Today’s regular contributor is Marisa! Follow her to see what life is like in Kansas City, and see the question below to learn more about Marisa’s name.
Q: Name pronunciation + any back story?
A: I have no idea why my parents chose my first name, but my middle name, Isabeau, is from Michelle Pfeiffer's character in the 1985 movie "Ladyhawke." This is particularly funny because I have three sisters and all three have old-fashioned, Biblical names - I'm the only one whose name was randomly plucked from a film!
What Bobby McIlvaine Left Behind (The Atlantic)
I like so many of us spent a fair amount of time earlier this month reflecting on 9/11 and what it means to us - as a country, but also as individuals whose lives were forever changed. I really loved this deep dive from @theatlantic staff writer Jennifer Senior, who spends months revisiting the past with the family of one of the 9/11 victims (who also happens to have been her brother's college roommate). This is a really interesting me…
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