hope you donāt mind me stealing your title idea, @readingreverie[name_f][/name_f]. it was too perfect not too 
now that iāve given credit where itās due, dear berries, i have so much to tell you. 
it started a few months ago truthfully. i began getting the feeling again that it may not be so long before we have another little one. i had it with wynn too, and though it doesnāt feel as close as it did then, i feel that i know at the very least she will not be our only biological child. 
then, i started dreaming about our future son; as a baby, a man, etc. strange, beautiful, and powerful dreams. the last of these was in a church. a man in his early twenties came up to me and offered to hold elowyn while i did something or other. i handed her to him and their bond was so powerful. when the service was over i said, āiām so sorry, i never asked you your name!ā he smiled at me and all of a sudden i realized he looked quite similar to my father as a young man, but with my husbandās build and eyes. he said āmy name is john, but you are the only person who is allowed to call me that.ā and then i woke up! now, raise your hand if you remember that elowyn was going to be shepherd john or john shepherd had she been a boy! if i could reach through the phone i would offer you my arm so you could feel my goosebumps!
[name_f][/name_f]i have had a love affair with the name john for quite some time. it is my fatherās middle name, his fatherās name, his grandfatherās name, and so on. my brother is also a ājohn surnameā and goes by jack, and my husband has a few johnās on his side as well. 
i thought it would be fun to ask you all a few john-related questions;
[name_f][/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f] what are your favorite first names and/or middle names for john from my list?
[name_f][/name_f][name_f][/name_f] if you had a son named john, what would his first or middle name be?
[name_f][/name_f][name_f][/name_f] and finally, what are your thoughts on our current shortlistā woodrow john, hollis john, ephraim john, abner john, and shepherd john? feel free to rate, rank, or just tell me your favorite and least favorite!
here is my current boy list, for any inspiration you might need
[name_f][/name_f][name_f][/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f]abel, abner, acre, alaric, alder, ambrose, amias, aneurin, aquila, archer, arden, ark, arlo, arnhem, asa, asher, atlas, auryn, autry, avett, averett,
[name_f][/name_f]beacon, benaiah, benevolent, blythe, boaz, bodhi, boden, boone, brave,
[name_f][/name_f]cairn, calvary, canaan, canyon, carpenter, caspian, cedar, clovis, clyde, compass, coulter, coven, covenant, coyote, credence, creek, creighton, cypress,
[name_f][/name_f]dakota, deacon, dune, dusk,
[name_f][/name_f]earnest, elam, eleazar, eliakim, elwood, emmaus, enoch, ephraim, evander, everwild, ezri
[name_f][/name_f]finnian, finch, fjord, flint, floyd, folke, forde, forest, fortitude, fox, friend, frontier
[name_f][/name_f]garland, given
[name_f][/name_f]hale, hamish, harken, harland, hart, harvest, haskell, hawthorne, hayes, herschel, hezekiah, hiram, hollis, huck, huckleberry
[name_f][/name_f]ignatius, indy, ira, irving, isidore
[name_f][/name_f]jasper, jethro, john, jorah, journey, judah, jude, julius
[name_f][/name_f]kieran, kindred, keating, kensa, kit, kitto, koa
[name_f][/name_f]lark, lazarus, leland, lemuel, lennox, leonides, locke, lorcan, lowarn, lowell, loyal, lyric,
[name_f][/name_f]marlowe, merit, meshach, micaiah,
[name_f][/name_f]nakoa, nazareth, neshama, noam, noble
[name_f][/name_f]oak, oakland, oakley, oaks, oath, obadiah, ode, odin, ocean, oliver, omri, oren, othniel, ozark, oziah, ozias
[name_f][/name_f]pax, pilgrim, pilot, poet, pond, prosper, psalm
[name_f][/name_f]quest, quiver
[name_f][/name_f]ransom, ravine, resolve, reverent, revere, revival, rhema, rhen, rhodes, rhydian, ridge, rise, riven, rivers, roam, roan, rook, rowan, ruskin, ruston
[name_f][/name_f]sage, saint, season, sequoia, shepherd, sherwood, shiloh, silas, slate, solomon, sonder, sonny, soren, sparrow, stone, stonewall, summit, sur, sylvan, sylvester,
[name_f][/name_f]taliesin, talon, tarka, teague, teal, thatcher, theodore, thicket, thorne, thornton, titus, tobin, townes, trail, twain
[name_f][/name_f]uriah
[name_f][/name_f]valley, valor, venture, vern, vernon, victor, victory
[name_f][/name_f]ward, wilberforce, wilder, wilkie, willem, william, winslow, wise, wolf, woodland, woodrow, woods, woodstock, worthy, woven, wyeth,
[name_f][/name_f]yarrow, yosemite,
[name_f][/name_f]zane, zealand, zebulun, zen, zenith, zephan, zephaniah, zephyr, zimri, zion
[name_f][/name_f]thank you, friends! 
[name_f][/name_f] I also think [name_m]Shepherd[/name_m] and Elowyn/Wynne are cute together!
[name_f][/name_f] i love your suggestions of john wilder, shiloh john, john leland, and archer john!! and love john edward and john shepherd for you. thank you for your response!!
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