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OK, so I thought that one fun post would to be telling a little about myself and the fact that I have changed my first name legally and personally. Now for most of the people that I have met at school, this has come to a real shock and they do not quite understand why exactly I would want to do this. Also, so many people have asked me the great question of "why?" This is just a natural reaction by people because they would like to know the significance of this new name, especially being that it is Yeshua, which is not a really common name. So I will now give a story about it so that the world will know, (at least those who read the blogs) and now I can tell everyone to refer to my blog to answer the why question.
The names is Hebrew for Jesus or Joshua, so it is really not that far off from my other name. But basically my mother and father have always called me Yeshua and they wanted to legally call me Yeshua. However, they felt that I would get teased too much as a child and thus they did not want to call me that, they liked the name Joshua being more common and thus that was my name. Of course ironically I was a fat kid anyway, so the teasing was there regardless but maybe it would have been a little harsher to be a fat kid named Yeshua, but who knows. Ironically also, after about three hours of changing my name someone at work called me Yeshi and then Yoshi and this the teasing began. So I guess that my parents are right but I am one of those people who could care less about what other people think of stuff like that, so it is not big deal really at all.
This I know seems like a big step in my life but I have always been Yeshua. Nothing has changed about me at all I have just finally made me name legal. I did not do this without the support and confirmation of my parents and they were actually both very happy to hear it. My dad was the one who was most excited and even went to the court house with me to do it. I am extremely glad that I did it, although I had some regrets at first, I now could not be any happier with it. It is like I am complete now and I like it, but if you eve go through an identity crises let me know, I could relate a little! (ha ha, not really but maybe!) Also, if you ever think of the comment back to me like "oh wow, I would never do that" or "wow that was rash" or even "wow,that is strange" do not do it! To be honest it is pretty offensive to me when someone says that because this means a lot to me. I know that must people are not trying to be offensive, but it is. I love my name and would never change it for the world.
Also, I got a tattoo about three months ago. These two occurrences do not coincide with one another and I have not changed. I just wanted a tattoo and also then have always wanted to change my name and I finally did it. Do not worry I am still me. And also, I am not Jewish. I know that the name is Jewish but we are not, we are Protestant Christian.
Names are fun,
Yeshua
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