In Passing: A Memoir of Sorts

What's in name? As a matter of fact, fate, and/or faith, the genesis of same is often more convoluted than one might imagine. For example, my family nickname "Bim" is a perversion of my great grandmother's maiden name, Bevan. It was that family name my mother received as a middle name from her English immigrant father, Thomas Gleaves. Mother liked it. In fact, she adored it as later events would validate.