Definition Essay On Tasha

Throughout history names were given to newborn babies by their parents. Thanks to my father, I’m named Tasha. Occasionally babies would be named after a deceased relative or because they like the name but my name came when my father was praying to God and he told dad to name me Tasha. Cool, right? Afterward, my mother calls me lil’mama and chocolate drop when she’s proud of me and is bragging about me to her friends or coworkers, which is often. She gave me the nickname lil’mama because I’m always helping someone with the little kids or cleaning. She also gave me the nickname chocolate drop because out of all her four kids, I was the only one born with chocolate brown skin. My father calls me Tasha-washa for reasons he and I don’t understand. As a result of my name meaning “born on Christmas day,” it reminds me of Christmas time at my grandparents’ church. It always looks cheerful and joyful everywhere. There's a full house of family-friends, cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents with a Christmas tree in the midst of it all. Because of the capacity of people on Christmas, my grandmother, aunts, and older girls always cook huge meals for the Christmas dinner after church service. The uncles and boys help set up the …show more content…
Some people resent their names and yearn their parents would’ve named them differently, but I on the other hand, I unconditionally love my name and wouldn’t change it for the world. Since this writing is for a grade and I have to select a different name, I chose the name Bella. I picked Bella because it means beauty and I am exquisite, so it would workout fine. When I hear the name Bella it reminds me of a warm late summer evening at my favorite beach-park, with a beautiful sun setting over the horizon with a gentle breeze, but that is not my name. My name is Tasha AnnMarie Wilson, that is who I am and will always be. I will always my mother’s lil’mama or chocolate drop, and my questionable father’s