Hey everyone! I posted a while back about honoring [name]Anna[/name] and decided on [name]Susanna[/name]. Well, I’m now having doubts, of course.
I love [name]Susanna[/name] [name]Leigh[/name]. [name]Love[/name] it. I love the [name]Shakespeare[/name] connection. I love the history behind her. I love the nickname [name]Sanna[/name]. But I’m now not as sure, and I can’t pinpoint exactly why. I wonder if I’m telling myself I love her; maybe I’m caught up in the original plan and losing perspective.
The original plan, to be specific, was to pay homage to husband’s and my Annas. I now wonder if I truly love [name]Anna[/name] and its variants enough to use as the first name – perhaps I would be better off honoring [name]Anna[/name] in the middle name slot? Then there’s the [name]Annabel[/name] issue. I feel as if I should love [name]Annabel[/name], and I do, sometimes. Some days, I think [name]Annabel[/name] is so demurely classy it hurts me, and then other days I feel like I’m drowning in sugary sweetness. My mother adores it, more so than [name]Susanna[/name]. I also can’t help thinking, what if my daughter ends up in Finland or some other European country? What if she’s one of dozens of Sannas?
Am I going crazy?
Fresh ideas, anyone? [name]Hazel[/name] has become somewhat of a dark horse and is growing on me immensely. At this point, I inspire so much fear in my husband that he’s completely open to any new suggestions I might have. Maybe taking a few steps back and looking at some clean slate-type names will give me that much needed perspective and reaffirm my [name]Susanna[/name] love.
Help a sister out?
