Sunday, August 2, 2009

my middle name

I do not have a middle name, although i've always wanted one. When I asked my Dad why this was so he told me that as we got married in the future our names would then be too long (we as in my 4 other sisters, me being in the middle) this bit of information always made me sad. He continued to tell me that if we were going to have middle names, we would have been named after our Great Grandmothers. Great grandmothers have pretty great names. For my family there is Thelma Gilpin, Norma Mickelson, Wanda Roos, Rose Olson, and Estella Olson. I always laughed when my dad pieced my sisters names together like Briana Themla or Nicole Norma but when my dad said my name would have been Kristen Rose I might have melted. I loved the way it sounded. Since I was a little girl I then on signed my name Kristen Rose and will continue to do so forever more.

5 comments:

  1. I'm happy that you have a blog. I always thought it was lame that most of the Olson girls never got middle names. I mean, what kind of middle name had Herdman become for me? I approve of Kristen Rose. You should legally change your name to it. Great Grandma Rose would be proud.

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  2. I'm with you. I've always wanted a middle name and thought that marriage excuse was pretty lame (although now I actually do have one). My girls both have middle names, and Alyssa's is Rose, after Grandma Rose, because I loved her so much.

    Keep writing, girl. You have a knack for it.

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  3. What's funny is that ever since I accidentally took your iPod home with me, I've thought your real middle name was Rose. Ha ha, love it.

    And I am excited that you have a blog now.

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  4. I love that kristen rose. Very pretty. I love my middle name Raquel.

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  5. awwww, that's such a sweet story! i love that you unofficially chose your own middle name. :)

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