On Wednesday, I ran into one of my old customers from the coffee shop. Last year we bonded over pregnancy woes (she was a week behind me, so we were hitting the same stages at about the same time). Obviously, she's had her baby by now, and I've had mine. So I'm asking her how she's feeling, how the baby's doing, if it was a boy or girl, etc. She replied, "It's a boy, and his name is Luke Asher. We're calling him Asher."
No kidding.
Then, just now, I was enjoying the quiet and thumbing through websites. I followed a link that led to a link that led to a blog belonging to - ASHER. Asher David, this time. Who was born subsequent to an almost-but-not-quite-emergency c-section.
Get out of town.
I'm telling you - everyone thought it was an odd name, but Asher is the new Tom. Mark my words.
Ashers of the world, unite!
2 comments:
Hey Stephanie,
I'm the proud mother of one of the Asher's you linked to. It IS funny how you sometimes see Asher popping up now and again, when you never did before. Two years ago, it ranked over 1000 in Social Security's database...but last year it was 400 or something. Still pretty obscure (all the names you normally meet are in the top 100) but definetly making a comeback. We're on the cutting edge!
When we announced Asher's name, pretty much people under 35 were like... "cool!" And people over 35 were like "what?? Is that a family name?"
Why did you decide on Asher? I explain why I did here
Nice to meet you!
Oh, I meant to also say...I love C.S. Lewis AND Sandra McCracken!
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