Throughout our pregnancy, we were asked all the time why we
chose the name Memphis for our little girl. So…to explain her name and the
reasoning for naming this blog “Still Love Me Memphis”, here it is.
For the past two years, Adam and I have gone to Memphis in
May for The Beale Street Music Festival. It’s a fun get away with good food and
great music and we have grown to love the city more and more with each visit.
The first year we went, we happened to stumble across Little Richard in
concert. I knew some of his songs and was aware of his energetic performances,
so we decided to stay and watch. Little Richard had just gone through hip
surgery prior to this show and was not able to dance around and give the crowd
what he was used to doing. His band members actually had to carry him out and
place him in a chair at his piano. He sang a few songs and then explained to
the crowd about his recent surgery and apologized that he was not able to move
around the stage. Then he asked “You still love me Memphis?” When those words
came out of his mouth, the crowd went WILD! After coming back home to Knoxville
from that weekend trip, Adam would randomly look at me and ask “Still love me
Memphis?” and I would respond “I sure do!” This past year, when we visited Memphis for
the music festival, I was 16 weeks pregnant. We did not know if our baby was a
boy or a girl but I had a strong feeling that I was carrying a baby girl. Two
weeks later we found out that Baby Tyler was in fact a girl and with no
discussion her name became Memphis. Who names their child after something
Little Richard says? We DID!
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