What’s in a Name!

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Selecting a name was perhaps more difficult than giving birth!  A name.  What to name my child?  Let me first say that I had another person heavily influencing my decision!

She was going to be saying the child’s name over and over again so I had to be sure she could pronounce it.

Names I considered Elizabeth (came out EErizabet), Rachel (came out Lacher), Olivia (came out Ohrivia), Emily (Ehmeree), Catherine (Katrin).

I spent a good seven months having my Korean mother say the names I considered outloud.  Every day, Mom say Mary.  Mom say Madison.  Mom say Victoria.

Finally, I found a name which I could stand to scream out; which I could stand to hear yelled across the room; one which I could tolerate having to repeat over and over and over again.  Morgan. 

My daughter’s name is Morgan Kyung (after her Korean grandmother) Kaplan.  Whew!  I must say it IS a beautiful name!!!  My mother is able to scream it nice and articulately from any room in the house. 

I’ve had to scream it outloud from many places; Monkey Joe’s, Relay for Life, Lakebottom Park, Imagine Art, the bathroom…oh the list goes on.