oldangelsue:

WHAT A GREAT WAY TO CELEBRATE NAME DAY

Yes, Misty you do need business cards and it will be great when they arrive.  Even retired people need a card to share with others so they can connect via email or phone.  This didn't need to be such a long process.  You can print ten cards up on the computer and change them every day if you like.  You deserve this.  Can't wait to see your new card.

Kayla:

I'm right behind you

I'm just one day behind you.  Kayla is my chosen name, not my "family" name, except that it really is my family name.  I was named after my great-grandmother, whose Yiddish name was Kayla, which got changed to an English name, which was my given name on my birth certificate.  I have never resonated with my given English name.  I never felt like the name fit me.  All the blond, pig-tailed cheerleaders in my high school went by my name.  It always felt like a frivolous, immature name, not that I'm putting cheerleaders down, but I am just so not the joiner, bouncy, cutesy type.  I have always been a deep-thinking, reflective, wise 

The name I was given as an infant in a naming ceremony in synagogue was Kayla Malka.  I like that name way better than my English name.  I've actually considered changing my name back to Kayla for day to day use.  Especially after I recovered from cancer.  It turns out that there is a Jewish tradition that you go through a re-naming ceremony after coming through a life-threatening situation.

So that's my name story.  I may just reclaim my real name yet.

Kayla