Welcome!
I have what may seem like a silly question.
Um . . I'm wondering if more of us would use our real first names, if that would kinda draw us even closer? . . just my thoughts .....(Donna)
Great Idea Donna
YBIC
Randy
Email: randyjan@windstream.net
Website: www.myspace.com/randyjandy
Ummmm...my name is Slade. I was also known as Slade. 
Randy and all my brothers and sisters here...I've never used any name here at RITA but the name I was given at birth. That's the name my Lord calls me by.
Love to all my Brothers and Sisters at RITA,
ybiC
Slade
Kama, I used to hate my name when I was a kid. All the other kids used to pick on me and make fun of me and my name.
When I was 11, I told my parents that I wanted to change my name. They said "Okay, what name would you like?" I had no answer and that was the last time I brought the subject up.
My wife tells me that when she first heard it, she knew that I was the 'one' for her. She also insisted that it be part of our first son's name. And it also has a cool history - traced back to 1640, in England.
I love it now. 
Well, I agree with Kama and Slade. Some of us do have unusual first names. My name given at birth is Panthia. I used to HATE it but now that I know it's true meaning "of God's" I truly love it and I thank the Lord that he has blessed me with it. So, I have always used my first name and will continue.
YSIC
Panthia
A little Johnny Cash....
Email: randyjan@windstream.net
Website: www.myspace.com/randyjandy
We're Wayne & Cathy living in IA.
Blessings,
W.C.
My first name is Laura....i have gone by the initials LAZ because of L for my name and A for my son Adrian and Z for my daughter Zaria. My hubby is not a follower of the Lord so his initials were not added!!
How's that Randy!!
Kama, you should hear how people try and pronounce my name....makes me cringe. So I always hated the first day of school, everyone would laugh at me because the Teacher would always mess it up! I was the first born and my Mom learned pretty quick that a highly unusual name wasn't a good idea so my brothers and sister all have very normal and short names.
Oh well, I have learned to "embrace" my name now that I am older and more mature
Panthia
Tom
Email: scuggers1@hotmail.com
Website: www.geocities.com/davidjayjordan/ProphecyTimeLines.html
Blessings,
W.C.
BTW, my given name is Charity.
My first name is Valerie....but I feel like Gods little sparrow these dayz
I don't feel safe.Not from you guys but from big brother so to speak.
I feel better anonymous.
I know what you mean, I was just moments away from posting pictures of all our family over the weekend and I felt a check in my spirit for the same reasons as you, then when I read the warning I decided that was confirmation and I had better not. Although I am sure we can all probably be traced by our ip addresses if they really want to find us. That's where I draw the line!
My nic is made up from my first and middle name because there were too many online with my first name-I changed it way back at Hal Lindsays board before it went private--(Jan remember that's where I met you as SummerGirl or Summer something??? The memory is not what it used to be..
..Anyway I used to do name searches for it and there were never any results but now it is listed all over the place.
" I have been called Camel, Karma, Coma and my favorite (sarcasm there), Camera!"
Kama - that is funny!
ooops, I forgot.......I remember school......and that horrible song that kids would follow me around singing at me "kama kama kama chameleon, you come and go, you come and go-oh-oh!!!"
Email: marc.kama@sbcglobal.net
My name is Chris, and I'm a girl. 
I think that there is another Chris here, who is a male?
I am astounded that I thought some
of the people here who are men.. I
thought were women.. and vice versa.
Ouch.
Kaylyn, yes, indeed, the days of Hal
Lindsey's board... that was the first
of my PC explorations; must have been
around 1998? I had a Windows 98 that
my brother-in-law gave me and Hal's
board was really intriguing.
And I recall our e-mailing each other
quite a bit.
Yes, ma'm.. Summer Girl... ah, the
sunshine, the lazy days, lemonade
and flower gardens.
This song is for you, Valerie...
The Blind Sparrow
Ohhh, that was soo pretty TN Dove - Thanks for sharing with us!
Well, I might as well get on this bandwagon, too!
My sign-on name is Lisaleenie, but my first name is Eileen.
The way I came up with the name "Lisaleenie" is because my nickname is Leenie, and my WANNABE name is Lisa....hence "Lisaleenie!"
So when you pray for me, please lift up the name "Eileen" to the Lord, because I don't think He recognizes either "Lisaleenie" or "Leenie."
We've done this before haven't we? Anyway, my first name is Donna and we have several Donna's here so I go by my nickname that I have had all my life - Victor! And we also in the past had a post about if we were male or female - thus the Ms. Victor
Website: Rapture In The Air
Excellent reason, Mark . . accountability is strong inspiration while posting . .
Hi everyone, my name is Rob in real life and I'm married to a beautiful lady named Nyrie and we have two teenaged kids (Sarah and Sam).
I've always liked to just use my name as it makes things easier, although yesterday I noticed there was another 'Rob' who was posting up to about Nov/Dec last year so maybe I may need to change it. I'm an Aussie, like Paul, so maybe Aussie Rob would be better?
Email: rob-north@hotmail.com
I've always liked to just use my name as it makes things easier, although yesterday I noticed there was another 'Rob' who was posting up to about Nov/Dec last year so maybe I may need to change it. I'm an Aussie, like Paul, so maybe Aussie Rob would be better?
How about Kangaroo Rob
Sue,
I like resurrecting old stuff ...lol
Email: scuggers1@gmail.com
Website: twitter.com/Rapture2010
Oh well, I have learned to "embrace" my name now that I am older and more mature
Panthia
I had that same problem, but in high school, Panthia. My real name is Tamara (correctly pronounced: tam-uh-ruh), but I perfer being called Tammy b/c it's much easier to pronounce. It does
me when folks misspell my perferred name. They spell it Tamie, Tammi/or whatever. That's I tell them to spell it like the song "Tammy," and the various Tammy movies: Tammy & The Bachelor, Tammy Tell Me True, and Tammy & The Doctor.
My name is mud most of the time...HOWEVER...my name is Lynn Ann. Now you have the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
Email: ljpoohbunny@insightbb.com
hee, hee . .
I thought that was me you described, sis . . me and you, like birds of a feather, eh, . .
