I was sort of ahead of the pack with my name. My parents named me "Kimberly"...my mother had just read a book about the Kimberley (different spelling) Diamond Mines in S. Africa. All throughout school, I was the only "Kim". Then when it started to become popular in the Nineties, my head would whirl around when a mother would call her young daughter at the mall. I was never used to there being any other Kim!
My middle name was my mother's first name...Louise. It's a German name (she was of German descent) and it means "glory at war". THAT doesn't match my mother! She was kind and loving and peaceful. I believe my name means "leader".
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"Were it not for hope, the heart would break"...an old Scottish proverb