I am happy with this change but it has been confusing, and I know it will take time.
“Ma’am what is your name?” The person over the phone asks as I prepare for a women’s retreat.
I froze.
“Mihaela…aaahh”
In that moment I had no idea what to say. Being a newlywed for a few weeks I am still getting used to our identity and who I am to Peter. Who I am now.
I finally got the last name out. “Echols”
“Thank you ma’am and your email.”
“Yeah aaah Cham-ber-lain” I begin slowly
I had no idea how to answer these simple questions. I had to sit down after getting off the phone. I wonder this question as I learn my new identity as a wife Is this what it’s like when you are adopted as and older child? Do their minds spin as they answer the same simple question ‘What is your name?’. Do they stare at the new last or first name after they write it down for as long as I do?
Hylaandpeterechols.com 
I remember those early weeks. SUCH a strange transition, wasn’t it? Living together, new name – everything!
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6 months in and I’m still getting used to it.
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Oh the memories! You eventually get used to it. And then the reverse happens..lol
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I still, after 8 years, sometimes forget that I have a different last name. Especially when I am with my old friends in my home town. I am sure that for a child being adopted into a new family it might be confusing at first but the joy would probably outweigh that joy!
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aaah read the artcle it talks about my newly wed life not my adoption
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It definitely took me a while to get used to my married name, too.
Eventually, it will come!
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