Deciding On a Name
For some, choosing a name for your baby may feel overwhelming. For others, perhaps effortless. Whatever the journey, hopefully the process brings joy. That joy came on gradually for me. For both my pregnancies, it took awhile for reality to take shape. The little seed inside me did not need a name while he was still cooking, did he? Luckily my spouse is a planner. While choosing a name in the moment, or as soon as baby enters the world, may work for some, this indecisive mama would have had a mental breakdown at the hospital if a name hadn’t already been decided. Deciding on a name before birth may not work for everyone, but for us, it was a welcome part of our journey. My spouse has always loved the name Sebastian Maurice. For more than a decade, she had gravitated towards the name and the beauty of its sound. Her father’s middle name was Maurice. Her name is Maurica. In her unassuming, humble way, she likes that Sebastian is partly named after her, that he carries a piece of her wit