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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sela
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Liam: an Irish name meaning "strong-willed warrior" and "protector." It's a shortened version of the Irish name Uilliam (which came from the Frankish name Willahelm) meaning "helmet of will." Liam is also a fun, modernized alternative to the traditional boy name William.

Sela: Hebrew girls name meaning rock. Sela is a Biblical place name being the original term for the city of Petra, the "Red Rose City" in Jordan that dates back to the fourth century BC.

You are a curator at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum with interests in the arts, history, and culture.

You grew up in  a working class family in the Appalachia. After reading, Hillbilly Elegy, you wondered whether  the author J.D. Vance and you were related. Vance’s mother and her family were from Breathitt County, Kentucky. Their Appalachian values include loyalty and patriotism, despite social issues including violence, chronic underemployment, substance and verbal abuse. He details his grandparents' alcoholism and abuse, and his unstable mother's history of drug addictions and failed relationships. Vance's grandparents eventually reconciled and became his de facto guardians. He was pushed by his tough but loving grandmother, and eventually Vance was able to get out and attend Ohio State University followed by Yale Law School. Unlike Vance, you drew very different conclusions about the roots causes of poverty and downward social mobility in rust belt parts of America. As a woman, you know your individual work ethic alone can’t dig yourself out of giant sink holes. It sure helped you get ahead though.

Like Vance, your tough talking Scottish American grandmother fought every step of the way to help you get out of your dying town in West Virginia where great privilege is considered having a full set of real teeth. You were a good student and highly motivated to get away from your opioid addicted parents, their squalid home, and constant screaming and fighting. Your grandmother would roast you for any minor signs of following in the aimless footsteps of dead beat youth in your town. As a first generation tertiary student, you  earned a full ride to study museology and archeology at the prestigious Jesuit Georgetown University.

Little did you know how tough it would be to get through studying along side UMC students whose greatest dilemma seemed to be how to do their own laundry. You had no money for fashionable clothes or indulging in the movies. But you are a tough cookie, and persevered by keeping your head down and not going out much. You hope you never have to eat another tin of refried beans again in your life.

You went on to a Georgetown PhD program in art and museum studies with a focus on Appalachian ethno music. You worked as an intern at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum. You eventually became a museum curator at the Smithsonian Museum of American History.

You decided to have children alone and started applying for adoption within the US since you knew first hand there are many American children who need a good home. Unexpectedly, you met and fell in love with another woman during this process. You both dress and talk rather conservatively and have not faced any backlash among your friends. It did take you ten years to come out to your Appalachian family. As many of them are dependent on your financial support, there were no histrionics to your face.

You visited Jordan on your Honeymoon fifteen years ago, and were enchanted by so many under acknowledged gems (the capital of Amman, the Dead Sea, the oldest Roman ruins at Jerash,  the desert of Wadi Rum where Laurence of Arabia lived and the epic movie was filmed, Christian sacred sites along the Jordan River, and the city of Petra. The Red Rose City became one of the Seven New Wonders of the World in 2007 following a vote of 100 million people. The city's carved rose-red sandstone rock facades, tombs, and temples became known following its appearance in Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade in 1989. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985.

As an archeologist and museologist, you find Petra extraordinary on so many levels. You like the ancient name for Petra, Sela, and it’s ancient meaning of rock. You greatly value steadfast, solid personalities whom you can depend on. You consider your rough around the edges Scottish parents as your rocks.

So it was a no brainer that you would name your children Sela and Liam. Both names are associated with resilient durability. You do have an exotic streak in you as well, and also like to feel unique in unpretentious ways. Sela qualifies as it is the 10,317th in the ranking of most common names in the United States.
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