Writing Our Stories - Your Name Story -

Have you written or recorded your story?

Beginning today, I am going to post a daily "I remember" question. You can write about this, use it as a conversation piece, or even record it on your phone (voice to type or strictly voice) and download and save it.

After nearly 20 years of teaching at UVU and years of writing, one of the things I learned is if we have a specific assignment rather than a general topic, we're much better at coming up with thoughts. So, rather than "Tell me about growing up," a more specific question, "What was your first pet?" Is easier to talk about.

I hope you'll enjoy these prompts, even if all they do is cause you to remember.

Writing prompt #1:

What is the story of your name? Consider this - you may have to do some research to get the story - and if your name givers are no longer with us, what is your perceived story of your name? What does your name mean to you? And - if you have children, please record/write down the stories behind their names.

I'm Ronda Lyn Walker Weaver, and I don't know the story of my name. I do know that all 7 of us children have 5 letters in our name, we all have middle names, and the only times are middle names were ever used by our parents was when they were super proud of us or very upset with us! I carry the Walker name proudly, and I am grateful for the Idaho Mormon heritage that comes along with that name.
My "story" about my name is that I was named after my aunt, Vonda Lue, whom I loved dearly and who died about 22 years ago. She was my role-model, in good and bad, and I miss her like crazy.
My children, Tyler Knudsen and Jenna Knudsen Holm, have their name stories written down for them.

Have fun!