What's In A Name...

Growing up with a difficult name I always hoped I would marry someone with an easy last name like Smith or Jones...something that everybody knows and you don't have to spell it out for them.

But wouldn't ya know, easy wasn't in the cards for me. Now with a name like Cecily Charmae Scheffer I got used to people always asking how to spell it. ALL OF IT. But now that I've become

Mrs. Cecily Charmae Piovesan there's no more hope for me. And so I've learned..you don't realize how many things have your name on it, until you change it. There's of course the bank account and drivers license..but you don't think about SSN, car title, car insurance, work information, Facebook...etc.

Plus being added to all your husbands things like health insurance, combining vehicle insurance & being added onto his bank account. (hehe) needless to say, it's going to take a while before it's all completed. And in the end I still have a name that nobody understands the first time you say it.

Now don't get me wrong, having a unique name has it's advantages. You never have to worry about sitting in a doctors office and when the nurse calls your name having 2 other people stand up, or when meeting your boyfriends family for the first time..highly unlikely he will have a sibling with the same name (or an ex girlfriend...awkward). I've also never had anyone call my name in a store and 3 other people turn around thinking they are the one's somebody is yelling at. So there are advantages.
And surprisingly I do receive a good amount of compliments for having a unique/pretty name. Which of course is always nice to hear. I would just love to meet another Cecily! Sure I have had people over the years that have mentioned knowing another Cecily..yet I personally have never been introduced to one. There's Celeste, Celia and Cicily...but so far no Cecily's.
Maybe I should put that on my bucket list...Meet another Cecily before I die. 

 Looking up my name on a baby naming website I discovered the origin is Latin, it's a form of Cecilia, the meaning is Blind, it only has 2 out of 5 stars for popularity rating AND it's been in the US top 1000 since 1880. Like I said before..the chances of being in the same room as another person with my name are few and far between..so until then..I just have to learn to be patient and appreciate those few people who can pronounce your name (or at least part of it) right the first time.

Sincerely, 

Cecily Charmae Piovesan