What is in a Name?
I don't know why, but lately, I've been contemplating the names that people are given. It's probably becuase I often hear names that don't seem well thought out. When I was pregnant with my first child, I remember feeling like I had been tasked with the monumental responsibility of just naming her, and it actually increased with each child. Names trend, and I did what a lot of moms have done in the past, by purchasing a baby name book. I'm sure that is no longer a popular practice, but that book stayed with me during all of my pregnancies. I love it because I could look up a name, and it would tell me where it was derived from and what it meant. Over the years, I've looked at every name in that book at least twice. If I liked a name, but didn't like what it meant, it didn't make my list. Naming a child is so important, and though I know most people put a lot of thought into it, I always wonder, and often ask people the origin of their name...