The Name Game

When I was a kid, I always wanted to change my name. Nobody could ever pronounce or spell my name correctly and for a kid in the 70’s with hippie, nomad parents, it was just a little too exotic. I spent hours dreaming up nice, “common” alternative names for myself, something easy to spell…like ‘Kim’ or ‘Lisa.’ I was thoroughly envious of my sisters who got the popular, “normal” names ‘Jennifer’ and ‘Julee.’ As you can imagine, they of course had their own set of challenges, which they lament frequently as adults -- chiefly that they never heard their names in a class roll call without their last initial after it. Let’s face it, for a kid being unique simply isn’t a priority.

But not for our girl…our traditionally named Audrey declared to us last night (at age two mind you) that her name was now ‘Bubbles’…actually ‘Bubbles Simone Taylor’ to be exact.

Good Lord.