My daughter Ella is something like the 7th generation of Ellas in our family. Samuel Coleman was an officer in the Revolution. A daughter Samuella was named after him, and in subsequent generations it was shortened to just plain “Ella.” The Ellas I had known, an aunt and my grandmother were extraordinary people, so it was a no brainer to name my first daughter Ella. My Ella is a sweet and intensely loyal person. However, she wasn’t always this way. As a child, she always had an agenda. She wanted things, and she would wear me out until she got what she wanted. Stubborn as a mule and relentless in her advocacy, as soon as she got what she wanted, she would start campaigning for the next material possession she had to have.
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