Your Name

One day, your Dad and I were driving in Lakewood while I was pregnant with you. We were figuring out names for you.

If you were a girl, I wanted to name you after your grandmothers, Esther Louise is Dad's mom and my mom is Casimera. What's the best way to combine them?

Casimera is a mouthful and even my own mom does not like her name. She is called Mer. She also told me that sometimes she would be called Mary by her friends when she was growing up.

So, I thought that I would suggest Mary as my tribute to her. Esther Mary did not sound quite right, but Mary Esther did. I suggested it to your dad and he liked how it sounded, too.

If you were a boy, it would be Jack and some other name. Since Jack is also your dad's dad's name, I wanted to pay tribute to someone in my side of the family. This we did not agree on so quickly. More later.