The Writer's Right

Monday, October 06, 2008

How to name your children, according to Sarah Palin

“Todd Palin has said Track’s name came from the interest Sarah’s parents had in the sport and the fact that he was born in the sport’s season; Bristol was named after Bristol Bay in Alaska, where Todd grew up and where he does commercial fishing; Willow was named after Willow, Alaska; Piper got her name because it is uncommon and “a cool name”; Trig’s name is Norse for “strength”.

1)Your first-born will be named after your parents favorite sport:
My parents love baseball so my first born would be Strike.

2)Your second-born will be named after a nearby area that you’re not from but you like the sound of part of the name, and maybe you have nostalgic memories of said place. My dad was born in Lac Megantic so Megantic would be my second.

3)Your third-born will be named after another nearby place, for no reason other than you already have two children and don’t have time to put much thought into another name: I think most of our family lives next door in the city of Bristol, we’ll steal that one from the Palins.

4)Your fourth gets a “cool” name:
Meadow - why not? If it’s good enough for Tony Soprano, it’s good enough for my kid.

5)Your fifth gets something mythological, possibly straight out of Lord of the Rings or similar source: Hermione - love Harry Potter

Hope Jeff likes the choices. LOL (Hope he likes the idea of five children, too.)

P.S. Thank you for the surprise honey!