, as
Florence found out she was pregnant after they returned from a holiday in Nantucket. Knowing
Florence's parents would be furious, they vigorously planned their wedding, in a quiet church and restaurant in Manhattan. The ceremony was attended by both of their families,
Jesse's 5 siblings and mother looking around like curious cats, unused to the smells, dimensions and accents of the east coast.
Jesse and
Florence settled well into their Upper East Side home, paid for by the Cuypers family. But
Florence's parents didn't want their first grandson to be raised by a lowly butcher, and sent
Jesse to learn optometry.
He reluctantly agreed to study, financed by his in-laws, and has kept working part-time as a butcher, mostly to afford the occasional
Tiffany's piece for
Florence.
3 years after their firstborn,
Florence and
Jesse had another child, this time intentional.
Florence had already become a full-time young corporate lawyer, working with a local firm, and
Jesse is close to finishing his studies.
DS is named after
Jesse's father. His first name is short, catchy, but fits an older man. His middle name is one of the longer names here.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Confederate_States_Army_officershis name ends with "III", as one of
Jesse's brothers is already his father's
Junior.
DD's first name is related to any sort of plant, fruit, tree or flower. Her middle name is after a
Dutch queen, nodding to her heritage.
DH[28]: Jesse Cuthbert Boone (skinnyminnie)
DW[32]:
Florence Hildegarde Phoebe Cuypers-Boone (Wordsmith)
DS[3]:
DD[0]: