The Phase

I wasn't familiar with it because I skipped it when I was a child, but my almost-7-and-a-half-year-old monkey has gone through -- and thankfully already left -- the phase of disliking and wanting to change her name. 

It didn't bother me much that all of a sudden she was dissatisfied with her name. What bothered me were the alternatives she came up with, i.e. Caren and Sharin. The spelling was all her idea as well.

I'm glad this phase was short-lived. She has gone back to being indifferent about her name.


And life goes on.