Monday, February 17, 2014

The big deal with a name....

I'm now pregnant for the second time. We have a son due in July, ugh!
  The name, omg have I never seen as much drama as what we had to deal with from my family. With our daughter we used the great grandmother names. One for fusion of cultures and two it's the easiest way to go. With our daughter we did Devi Vella. Devi was both of his grandmother's middle names. Indian ppl know it and at worse the American ppl would say Debbie, close enough. Vella was my grandma first name. Both names sounded nice together. With our son we did the same but a lil different. Everyone on the Gentry side has used Grandpa Gentry's name to death. So I stuck with my mom's side. Now I choose to go out on a limb and honor both my grandpa and great grandpa. (Didn't do that with Devi for one reason, my great grandma's name was Dorrie, his nephew was born 2weeks before I went to India was named Dori). The name we chose is Ranger Ernest Ram Naugain. Ranger is the name everyone had a prob with. Now before you think its the older ppl in my grandpa family your wrong. The older ppl love it. They see it as a tribute. Its the youngest cousin and my uncle. I was told it was a waste of a good name. Racism is still alive. I've been told I was disowned long time ago but now they are acting on it. In a time when a baby should bring a family together ut tears mine apart. My sister's problem with it us she wants to use Ranger as a middle name. But she just got married and no telling when she will have babies.
I finally had to put my foot down on this. After all my baby I should get to choose whatever name I want as long as Pawan is ok with it. U swear my life ought to be a soap opera.

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