Tuesday, January 9, 2018

What's in a name? That which we call a rose (nberg...) by any other word would smell as sweet...

There are certain things that have to happen post-wedding.

Going over all the gifts.

Finding room for them all (not an easy feat when you don't have a big place!).

Writing thank you cards.

And for us ladies, should we so choose, the name change.

It's a process. 

But I started the first "official" part of that process today.

Thanks to our 2-hr delay, I was able to go into Social Security first thing (because they're only open M-F 9am-5pm, perfect teacher hours! LOL!) and take care of that part of business.

It's a little weird. I feel like I am having a bit of an identify "thing" happening.

I'm not sure what it is or how it feels or what it means right now...

So I'll just call it "thing".

I mean, I have been a SMITH for my entire life. That is 37 years! A lot of my identity is wrapped around that name.

All my accomplishments up until this point are tied to that name.

And now ... ROSENBERG?


Don't get me wrong. I'm happy to to take my husband's name. In fact, I want to. If I didn't, I wouldn't do it. Plenty of women choose to keep their maiden name for various reasons.

And the history behind why this started and why it is no longer relevant ... fascinating!

(and I just went down a rabbit hole of articles related to various strong views on this topic ...  here and here and here -- again, fascinating!)

I want to be a Rosenberg.

It's just going to take some getting used to.

But the reality is, I will always be a Smith at heart. I was born a Smith. That will never go away, even if my name does change. 

I will just have to go through this mini-temporary identify crisis. LOL.

And worst case, I can always change it back. 

Anything is possible, right?

But I know it won't come to that.

I'll just be with this weird identity "thing" for a bit. ;)

Today's upper body workout. Trying something different:


Do what makes you happy.

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