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[renishas.livejournal.com]

I was reading an article that referenced a blog post entitled, "The Freebirth of Apple Blossom Light Hawk Summer Willow Wind." Needless to say I had to follow the link to see if I was being punk'd. No it's not a joke. that's the kid's name. They call her "Peacy" for short.

I have no words. Only laughter.

Comments

[lisasimpsonfan.livejournal.com]

I couldn't read past I never sought prenatal care during my pregnancy. I fully support women choosing the way they give birth but to not get any prenatal care is just stupid.

[renishas.livejournal.com]

So you didn't get to the part where she discloses that not only did she not get prenatal care she gave birth in a cabin in the woods without running water and quick access to any sort of civilization.

[jeweledvixen.livejournal.com]

Wait...WHAT?!?

[sweetest-asylum.livejournal.com]

ok my two thought on this.
how did she know it was a girl? she would have had to have had a sonagram or ultrasound or whatever.
AND why didnt she add wood to the fire? you dont let it go out! EVER

[thegreylioness.livejournal.com]

I don't know..how to feel about this..

[jeweledvixen.livejournal.com]

After giving her every bad name in the book, they call her Peacy? Those parents have been indulging in mind-altering substances waaaaaay too much.d

edited for spelling error

[brittmarie.livejournal.com]

Apple Blossom is my favorite My Little Pony. Anyway, what a ridiculously long name!

[sageharper.livejournal.com]

Admittedly I am kind of partial to nature/hippy names, but in small doses (i.e. one per child, and with a 'proper' first/middle name as counterbalance).
Is Peacy supposed to be like peachy or PC? Can't quite tell and it's bothering me.

Hope this woman realises how truly fortunate her and the baby are. There are still women in the world who give birth in those circumstances; not through some crazy white priviledge hippy thing, but because they have choice at all. And it's no coincidence in such places the mortality rate, for infants and pregnant women, is so high.
There has to be a middle way, I mean come on even in Little Women era they at least had midwives.

Kind of hope the kid grows up to become an accountant and changes her name to Jane.

[renishas.livejournal.com]

I think it's Peace-y. So PC. She could go by Summer. It's not that unusual of a name.

[sageharper.livejournal.com]

Ah ok, that makes sense.
Yes Summer is clearly the most normal name of the lot, and I quite like it (prefer Autumn but still).

[maddiec24.livejournal.com]

Wow. Those are some hardcore hippies who would've been right at home in the late 60s/early 70s. I fear this child may have issues. I'm all for women giving birth how they choose, but no prenatal care? And giving birth in the middle of nowhere, with no electricity or running water? I would've been an awful pioneer/hippy.

If I were Peacy(WTH?), I would choose Summer or Willow and leave it at that. On the bright side, maybe she won't be bullied, since I see homeschooling in her future.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

Some of the names, on their own, are not that bad. I love Summer. I like Apple. I'm not a fan of Blossom or Willow, but I can see them working, Blossom in particular as a middle name only, but still.

All together, it reminds me of the protagonist of the new Chuck Palahniuk series: Madison Desert Flower Rosa Parks Coyote Trickster.

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

The words "free birth" just reek of that pretentious, holier than thou attitude that so many au naturel types seem to possess these days. Generation Asshat has arrived.

As for that name...I'd go by Hawkwind, because only the (presumably hippie) grandparents would get it.

[politicking.livejournal.com]

Oh God, I had to read through the blog…

"Peacy’s name took a long time to come. At first I called her little-one, and that was perfect. We called her squirmo, and pea-belly, and squirmo-pea-belly, and all sorts of other names for fun.

Before Peacy’s birth, Joey had told me of a Native American tradition where children’s names were constantly in motion – constantly changing based on their phase of life and their spirit. I tried this out with Peacy, but it didn’t feel right; I wanted her to have a name of her own. It felt like something she was entitled to, something sacred. I thought about it for a long time. I over-thought it. I came up with a name, Lynnea, and I shared it with Joey. He didn’t like it. He asked me why I had chosen it. I told him it reminded me of the forsythia – the first vibrant blossom of the spring.

“What about ‘Spring Blossom,’” he said.

I fell in love with this – I had never even considered a name so beautiful. Over the next few months, her name evolved. It became like a poem. It came to embody her soft, radiant beauty, her fiery spirit, and her deeply passionate soul. We gave her a nickname too, “Peacy,” because who can say “Apple Blossom Light Hawk Summer Willow Wind, come get your dinner!”?"