Daily writing prompt

What’s the story behind your nickname?

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I’ve always loved my middle name; Even more than my first name. I was told as a young girl that my dad picked my middle name because I’d always be his little star. when i was considering names for my photography company Starla’s Photography was my first and only option. When you know you know i guess. I had lost my dad a few years before i went in to business, but i wanted to honor him since i get my entrepreneur & crafty side from him. I know he’d be proud, but honestly i always think of him when i see my middle name spelled out and smile cause his little star is shining bright like he always said i would. My passion for photography comes more from my moms side of the family, but my dad love taking pictures also and always owned a camera. I grow up with 3 older brother and found myself often jealous of the bond the had with our dad vs my own. My dad took them fishing, shooting more than me and i felt that they had more bonding moments, but none of them were his little Star, so i had that and to this day it still means the world to me. Not a lot of people call me Starla, even though is the first thing they see on my business card. I often get asked why Starla’s Photography and i just explain Starla my middle name, but the meaning is so much more.