Carrying Her With Me
I was born Anna Gail Culbertson on February 15th, 2002. My mother and father had trouble deciding on a name to give me due to the fact that my parents could not agree. Going back between Caroline and Anna, they ultimately decided on Anna. My first name has no origin to either side of my family, and my parents purposely decided that because they knew my middle name was going to hold that position. My middle name holds a very significant place in my heart. On my fathers side of the family, we have lost many loved ones from cancer. I never received the chance to meet my grandmother, grandfather, and my Aunt Gail. They all passed when my father was fairly young, so my parents have tried to preserve their legacy in our family names. When my father was two, his sister passed away at the age of 14 from luekemia. He decided the best way to honor her was to allow...