Writer's Workshop--I shouldn't have bothered.

YEAH! I finally get to do a Writer's Workshop. But before I get to that; an update.

Heard from Jeff and he says Singapore is absolutely amazing. Not so much the 20 hour flight. I had hopes of telling you I only cried once yesterday. But then we started talking about him at church and that teared me up. Then he called and when we hung up I really cried. BUT HE CALLED!!! He actually borrowed someones phone so he could call me.

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The Prompts:

1.) Interview your mom...questions might include, How has motherhood changed you? What ages were your favorites? Do you miss having having kids in the house? What was the most difficult part of being a mom for you? What was the most rewarding part? etc...

This would be fun to do except then I would have to call my mom (or my mother in law) and ask questions and then we might have a discussion and that would keep me on the phone for a while and everyone who knows me knows I hate being on the phone for a while so I'll pass on this one and on using periods and commas.

2.) Tell us the story of your birth.

What's up? Is it Mother's Day or something? You guys are giving me a complex. I know nothing about my birth and not much about my childhood.

3.) How did you parents choose your name? What does it mean? What would you change your name to if you could?

Seriously? This is the day I get to do Writer's Workshop and it's all about normal people with normal childhoods. I'm not part of that club. I have no choice but to do this one in reverse, FOR my children.

4.) Describe a moment when you realized your mom was more than just a mom.

Again, that must be something people realize when they have moms who are more than just moms. I just started talking to my mom on a regular basis. I didn't know she was more than just a mom.

5.) Write a poem for your Mama.

Oh Mama dear,
I wonder where
You were for all those years
You must have been somewhere drinking all the beers.

Not nice? Cute though, huh? She doesn't read my blog so it's okay.

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How did you parents choose your name? What does it mean? What would you change your name to if you could?

Millicent's name means highborn power. It's such an old school name and seldom heard anymore. When Jeff found it in a book one day we knew that would be perfect for a baby girl.

Conversely, our boys name was Obediah. We were going to call him Obie. The day we found out I was pregnant was the premier of Star Wars. Hey, I'm a fan.

Her middle name is Grace. Grace is an attribute of God. And a really cute middle name. It went perfectly with Millicent.

I've never met another Millicent and I get a lot of eyebrows, which is perfect for us.

Her name really takes on new proportions for us as we realize the meaning of her name is true in the way she was born. She had the most amazing birth imaginable. God was so powerful and evident in our home that day and throughout the labor and birth. So her name really fits.

Then with Asa we had another name picked out all along. The day before Asa was born God revealed to us different name. Asa. It means healer. Guess where we were coming back from when we thought of that name? The hospital. I had pre eclampsia. So his name fits him perfectly too.

His middle name is Kayil. Which is another attribute of God. It's Hebrew for Omnipotent, all powerful.

In Bible times names were important. Sometimes God even changed a persons name (Abram to Abraham, etc). So we don't willy, nilly pick out a name. We pray about it and research it and talk it over. And both of these names have real significance for us.

I hope as our little ones get older they will love their names as much as we do.

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So this was probably the most boring Writer's Workshop I've ever done. I've lost my Mojo. It must be in Singapore. Or it got lost when the computer stopped working. Or hey, it's not even my fault but instead it's Mama Kat's fault for her LAME writing prompts.