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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

and you will be named..

Sung Ha
About 2 months ago, I talked to your grandmother (daddy's mom) and asked her to think up Korean names for you. For me, my Korean name is my middle name and well dad doesn't have a middle name so it was pretty easy to decide that your middle name would be your Korean name like me. It's part of our culture to ask the mother and father of the husband to figure out the Korean name since there is a traditional pattern for Korean characters in your family tree. With that being said, I asked your grandmother and grandfather to think of both boy and girl names. The Chon family doesn't follow the traditional family tree characters, so your grandmother just came up with her own Korean name for you.

Ha -
1.Your grandmother wanted to use the character "Ha" in honor of your great grandfather, your grandmother's father. His name ended in "Ha" and he was a gentle, well loved man with great leadership, honor, and success. Because of his characteristics and well-known attributes, your grandmother wanted to use the "Ha" character.
2. "Ha" means summer. Summer is the best season out of the year because there is lots of fruit, vegetables, and grains that are grown only in the summer. Fields are plentiful and hunger is low. Summer represents fruitful life, a life that will never lack success, opportunity, and growth.
3. Summer is also the time of year that you will come into this world.

Sung -
1. Your grandmother chose "Sung" because it went well with the last character "Ha". "Sung" in Korean means dreams come true. Not only are you a dream come true for both your dad and myself, but you are a dream come true to both families for being the first born grandchild.
2. Dream come true also means that in your lifetime your dreams and aspirations will come true to you.

Your grandmother and grandfather said that Sung Ha would be used for either a boy or a girl.

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