Bertha Venation Returns

I don't know how many of you will remember me. I've been away for a few years. Upon returning, although I've tried (and asked DU's leaders for help), I've found no way to revive Bertha.

But I'm still Bertha Venation, the one and only, the original. 😎

My new username is something I need to say to people at least once or twice a month. Honestly. I have to include in a reply to an email or say to a person, "my name is not Heidi."

Please, call me Bertha. It's a pleasure to be back.


TL;DR
For example, I frequently get letters or email replies that begin with, "Dear Heidi . . . ." At new doctors, I've been called in with, "Heidi?" I can't begin to list all the circumstances in which I've been called Heidi. If I weren't to be cremated, I'd direct that the phrase "This is not Heidi" appear in small print at the bottom of my headstone.

If there were a way to make an announcement targeted at everyone who's ever called me Heidi, I'd say this:

"People! Look at my name again. If you pay attention, you'll see my first name. Now look at my last name. May I suggest that you were so flummoxed by my semi-difficult last name that you didn't even look at my first name? It's there, and it's NOT HEIDI."