Five Names You Wish Were Yours

huh. This is an interesting question. In grade school, I wanted to be a "Kate" or "Anna", partly because those girls were pretty, popular, and smart. So it isn't as though I have never thought about it, but I think the question is a little different today. I like my name(s). So...I will explain things I wish were different about my name(s).

momma
Do I really need to explain what I wish was different about this name? *half smile* I have struggled for more than five years to understand that Momma should not define who I am or what I do. It should not limit me. I wish people would not blank out when I tell them I am a stay-at-home mom.

given name
My parents gave me an unusual first name. It wasn't until college that I met a stranger who had the same name I did. That is pretty cool, now...but as a kid, I wished I wasn't so different.

nickname
I have two nicknames that are based on my given name. My family knows me as one name. Beloved gave me the other when I was eighteen. There is a funny story about how I moved out and gave my family my new phone number. For the first month or two, when they called asking for me by my childhood nickname, my family was told "Sorry...there is no one here by that name." Talk about frustration and confusion! Most everyone has figured it out NOW, but sometimes I wish I could resolve my dilemma about how to sign family letters.

lifestyle names
I have from time to time considered adopting a more unusual screen/lifestyle name, but at this point, people KNOW me. I came to those each of my screen names for my own reasons, not because they were cutesy or popular. *shrug* I suppose most people who claim them would say the same thing. Still, I wish there were fewer people who claimed the same names I do.

pagan name
I utilize my middle name as my power/pagan name. Again, I really like my middle name. It has been handed down through generations of my family and is tied to Welsh royalty. Unfortunately, it is also the name of a popular pagan publisher. I wish no one had suggested that it was cliche that I use my own birthright name.