This is the short letter I wrote to my daughter in her baby book- explaining why we picked Moon for her middle name....
Why "Violet Moon?"
When your father was sent off to fight in this devastating war, we had only known each other for a few short weeks. I remember writing in my journal, however, that I knew at that early stage, that he would somehow change my life forever. A woman's heart always knows. We kept in contact through letters, emails and luckily, many phone calls. And it was through this contact that we began to grow together and fall in love.
Because he was traveling all over the deserts of the Middle East at the time he turned 30, I wanted to get him something meaningful yet something that he could have with him no matter where his journeys took him. So, I bought him a star. I attached a short letter that advised him to follow the light of the star home safely to US soil and into my arms once more. That star was to always be there for him when he was scared or lonely. It was there to remind him of me and the life we would have once he returned.
I have been fascinated with the moon since I was a very small girl and even found my mother to have written about that fascination in my baby book! The moon, to me, symbolizes great strength, mystery and timeless beauty. It also belongs right next to your Daddy's star in the night sky. The whole time he was in Iraq, I would stare up at the night sky and imagine his star and my moon together. In fact, I would sign all of my letters with a tiny drawing of a moon and a star. It eventually became the symbol of our love.
Violet Moon,
may you forever possess great strength, mystery and timeless beauty just as the moon does. This is what your father and I wish for you…
And may you never forget the story of our love for each other and how that love brought us our little Violet Moon.
See it eternally in their reflections.
As long as there is a night sky, our bond will never break and our love will never die.