Point To Ponder

Recently, some friends and I were talking about our middle names, and where they came from. And the conversation turned towards a story I thought I had relayed – because it is well known in my family – but apparently, nobody had ever heard it before.

So, let me relay it now.

My maternal grandfather, Lewis Peterson, was where I got my middle name – Lewis.

Like most kids growing up, you never really heard it unless your parents were seriously mad at you, “Daniel Lewis Stevens you should be smacked!”

Anyway, to this day, you can look up Lewis Peterson in Who’s Who because he b...