What's in a name?

A couple of months ago my dad called me out of the blue. I was shocked!!! You have to know my dad and I are in a budding relationship and I have had to do A LOT of forgiving, nevertheless a relationship is growing and strengthening. And he has NEVER, not once called me. Anyway, he dropped a bomb on me.

Nakia: Hello.

Pawpaw: Hey Nee baby, this is Pawpaw! (Very jovial)

Nakia: Yes Sir.
(You have to know that my father has always commanded formality when talking to him, answering questions, how you respond to him when he called your name...all of this was very formal and even at 34 years old, I find myself still addressing all conversations with the man as if I am still that little girl.)

Pawpaw: "Nee baby (that's my nickname), Paw Paw is having a baby."

This news is followed by a kind of look what I did laugh. I didn't say anything. Nothing. After a bit, I gave a polite, "Excuse me sir, what did you say?" He repeated himself and continuing on with, you are the first person that I've told. I was shocked and asked him, "Sir, what do you want me to say?" He just laughed.

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This man is 58 years old! Not in the greatest of health! On a fixed income! And he has a baby on the way!!! He doesn't want to marry the mother of this child. I don't even know how to deal with that alone. But I understand his point. My father has been married 5 or 6 times, I'm not sure, so for him to say no he doesn't want to marry again, well, I guess he's matured, maybe...There are still so many issues to deal with here, but the situation is what it is.

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Over the last few weeks, I have had a chance to talk with his "lady friend" and I have grilled her on the specifics of all of this. She graciously and with poise answered all of my questions. She and my father have given me a task of naming my new little sister (gosh, that sounds so strange).

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This came as a welcomed surprise (and you'll know why in a minute) after my dad proudly announce to me that he was going to name her, Sundae Cream. OH HECK NO!!!!! I screamed into the receiver of my phone. All formality went right out the window. I told him that I would remove myself from his life, if he dared curse that child with a STRIPPER name. I had to explain to him what that poor child is going to have to deal with and he had no right put that kind of curse of her.

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Now he's trying to get me to go with the name "Lady Bug Jackson." What is wrong with the man?

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I have been trying to convince him of going with a family name. I have a whole bunch of them in my genealogy, but for heaven's sake NO Sundae Cream.

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Here's where you come in friends....I'd like to compile a list of some nice, respectable, fits well with Jackson, names for a little girl. I need your help.

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Below you see the word "COMMENT" click it. Tell me your idea of a girl name.

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I only ask that you think about it carefully.

No names that are:

hard to say

hard to spell

can be made fun of

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that has to be explained everytime, everywhere

(trust me on this one, I have nearly 35 years of expierence with the "Nakia")

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This blog is open to everyone, so tell your friends, I need some help here. Send them a link. You as well as they can even leave the name anonymously, so I won't even know who you are, just leave a name.

PLEASE DON'T LEAVE IT ON FACEBOOK.

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Depending on how many names I get I will have a poll. The baby's due in November.

So please help me name my baby sister.

First name I have:

Hannah Mariah- a family name.