"Abbey Road"

The story of Abigail in the Bible (1 Samuel 25) is a story of one of the most faithful and honorable women mentioned in the Bible. Since I try not to get preachy on this blog, that is as far as I'll go with that part... With that said when I found out two years ago that I was pregnant with another girl, Abigail was the first name that came to mind.

Now, I'm not against nicknames at all. I'm not against people naming their child a particular name in order to give them a nickname from it. It doesn't bother when people ask me if they can call her Abby. (I'll politely tell you we liked to call her Abigail). What does bother me, however, is when I introduce Abigail to someone and they right away call her Abby. Even worse is after I explain "We call her Abigail", some people still insist on calling her Abby.

In fact there are people in this world that I don't think have ever called her anything BUT Abby. I'm sure if the name "Abby" meant more to me than another way to spell a Beatle's Album I might not care about it. In fact I might have even named her Abby! ...but Abigail does have some serious meaning and it really means a lot to me that my daughter is named Abigail.

I really didn't name Abigail to give her the nickname "Abby". I don't want her name to associated with a street name... I named her that because of the amazing Biblical story associated with the name "Abigail". When Abigail grows up and says "Mommy, why did you name me Abigail?" I can tell her the story in 1 Samuel and she'll be proud of who she is. 

Of course, I won't be the least bit upset if she grows up wanting to go by Abby, but chances are as long as everyone would just respect my wishes and honor what I wrote on her birth certificate then most likely she'll always be most comfortable going by Abigail... 

...The name written in black and white on her birth certificate...