CHANGING YOUR NAME
How would you feel if your child decided to change their
name?
My son wants to change his name. He wants to drop his first name, change the
spelling of his middle name and only use that name with his last name. He promised his dad he would wait until he
passed since his dad gave him his first name.
To be honest, it doesn't matter to me. Whatever makes him happy. And how could his dad or I say anything when
we both changed our names? Jim's was
legally changed; I changed mine 30 years ago but not legally. Even family members used our new names.
The only reason I put (Debby Moore) on my Facebook page is
so the people I knew as a kid would recognize who I am now. I was never a Debby. In fact, it just sounds so odd when someone
(even a dr) refers to me by that name.
From the minute I decided to go by Caryn, I have always felt at
home. The only people who refer to me as
Debby/Debra are the government, or anything legal. Even my friends of more than 40 years call me
Caryn. Jim was the same way. He was never a Mike; he was always a
Jim. My boss thinks it is funny to
sometimes call me "Debra". When he does, I just call him by his brother's name.
He gets the point.
So, Cody Javier, if you want to change your name to Xavier,
I'm good with it. I know he feels that
Xavier fits him and that's all that matters to me!
copyrighted 2014
caryn Cannatella
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