I have decided to come out of the closet. Not that closet silly, the “nom de plume” closet.
Nom de plume: is a pseudonym adopted by an author. A pen name may be used to make the author’s name more distinctive.
Except I am not an author, but the same thing applies.
When I first began blogging in 2006 I really did not know what I was getting myself into. What I did know is that I had a sister heading to Iraq and another close relative retiring from lifelong high military service. I was a novice military relative but I did not want my name or their name or anything relating to them being googled. Not that there is anything to find. My Sister not only was heading to Iraq but she deals with things that blow up, I wanted her as safe as possible. After monitoring their names on google, etc. for over a year I feel comfortable coming out with mine.
Then I began to write for Christian Women Online Magazine. I still was not ready to bear my real name because my sister was heading out on her SECOND tour of duty to Iraq.
Life has calmed down, she is home safely. Has been for awhile, and will be retiring this year. I rarely hid my real name via email, just did not do so on the blog. After some encouraging words from friends and talking to my husband and family I got the ok to “come out of the closet.” So just call me BOND, JAMES BOND. Oh wait I mean…..
Lori
And I am sure if you search hard enough you will find my last name also floating on the web. Truly I never had anything to hide, I just wanted to make sure everyone I loved was safe.
So how did I come up with Laurel Wreath?
“Do you not know that in a race all the runners compete, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.”
- 1 Corinthians 9:24-25.
The laurel is also a symbol of the victory won by people who have run the race to the very end and have given their life towards the love of Christ and his Gospel truth.
My name Lori means Laurel Wreath. I hang on to this when life is hard, I am running the race in order to obtain the imperishable wreath. When I die the one thing I would like people to say is that I gave my life towards the love of Christ and spreading the gospel.
Do I fall short? Sure. But that is where God’s grace and mercy have covered me and helped me continue in this life long race.
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