"My beloved is unto me as a bundle of myrrh." Song of Solomon 1:13
Friday, October 14th, 2016
Martha Martha. You are troubled by many things.
Our little Marthie has the Scowl, the I Judge You, the Don’t Think About Hugging Me, the ear piercing You Done Messed With the Wrong Baby scream and the I Will CUTE You to Death looks down pat and can pull them all out in the same 30 seconds.
Friday, August 5th, 2016
With all the anguish of naming our sixth daughter I got to thinking a lot about names over the past few months. For me naming a baby is no easy task. Phil says it’s because I have to have the PERFECT one, as if there is such a thing. I don’t look for the perfect name, just the one I perfectly want. I want to like the name I give my child! But I guess that’s a tall order at this point because I really did begin to fear that Josephine would be nameless for the rest of her life.
A while back I read Book of Ages about the life of Jane Franklin, the sister of Benjamin Franklin. They wrote many letters to one another but none of hers survive. What did survive was her handmade “Book of Ages,” where she recorded the births of her 12 children. I liked that idea and thought I’d create my own but including more, the stories of the names we have chosen for our children.
So, for my babies. These are the stories of your names.
