I'm Mommalee because my first child started calling me that when she was about two and a half. Mommalee- Moomalee actually. Now, my second child has coined a new name for me: Mommacollama Flower. Instead of Mommalee, I could have been Mommacollama. Great ring, don't you think?
No doubt, motherhood has its challanges. Why else would I always post in the wee hours of the morning? But where else can you collect such awesome nicknames?
I grew up with the name Mary. How do you shorten that? I have two sisters: Jennifer and Rebecca. They were born with nicknames. Jennifer was given her name partially because I could say Jenny. Rebecca declared at two years old that her name was NOT Becky, but Becca! I was just Mary! Nothing longer, nothing shorter. But now....I've got a whole collection of great nicknames. Sometimes, it really is the little things!