Dear Darla

This is my very first blog. So hold on there is no telling what will come to my mind! If you are wondering why my blog is titled, "Dear Darla", it is simple. Most everything that I write will be reminders to myself of how I am feeling at this point in time. And, I could very well be the only one that reads this stuff!

Darla is a nickname that a co-worker gave to me. She has since died of breast cancer. It is kind of endearing to me because she started it and it has stuck with me. Another friend of mine likes to say to me, "Dear Darla, I hate your stinking guts". She says she is mimicking Alfalfa from The Little Rascals. Although, I am sure those are her sentiments towards me some days!

All of this brings to mind ... my name. Which is Lisa Darlene. I have always gone by Darlene, but would have preferred Lisa. But, my dear mother says she named me Darlene because she liked it and it's meaning. It's a french name (although I'm as Mississippian as they come) that means "little darling". And she always called me her "little darling".

I would not have chosen it for myself, but I guess she thought it was a good name and the Lord knows that we sure don't have any great riches or silver and gold!

Proverbs 22:1
A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold.

This is pretty much all the rambling I have for now! BBL