I don't know why but this doesn't bother me at all. I like to think I am fiercely independent but not about certain things. Maybe it is because the strongest woman I know (my Mammaw, that Pansy in my signature) still signs everything Mrs. Pawpaw's Name Surname. This is my mother's father who passed February 18, 1982!

Oddly I was very torn about changing my name and the only inner compromise was to have my middle name be replaced with my mess of german maiden name and have it placed on everything. I still have to spell it and pronounce it, makes me feel more complete. And besides I wasn't fond of my given middle name.