So why Dear Ruth?

The name Ruth means 'faithful companion.'
It's a family name, it's my grandmothers name, my cousins name, my nieces name, another nieces middle name, my middle name & my daughters middle name.
To be honest growing up I really disliked the name Ruth. It sounded old & kids in my class would sing 'the Ruth, the Ruth, the Ruth is on fire' (if you remember the song, replace the name Ruth with roof & you get the most awful song).
It wasn't until my niece was given it as her middle name that I started liking it. Then another precious niece was born and Ruth became her first name. I was pregnant at the time and we knew we were having a little girl. I was praying about what to name my bubba when I felt led to read the book of Ruth out of the bible. I fell in love with her and her journey. She truly was a 'faithful companion'. Someone that I aspire to be like and someone I prayed my little lady would become.
It made sense for my husband and I to keep tradition in our family and name our upcoming beauty Mia Ruth 'My faithful companion'.

So when I decided to start a blog I realised that everything I write will be on the Internet for the world to see. For all eyes.  Once something's on the Internet it's there for life whether you try to delete it or not.  I want all of my family (those now and in the future) to be proud of what they read. I wanted this blog to be something that the people in my life (Ruth's and all) could read and be inspired. To laugh, cry and ponder.

So here's to the journey of Dear Ruth. May you enjoy as I tell of my life's journey and the lessons I learn on the way. x