Friday, September 6, 2013

"The Lord is My God"

Well to start off, I never really liked my name. I always thought it sounded more like a girl's name instead. When I was younger, some kids also thought the same thing and use to make fun of me for it. My name is like glue and after being stuck with it for fifteen years, I eventually got use to it. But as I got older, I began to realize that my name was different and unique. When my mom was naming me, she wanted a name from the bible. Instead of my name being spelled Elijah like in the Bible, my Mom changed the spelling to Alijah to make it different and unique. My name's origin is actually a Hebrew name which translates to "the lord is my god". There was also a Hebrew prophet who lived during the ninth century B.C. whose name was Elijah. So now that I know this, I don't care what people have to say or think about my name, because I know that my name is unique and different.

16 comments:

  1. I liked how you explained how your name was unique in its own way

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  2. Great job ! I really like how you put in the history of other ways to spell 'Elijah' (: ~Ivy

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  3. I liked how you showed emotion about your name through the poem. It was good.

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  4. Really good job. I like how different your name is. It's pretty cool.

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  5. I like how you said your name was like glue and how you got used to it eventually.

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  6. I liked it and everything you said was true, your name is different especially the spelling...but that's what makes it cool. So good job, very inspiring.

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  7. Alijah, great job! I like how your name has a different twist on the name from the Bible. It truly is unique.

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  8. I loved how personal you made it. I also really liked the ending.

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  9. I liked how you were just serious about it and how you said people's opinions doesn't matter. Good Job!

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  10. I liked how you defined and expressed your own opinion about your name in the past and now in the present

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  11. Good job. I like how you said what you feel about your name.

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  12. It was really unique and different. I liked how you told about how you got a different spelling of your name.

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  13. Good job. I liked how you wrote how you felt about your name.

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  14. Pretty cool background on your name. I didn't know that.

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  15. I love how you spell your name! I don't think it sounds girly at all. It's good that you came around & appreciate it now.

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