Secondly, I was just in a class where we had to write about our name. To my surprise some people wrote elaborate stories and felt very happy and strangely proud of their name. How do you feel about your name? Do you identify strongly with it? Does a you by any other name...etc etc?
I really do want to know. E-mail, facebook or comments on the blog are all fine options.
Hey, still really enjoying your blog! I love my name because it is a palindrome, but I also hate the fact that people now associate it with Hannah Montana.
ReplyDeleteI may very probably be moving to New York in september for law school, so we should hang out then.
Hannah
That would be awesome and thank you for responding. Let's converse again soon
ReplyDeleteEveryone deserves to love and to be loved, even if they don't love life. Think for a second: The person who hates life is suddenly loved on an intimate level by someone. The hater sees just how beautiful life can be when you can share it with someone, even just temporarily. And then they break up and everyone is sad and he kills himself, but whatever ;) ;)
ReplyDeleteI love my name. Love my name. Erin Casey. C'mon. That's a good name. Erin is not super common, so I really like it. It is easy to look at and it is easy on the mouth to say. Erin. Plus, I love when Irish people talk to me about it. Casey for a middle name is great, too. I kind of like the hard C. You think it would be too harsh, but it's not. Erin Casey. So Irish. If we really want to get technical and bring religion into this, my confirmation name is Riley. Riley isn't on any like official documents or anything, but I still love the flow. A boy wrote me a song once and sang my entire name in it. Now whenever I think of my name, I sing it in my head the way he did and my heart breaks a little 'cause he broke me pretty hard. Aaaaanyway....
In the Jewish religion (well, portions of the Jewish religion. It differs if you're a different kind of Jew) parents name their children after a Jewish family member who has died. It is a sign of remembrance and respect. You can use the entire name or you can use the initials of the deceased relative. Erin for my father's mother, Evelyn (which I still really like that name anyway, even if it is kinda old) and Casey is for my father's father, Charlie (I heard he was a hoot.)
I figure I can kill two birds with one stone and give my child the name Rose somewhere in there. My grandmother AND great grandmother's name was Rose. I'm thinkin'! :) :)