Nicknames

My first nickname that I can remember was *Tigger.  I used to jump and bounce everywhere I went and someone thought it would be cute to call me Tigger.  The name caught on until several people were calling me Tigger instead of my actual name.  One day I had enough.  I burst into tears and yelled, "my name is Beth, not Tigger!".   This was the beginning of my love/hate relationship with nicknames.

My parents started it though.  I was named Elizabeth but have always been called Beth.  The only exception was when I was in BIG Trouble.  This rarely happened because I was such an angelic child.

Scroll forward a few decades and I have a new nickname.  I think it is my favourite yet.  It is Sparkles.  So when I was trying to come up with a blog title, I went with a Day in the Life of Sparkles. 

I am not a wife, I am not a mother.  I am a woman, a daughter, a sister, an aunt, a friend.  I have not accomplished great and mighty things in my life but I find many things amusing in my day.  My dear friend Rebecca has been encouraging me to do some blogging.  So if you wanna take a sneak peak into the life of a 30 something lady with a warped sense of humour then come back soon for more of the life of Sparkles.

*If you are not familiar with Tigger then read some Winnie the Pooh stories.