Finding out that I was going to be a mom after trying to conceive unsuccessfully for years has been the biggest most beautiful blessing of my life. As I’ve mentioned before, I am Mexican so of course we have many traditional names in our culture. Not my child! Although I am proud of our heritage, that does not mean to me that we are restrained to just what our culture says it’s okay or the norm.
I always wanted my child to have a beautiful name that was not very common. On a date with my fiancee, we saw Wreck It Ralph. After seeing the character Vanellope Von Schweetz I fell in love. Not just with the name but with everything she represented. My fiancee is an auto technician and I’ve always loved cars.
From the first time I saw the movie I told my fiancee that if we were blessed with a daughter we’d name her Vanelope. So once I found out I was pregnant with a girl there was so thinking about it; we already had her name. Right after informing our family of my daughter’s name all of the comments and opinions came. Why that name? So Penelope? Mexicans trying to be white!..yes someone close to me actually said that. That name is so hard to pronounce! Etc…
That was the first moment in which I understood that I had to stand my ground on what my fiancee and I decide best for our child in any topic. If her name alone would raise so much chaos and criticism, I could only imagine what will come if we ever make any “wrong” decisions. Here is the thing, we didn’t make a horrible decision…or so I think…we’ll see what she says when she’s older. We chose a name that in my opinion is beautiful because the little character is very strong and determined to succeed even if everyone else tells her she’s a failure or a “glitch”.
What do I mean with this post? Basically people always have opinions about everything. You can’t let anyone decide for you and then get upset when you are unhappy. Nobody knows your reasoning behind a decision. Nobody even knows the outcome of the decision you make but if it’s something you feel strongly about, hold on to that and do what you feel you should do.
There are only three outcomes to what you decide. You can live with the famous “what if” because you didn’t have the courage to do what you truly wanted. You can live to tell the great story of how you failed at what you started but you had the guts to do it anyway and that in my book is no failure at all because it takes great courage to do what everyone else is so afraid of. Or you can tell the great story of how you went against all odds and are leaving your dream even though everyone else said you would fail.
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