Last weekend, I post a Facebook status about legally
changing my name. I thought I would explain what I meant on her.
Here recently I Have been thinking about changing my name. I
am not going to change it drastically, or at least I don’t think it will. I
will still be Jamie Sue. My last name just may be different. I am wanting to
add my mom’s maiden name into my name. I am either going to hyphenate, make it
another middle name, or I am going to make my current last name, another middle
name. This is something that I have not decided on what I am going to be, but I
do know that I want to add my mom’s maiden name.
Why am I wanting to do this? Well, I associate more with my
mom’s side of the family, and feel closer to them. I don’t know my dad’s side
of the family as well. Plus my mamaw, my mom’s mom, raised me. She raised me
from the point I was 5 years old, and became my legal guardian when my dad
passed away at 13. It’s a way to honor her memory as well. I don’t really feel like my last name except
my connection to my dad, and this is why I don’t want to get rid of my current
last name all together. I was a daddy’s girl, even though was living with my
mamaw when I was five years old and she raised me. I went to live with her
because he thought it would be better for me to have a woman’s presence in my
life. He lived right across the road from them, and I saw him every day. He
also was still my dad. He had the final say so on everything. I just didn’t
live with me. I loved my dad.
Now you may ask, why do you want to change your name now?
What about when you get married? Well, I do not intend on changing my name when
I get married. I want to keep my name, and I always have. I have said this for
years, and I don’t think that it is going to change.
I will blog about my experience in legally changing my name.
It’s not going to happen in the next month or so, but I am definitely going to
be starting the process.
Peaceful and Happy Thoughts,
--Rue.
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