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My Mom and Dad are doing a Bible study together right now and they were both working on it when the boy and I landed at their house for a free dinner. Mom was making taco salad yo! Anyway, they study they were doing was about Jacob and Esau. These two were twins. Esau was born first and came out all red and hairy so they named him Esau which means literally (I’m told) “red and hairy”. Jacob came out second and he was holding on to Esau’s heel so they named him Jacob which means deceiver or more literally, one who holds the heel or something very close to that. I don’t claim to know all about names and their origins and meanings. Just try to keep up with me here.

The point of the study was that they parents of these two boys named the first one by what he looked like, and the second one by how he behaved. The author then asked that the reader think back on any two siblings that they had known since birth and try to name them with these same methods. My Dad of course thought of my sister and myself. She being the eldest, she should be named by her looks. He asked me to try this practice before he would tell me what he came up with so my first response was: #1 - Ugly Baby and #2 - Perfection! They didn’t really think that was as funny as I did but whatever. I don’t even remember what my second attempt was. After much consideration and pondering, my Dad came up with “Serenity” for my sister because she looks so serene and “Kitty” for me. Apparently I behave like a kitten. If you’ll recall, the last time my Father donned me with a name it was “The Spicy One”. I’m starting to see a trend. Independent, sure. Sometimes. Let’s you know when I’m ready for attention, well yeah. Who doesn’t? Naps a lot. PAH!! That’s ALL I’d do if I had my druthers. I’m clean, that’s for sure.

The moral of the story is, my sister is the good daughter with a well balanced life (husband, home, dogs, job - she’s the happy one, makes friends easily, can cook and basically has it all) but I get the good names.