"Most children approaching their sixth birthday hope for a new toy, a bike or a trip to Disney. The Biddle family, however, is planning a different kind of gift. When their daughter blows out her candles in January, she will be surprised with something she has long wanted: a name she chose for herself. In an interview with TODAY.com, Michigan mom Amanda Biddle explained that her daughter was given the name Margaret at birth, a name meant to honor her late great- grandmother."
"The question of a legal name change lingered for years. Biddle raised it repeatedly with her husband, but they hesitated, wondering whether their daughter might eventually warm to Margaret. She never did. Biddle says she asked her daughter simple, open-ended questions about her name, careful not to steer her. Each time, she said her name was Maisie, placing Margaret firmly in the middle. When Biddle asked again days later, the answer didn't change. For the Biddles, that consistency was the answer."
A Michigan family is finalizing a legal name change for their nearly six-year-old daughter so she will be legally known as Maisie. She received the name Margaret at birth to honor a late great-grandmother, but from the moment she could speak she insisted she was Maisie. Parents tried framing Margaret as a 'fancy' name and Maisie as a nickname, but the child consistently rejected Margaret. The mother asked simple, open-ended questions over time; the daughter's repeated answers convinced the parents to proceed. Paperwork will be completed before her birthday.
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