If you’ve ever taken the time to actually read the URL to my blog, you might have noticed that it is called “Heather Pan Adventures” (except smashed into one word cause hey, that’s how the web operates, baby!) I had someone ask me the other day, and I quote, “What the hell is a Heather Pan?!”
Let me explain!
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A million years ago, like when I was finishing up my undergrad degree, my ex-boyfriend and I went back to visit my parents. We had a bunch of family in town because of my graduation, so my cousin was also there. At the time, he was like 8 or 9 years old, which actually terrifies me because he just told me yesterday that he has his driving permit (Yikes, how old am I?!) Anyway, he had watched Peter Pan that day. For some reason unknown to anyone, he came running over to hug me, all while yelling, “Fly, fly away, Heather Pan!” Steve, my ex-bf, thought it was hysterical and swore he was going to call me Heather Pan from that day onward….and he actually did. Of course, over time, the name caught on with everyone and got shortened to various other nicknames (think Pan, Panny, Pan-O, H-Pan, Panface, etc. I could really go on forever). The funny part is that my college buddies still call me Pan to this day, and it totally bewilders people because it obviously has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with my real name. At all. Anyway, I started this blog about a year after I graduated and we were taking off on our bike trip across the United States. I couldn’t think of a name for my blog, and it occurred to me: this is a place for all of my adventures. And I am Heather Pan. What a perfect fit! 🙂
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I was wondering what hidden meaning that had. I figured it wasn’t a “frying pan” since you said you don’t cook much. Glad you cleared that up!