tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302726612715192903.post1811759215482573652..comments2023-10-30T01:44:04.038-07:00Comments on be BOLD jen: A Rose By Any Other NamebeBOLDjenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11430439816709121014noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302726612715192903.post-39654597041736114262009-09-29T19:11:22.823-07:002009-09-29T19:11:22.823-07:00Krista- That is humourous. Able Hands would defini...Krista- That is humourous. Able Hands would definitely be an eyebrow raiser.<br /><br />Yes, I do think we have sort of a wonderful dilemma. We realize that, for many, the history just isn't there. We've been given many special blessings in the form of information to pass along to Jonas which many kids spend their childhood dreaming about knowing. It is for that very reason that we feel abeBOLDjenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11430439816709121014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302726612715192903.post-40653422426096232422009-09-29T18:44:52.217-07:002009-09-29T18:44:52.217-07:00Jen, this is sort of a wonderful problem to have. ...Jen, this is sort of a wonderful problem to have. With Elias his circumstances were not like this at all. His given name was probably not even given to him by his first mother given the circumstances. For us we changed the whole name... I might also mention that Abel Hands (if we kept the first name) is humourous anyway :)Krista Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11346465018046035597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302726612715192903.post-73294793395034293162009-09-29T15:00:06.746-07:002009-09-29T15:00:06.746-07:00The boy with seven names (because you left your la...The boy with seven names (because you left your last name off the list). :) I think it's sweet & he does own them all, regardless of the paper. A (our A) only has one name we left off, which is the misspelled version of my husband's first name that the Ethiopian officials gave him. It still pops up though since that was his legal name for a time. So...that's part of his "Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12420641887589436392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302726612715192903.post-75355070982387825992009-09-29T13:34:04.868-07:002009-09-29T13:34:04.868-07:00I have two middle names :) Causes me problems som...I have two middle names :) Causes me problems sometimes (like when I'm adopting and one document has one middle name and another has the other...) We struggled so much with naming Ella and finally just nixed her entire Ukrainian name--never really let go of the guilt on that one. So this time we did what we felt was 'right' for our kids. It sounds like Jonas is going to have a Aprylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11022680768472914388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302726612715192903.post-73253846862602458402009-09-29T13:13:19.976-07:002009-09-29T13:13:19.976-07:00Hi Jen -
Received a link to your blog from a mutu...Hi Jen -<br /><br />Received a link to your blog from a mutual friend. I live in the same area, have a 17-month-old from Ethiopia, and she has 2 middle names!<br /><br />If you'd like to e-mail more privately, please drop me a line at author@elizabethlyons.com. I'd love to meet!<br /><br />LizElizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14534587699490941216noreply@blogger.com