What's in a Name?

As a child did you like your name? I know I hated my name, I really did!! I was teased in school for my name Alice Marie, is my given name. Most people dropped off Marie for some reason and I was called ALICE. UGH! Now back then in the old Popeye cartoons, some may remember ALICE the goon, a witch with a big nose. Because as you remember Alice in Wonderland (not much better for an Alice) was a cute blonde girl so, the kids went with the big nosed witch – ALICE THE GOON! I was called, over and over again. By high school I had a boy friend that called me Allie, which very much fits my personality. Alice is a very strict mean name, in my opinion. Allie sounds like a name that is full of life, heart and soul, which is someone I try to be.

Rachel Joy wanted to be an actress, she was a normal kid who had great friends and loved her family. She loved video games, photography, classic old movies and I’ve mentioned her art, journaling, poems and song writing. She loved to play with words. One day she discovered personalizing her name with an acronym.

R – Real, Ready, Responsible
A – Affectionate, Asking. AWARE
C – Compassionate, Caring, Considerate
H – Herself, Honest
E – Everything! I want to experience everything!
L – Loving, Lost Lonely….sometimes.

J – Jesus. That’s all. That’s EVERYTHING. Jesus
O – Others
Y – Yourself

And guess what, in my crafting I had been doing this with other peoples names before I had ever picked up this book and when I got to this chapter I thought "WOW!", what would someone pick for my name. Well, this week my friend did one for me!! (with Allie) Here’s what she came up with: A – Alive L – Loving L – Loyal I – Illustrating E – Enthusiastic. It gave me a whole new liking to my name. I'll have to try it with my given name. ;o)

What would you do with your name? Think of the “me” you’d like to be using a play on words with your name. Try it, its fun…