## My name is Em Matthew Ponders I have been called many things, but Em is the name I go by. I've played with noms de plume. I've ghost written and been nameless. I think that names can be insignificant and also hold incredible power. Old friends occasionally still call me Matt. The family I was born into still calls me Mathew. Ellie and a couple others regularly add new suffixes to Em such as Emerson, Emothy, and Emile. Ellie seems to find this emjoyable. Call me anything, just say it with love. I love nicknames. There are a series of stories behind each name. The most important one is the story of how I changed my last name from Heppler to Ponders. This happened in 2022 when Ellie and I decided we would be married and share a new family name. If you ever want to hear any of these stories, [[come find me]]. My signature reads E.M. Ponders. ## Related - [[named things]] - [[names names names]]