Naming

One of the first big challenges of parenting is picking the right name. You could get lucky and have a generational name...like a junior or a IV…but most times you are not. You search and debate, consider and veto until you pick just the right name. But there are so many ways to spell the name you’ve chosen. You could spell it the traditional way “Foyer” but then people would never know which way to pronounce it….so you decide to spell it phonetically…but which way do you want it pronounced? The snotty “Foy-A” or the more American “Foy-ur” But y’s are so over done….so you could spell it “Foiaaa” or “Foihur” Oh and because everyone wants a hyphen in their first name “Foih-Ay” Yes! That’s it! You should name your baby Foih-Ay…he’ll love it…or she…. it can go either way. Because where’s the mystery if you can always guess if it is a boy or a girl? It’s unique and EVERYONE wants a unique name these days. Traditional? No way….. Who wants to put a traditional name on a resume? Resume….that would be a good name too! “Reazuhmae” very pretty.


We recently got L’s elementary school yearbook….seriously? What are parents thinking? When I was in elementary school we never had to guess which way to pronounce someone’s name…  When I was little no one asked how I spelled my name...but now I get asked "and how do YOU spell that?"  um.... M-A-R-Y.  Really? 

I am proudly old-fashioned when it comes to names. Even when I didn’t like my own name, the names I would have rather had were equally as old fashioned… like Elizabeth and even Margaret. Dream big Mary!!!!