Already Knew Your Name

This is Karly's birthday month....she was a surprise for Brad and I.  We always desired to pursue adoption, so we planned to have two children biologically.  When I was considering a name for her, I had trouble settling on an option.  I am weird about how they sound, how many syllables they have, if there is an alternative nickname, if Brad likes it, and the meaning of the name.  I ended up making up the name Karlayna because it worked with all my crazy naming rules.  It is actually a combination of a couple names....Charles (that sounds strange, but it gives us the nickname Carl or Karl and that means "a free man") and Lane or Layna (which means "a narrow path").  I loved the thought of God letting us be completely free to make choices.....and us choosing the narrow path (which is a prayer for Karly...I like that our names can be prayers for our lives).  In as much as I love this name and feel like I MADE IT UP, God already had it chosen for her.  That is an amazing thought, right?!  He knew I would spend extra time thinking on that one...like I would have all these crumpled papers on the floor with names He wasn't thinking of in my best handwriting....ha!  Life is precious...planned and unplanned by us...God knows and blesses us.

(Karly, 4 years ago)

Untold

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kZHwqqh4Ug