Names

I titled this blog, "Ready for Ruthie" mostly because I had to think of something. I love Ruth in the Bible...this is the promise I made to J the day we wed, and how I hope our sweet baby girl will feel about being a part of our family until the day she makes those vows to her own beloved....

“ Entreat me not to leave you,
Or to turn back from following after you;
For wherever you go, I will go;
And wherever you lodge, I will lodge;
Your people shall be my people,
And your God, my God.

Where you die, I will die,
And there will I be buried.
The LORD do so to me, and more also,
If anything but death parts you and me.”

Ruth 1:16-17

Even as I read it now, I realize how very appropriate these beautiful words are for this season of our life as well.

So, I'm not promising that our little girl will be named Ruth, but for now, this blog is.

We've been throwing around names today, and of course we don't agree. We did agree on our first child, but none since then. They have all been a compromise. So far we have gone with a biblical name and a family name. I want to follow suit with this sweet baby as well. Our ideas about this differ.

We've come up with some good compromises, but I am having to let go of some things in order to compromise. This is good, I suppose. Man, I am looking forward to meeting her.

Until next time....

One excited momma.