"Party" All the Time
November 25, 2008 4:30 PM

You may notice that my name is now signed "Jeanne (Party)" in this column. I have written about the name "Party" before, but I looked back and the last time it was mentioned was September 26, 2007.

It's Juliana's name for me. She's always referred to me as her party. She signs "my party," emphasizing the "my." It started when she was about a year old. She'd be fighting sleep and I'd lay her down again and again, singing an old Eddie Murphy song—"My girl wants to party all the time, party all the time." Sometimes Tami would stick her head in and say, "How's the party going?" When I'd get there in the evening Tami would say, "Juliana, your party's here." So that became my name.

One of the things that Juliana is able to say quite clearly is "Party, look!" I love to hear that. You might notice some of the letters in the Guest Book mention "Party," referring to me. I love that, too. I play with the spelling and sometimes spell it "Partie," but that's who I am, Juliana's party.

—Jeanne ("Party")