a rose by any other name

i have been her daughter-in-law for many years

but French was never her forte, Devaud being

difficult to remember how to spell, 

and besides, to her, my name does not end in a "d"

perhaps another letter, a "t" perhaps, but no,

that does not seem right either, perhaps an extra

"l" will soften the sound at the end of that 

very curious French-sounding last name. 

In her day, so much easier when a woman took her

husband's name, she knows, after all, how to spell

Haydel, but I appreciate the effort, even so.