Liza Jane Price

At long last, a name for baby sister.

I've been taking a music class for over a year now, and one of the songs we sing has become the bedtime lullaby I do with Mom each night.

"Come my love and go with me, Little Liza Jane. Oh, Liza, Little Liza Jane.."

One night while singing it, I decided to sing to my little sister and bent down to sing the words to Mama's belly. That was when the idea first popped into Mom's head that it might be a nice name to use. It seemed to fit with the other cousin names, which if you haven't noticed are almost all 4 letters and either end in "a" or "n" (Austin, Owen, Ezra, Maya, Finn, Liza). Also, some books we looked in said the name meant "joyful," which baby sister most certainly is.

These are all nice reasons for the name, but the most significant one relates to a Jewish tradition. Often families will use the first letter of the name of the person they wish to honor. For example, my Mom's name, Alisa Anne, is chosen to honor her late grandfather, Abraham. Daddy's godmother is named Lois and although Mommy and I haven't met we have always heard such wonderful things about what a generous, giving and resilient person she is.

So, we are very proud to give Little Sister a name beginning with "L" to honor Great Aunt Lois Ann Gambell. We are sure she will grow to be a most joyful, giving, resilient girl.