Living Up To Your Name

In today's society, people think that naming their children a name they can live up to is extremely important. There are several people that think on different websites and read different books to help them decide what to name their child.

Unfortunately, my mother was diagnosed with a disease that wouldn't allow her to have children. My mother is very religious and decided to pray about it and ask God to bless her and my father with at least one child.

As time went on, about a year later, my mother was told that she was pregnant with a baby girl. My mother knew what she wanted to name her daughter. She was in love with an actor name Jasmine who played on one of her favorite TV shows who was very skinny, well educated, and was very active in sports. Shortly after being told that she was pregnant, she decided to name her Jasmine. Until this very day, my sister lives up to this name as my mother would say. My sister is a smart girl who graduated a year early from high school. She also is very slim and loves to play sports.

About four years later, my mother was told again that she was pregnant and that it was also a girl. I was told as a child that my parents knew what name they wanted to name me. My mother decided to name me Anna . Most people dont know that there's history behind my name. Well, to make a long story short, my mother's sister's name was Anna who she was very close to. My aunt Anna died with Cancer 3 years before I was born and so my mother thought that naming me Anna would bring her back closer to her sister.

I was always told that my aunt was very intelligent, outgoing, and open minded. All of my family tells me that I live up to her name not just by these traits but also by the way I walk, talk, and act.

I think that children live up to their name even when they think they don't but we as people tend to think differently.

Rest In Paradise Aunt Anna