“Percie”, is a family name I have inherited from my grandmother, great-grandmother, and cousins. Popularly characterized as a male name originated from Normandy, France, I define it differently.
“Percie”, for me, is a wrinkled elderly African American woman who is stern, but sweet. She is commonly found in rocking chairs on summer evenings amongst faint stars and fireflies. Percie is a peacefulness achieved in old age after decades of hardships. She is a person my mother hopes I will become. But like knighthood, Percie is a title to be earned, not given. So until then, I take the mantle of Percival- a famed knight from King Author’s round table who too, was once a bright-eyed adolescent.
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