I think that of all three of my girls, Eliana's name is the one with the most meaning behind it.
When we had our 20 week ultrasound when I was pregnant, I called CHOP to make our appointment for all of the prenatal testing. They gave me the link to their website and said not to google it or look it up anywhere else. (Yeah, right).
The site had about ten or so videos that we contemplated watching. We watched the first one and thought that was a huge mistake. It was the day this other couple had found out that their child had a lung mass. Fast forward to the end of the video and the little girl was a happy, healthy , joyful 5 year old beautiful little girl. A girl who had overcome this scary diagnosis. (A girl named Eliana.)
The next day, I said to Jim that I really liked that name. We thought it would be special to name our little girl after someone who was such an inspiration to us. Someone who gave us so much hope that our daughter would grow up to lead a happy and healthy life.
Surprisingly, he really liked the name too. I was thinking that I wanted her name to have meaning. At that very moment, he called me to tell me the meaning of the name! Talk about coincidence and perfect timing. Eliana means "He has answered" and "sun." How perfect is that. I felt such an overwhelming outpouring of love, support, and prayers from so many friends and family. I feel like our prayers have been answered.
We mentioned the name to Gia. That's the way we do it--we all have to agree on the name. She even loved it. At that moment, we knew our little girl would be named Eliana Marie.
We had our follow-up appointment at CHOP about 8 weeks later. We waited to get called back for our consultation. Our appointment was scheduled for 4:15. It was 4pm. The clock in the waiting room played music every hour, on the hour. You'll never guess what it played..."Here Comes the Sun." I had a feeling of comfort come over me and I somehow knew that even through all this worry, everything was going to be okay.
Looking back, we couldn't have named her anything more perfect.
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