" I was looking up my name,” I told her. “Did you know that Imani means faith in Swahili? ”
I watched Mom’s face to see if her eyebrows would go up or down. It was like I was in science class, recording the color change of a piece of litmus paper. The result was better than I could have hoped: One eyebrow up!
“Really?” Mom said, sounding genuinely interested. “Your Hebrew name means faith too. They must come from the same root. "

― , The Length of a String