Grace

My daughter's middle name is Grace.

Shhh, don't tell my husband, but I got that name from a Natalie Merchant song that I loved in college. He thinks we named her after his mother.

I loved to listen to the song Wonder on the little radio in my college dorm room.

I believe
Fate smiled and destiny
Laughed as she came to my cradle
"know this child will be able"
Laughed as my body she lifted
"know this child will be gifted
With love, with patience
And with grace
She'll make her way"

Aren't those great lyrics?

Except years later when my daughter was in Kindergarten I finally got an iPod. I legally downloaded Wonder and couldn't wait to listen to it. But in all its digital glory, I noticed something.

Laughed as my body she lifted
"know this child will be gifted
With love, with patience
And with faith
She'll make her way"

I hit the back button over and over. "Did she just sing 'faith'?" I asked myself aloud.

With love, with patience
And with faith
She'll make her way"

Yup, she did. A Google search proved it. My daughter is misnamed! All because I grew up before the digital age!