A Rose By Any Other Name

My own mother had a list of names she was going to name me:

Crystal Dawn after the song Delta Dawn (It was the year 1970 when I was born)

Rebecca Lynn (don't know why)

Holly Dale

At the last minute, the time of my birth she named me after both of my grandmothers



I have never really liked my name, thinking it too old fashioned for the generation I was born into. I have learned to accept it as I have gotten older. I actually am called Tricia by those closest to me.

My daughters:



I chose her first name. Her father wanted her to have my name as her middle name, so I gave it to her.



I almost named her Amanda, but I when I saw her I said she is a Connie, plus it sounded good with her middle name Ashlyn. I knew I wanted her to have the middle name Ashlyn no matter what.



I love the way these two names sound together. I thought of many other names for her, such as Kaitlyn, Kali, Shakti, Karli, but I settled on this name as it seemed like a pretty name and the baby's spirit felt like a beautiful energy.

A mother can feel a connection with her unborn baby.
With my first baby I knew she would be a girl and bought only girl stuff for her. My grandmother dreamt she would have curly brown hair which she did as a toddler.

My last daughter I had no insurance while pregnant with her so I did not get prenatal care. I was going to have a homebirth with a midwife, but the midwife I chose was no good and my daughter and I almost died from my water being broke too long. The midwife kept dissuading me I would be okay. I finally went to the hospital with a high fever and shaking.

With this daughter I bought hearts and girl stuff even though she was due March 2nd and I had no ultrasound telling me she was a girl.

She was born on Valentine's Day and only after her birth day did I think of how I had bought all heart stuff for her before her birth.

With my middle daughter I got very natural and green. I bought and used cloth diapers, breastfed, used organic baby food and a grinder for her, bought her only natural fiber clothes, some organic. I felt an earthy energy with her. She ended up being a capricon, an earth sign.

Names are more than just names. They have a certain meaning. If you look them up in a baby name book you will see that. It may influence your decision when you are thinking of naming a baby.

My name Patricia
means: noble

My middle name Eileen
means: light bearer

My daughter's names mean:

Tiffany appearance of God

Connie constancy, firmness

Trina pure