What's in a Name?

The names we are given are out identity. They become us and it's how we are identified by our friends, family and everyone we interact with. Mothers and fathers name their children after something they love. A pregnant mother would not say "hmmmm, Jaime sounds good, I guess." a mother thinks "Jaime is one of the most beautiful names I've heard. Jaime is a family name. Jaime means so much to me." and that name becomes you. When I was little, I used to want to change my name to Jennifer. I have no idea why, I just really liked that name. I was so upset that every substitute or anyone reading my name would pronounce it "Hi-may" because that's how it would be pronounced if it were a boys name. I hated it with a passion. But now I don't think I could ever change my name. It would mean changing who I am. I don't want to escape my past or my family like Chris did. I would love to be adventurous and daring and I would love to try living off the land, but I couldn't give up my friends or my family. My first name is who I am and it's who I always will be. I definitely would change my last name when I get married, because that seems right to me. In my opinion, it seems very detached when a woman doesn't take her husbands name. Like she doesn't want to change for someone, and I think that's what love is. You love someone enough to marry them and change your name for them. Though the "Jensen-Sandberg's" end with my sister and I, we still have my cousin's the "Landman-Sandberg's" to carry on the name.