More cookie selling today. While we were out, Tween asked me if she could start using my last name. It shocked me that this question came up again. She used to ask me when she was much younger, but it has not come up in several years now.
I personally would LOVE her to take my name. I am proud of my name, where I come from. I would be proud for my daughter to carry on our family name until she marries - or even longer.
However, I worry … will her father be angry? Will he view it as an attack on him? Will his family be upset or offended? Tween loves them all, but she feels disconnected. When they call, they talk to her for less than two minutes, then rush off the phone. WHEN they call. They have gone for months at a time with no contact. I can understand the grandparents, even the aunts/uncles. However, her father??? How can he go so long? Once or twice a month would bring her so much joy … why can’t he set aside that little bit of time? Is it a case of out of sight, out of mind? I don’t know.
I have to think about this letting her use my name. I do not know if the schools will even go along with it … but I guess we can always try.
