My middle name is Dawn.  A few meanings I’ve found include:  the first appearance of light, daybreak, and…the beginning.  Aha!  There it is.  By the way, Desiree is French, meaning so long hoped for, and Graham is the gray house or gravelly place.  So, in essence my full name means:  a so long hoped for new beginning for a gray,rocky place.  Is that a fair translation?  That is who I am.  In my life, in the lives of my children, and in my family line.

See, my family had been riddled for many generations with generational garbage that was never thrown out.  Curses, entanglements, bondage and ungodly soul ties afflicted and affected much of my family for our entire history.  That stops during my generation.  Instead, the family line, henceforth, will be known as loyal, kind, and merciful.  Lord, help these words come to pass.

My earliest roots are in the original Vikings :)  How exciting is that?!  Fighter…yeah, have you seen my newborn pic?!  LoL.  We knew I was a fighter, since birth!  Moma probably knew even sooner!

Additionally, my lineage may include great dukes and barons, possibly the Dukes of Normandy, and royalty. William de Graham who served King David I and the Great Marquis, religious leader, poet, the most distinguished soldier of his time, (martyred in 1650).  The research of my ancestors on the paternal side proved extremely interesting.  Many nobles and ties to royalty are obvious in the family tree.  Bravery and loyalty run strong in my ancestors’ blood.

So, having said all this…4/10/2010 marked the new beginning for me.  I’d had enough already.

God is so good!  I am so thankful that His mercies are new every morning :)  So, here’s to new beginnings!

More later, I’m falling asleep :)

http://www.babynamespedia.com/meaning

http://www.clan-graham-society.org/new_page_18.htm