Last night we were walking out of "baby basics" class at the local hospital when we passed by a placard that mentioned a saint by a name I'd never heard before - Saint Dymphna. Since we're having trouble narrowing down the list of baby names for our little daughter-to-be, I immediately latched onto it. It's unique, it's cute, it's fun to say (Dymphna. Dymphna! Dymphnadymphnadymphna!) and, of course, it annoyed Mrs. Dave to no end (she's probably writing me an all-caps email right now).
Of course, she managed to have the last word - sending me this link. A girl whose mother died, whose father had the hots for her, who fled with her confessor, was hunted down and beheaded by her batshit loco father, and is known today as "the patron saint of insanity and mental illness professionals as well as incest victims, epileptics, runaways, and those suffering from mental illness."
Hm. Back to the drawing board.
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