Atop each school paper brought home yesterday, Meg had carefully written her full name. Margaret. Phonetically sounded out. She claimed she wants to use her "big name" now, so we spent some homework time practicing. I wonder if it is just exciting to have more letters to fill the line.
She says friends can call her Meg or Margaret. She doesn't really care. I sometimes call her by Margaret...with a Spanish flare when pronouncing it. I doubt many even know that is her full name.
I swore I'd never be one of those parents who named their kid one thing on the official school rolls and then required the teacher to relabel everything in the classroom to match an unpredicted nickname. Look at what happened anyways!
Just six years in, I wonder if it might be easier to make the adjustment now. Doubt any change would happen immediately. She is still our Meg.
It will be interesting to see what name she decides to grow into. And when.
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