My mother passed away this year and I had hoped to have her clarify the meaning of my name, but it just wasn’t possible. I remember her telling me decades ago that she chose my name (which has two syllables) because to her it means sun-rise, but my name is not sunrise. It is something rather close to that though. I think I was her sunshine, at least for a time, and that is probably why I call my daughter ‘my sunshine’, because I learned it from my mother, even though our interactions (my mother’s and mine) are mostly lost in time. I do remember when she was being nice, she seemed to delight in calling me Sunshine, with a smile on her face and in her voice.
So, yeah. My name does have a meaning behind it. It means morning sun which I realize has such prophetic meaning because Jesus is the Rising Son. To be clear, I do not think I am Jesus nor God! But I do believe God was giving my mom this unusual name for a reason. What that reason is, I am not exactly sure. But as with the numerology conflation of 22/7 in my home phone number, God has marked me with His circle, and He has just now called to my memory that my very name has connotations to the rising sun…..and maybe the Rising Son.
~Song of Mary~ 