Darkest Before Dawn

What is your middle name? Does it carry any special meaning/significance?

Dawn. That is my middle name. When I was younger I always thought, “Great, I’m named after a dish soap!” Thanks a lot mother and father! It had never really carried any special meaning or significance, until I became older and wiser.

Now? Dawn. The first light of the morning. The light that rises from the darkness. The beginning of a new day. In my opinion, through all my trials, trauma’s, and tribulations; my middle name most definitely has a significant meaning now. To me it does anyway. It’s always darkest before the dawn!

My middle name is the epitome of shining bright and rising up. No matter what the day brings, no matter how dark the night is; I know that I will rise every new day. If I fall or struggle, I know the next day the sun will rise once again and I’ll have another chance to shine bright! Every day is a new beginning. Every morning I rise, I rise like the sun, and I am blessed by my birth middle name… to rise up. Again. And again. And again.

My middle name signifies my resilience and my ability to continually rise above every day prior! Always elevating. Always rising up to be better than the day before!