To Choose A New Name

 As I sit here I have had 4 last names and none of them belonged to me. For a very long time I had planned to change my last name to 'Giraffe.' Silly you might think, but I love giraffes, so why not? I knew a man who was born without a middle name. His parents chose to wait until he matured and decided for himself the name he wanted. When the decision was made, they paid to legally add the name he chose. That man was very kind to my brother so I chose to use his middle name (Jake) for my brother when writing our story, 'She Ain't My Sister.'
August 7th I will stand in a court room and have my last name legally changed. It won't be Giraffe as I had planned. It's a much, much better one! I'm so happy.