[Magdalen] Name changed!

[Marion Thompson]

Sometimes our greatest anxieties are not worth the worry.  So glad this 
has come through so easily.

Marion, a pilgrim

On 10/30/2015 12:58 PM, Kristin Rollins wrote:
> Today was my day to head to court for the hearing on my name change.
>
> And hearing almost inflates what happened beyond recognition. I was only
> asked to verify what change I was asking for and to ensure that they had
> the correct spelling. And that was it. All i had to do was wait for the
> order to reach the clerk's office and pay for the extra copies I wanted.
>
> It was funny: the hearing itself was nothing (especially since the judge
> moved the five of us with name changes today to the start of the docket,
> so I didn't even get to hear anything interesting while I waited). And I
> didn't really even feel anything when I first got the order in my hands.
> But when I ordered the extra copies of the order, and I got *them* back,
> and on top of the pile there was a receipt for my payment, which was
> shown as being from KRISTIN L. ROLLINS - And I think something about
> seeing that in print and with a middle initial made me realise in that
> moment that it was now my *legal* name.
>
> I decided to rest on my laurels a bit, especially after yesterday was a
> miserable anxiety day in anticipation of the unknown of this morning. So
> it will probably be Monday before I head to start the name changes with
> Social Security and the DMV. And the multitude of places that come after
> those.
>
> Kristin
>