Legally Changing my Name

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.