I had a list of names I liked that I came up with over the couple of weeks I was waiting to bring Elphaba home. On the day I picked her up I still didn't know...I figured after a day or so with her the right name would show it self. And it did ... later that day when she was in her crate crying her head off...and I was laying on the floor with the laptop writing a paper. I had my itunes running thinking that the music would soothe her since I wasn't talking to her. The soundtrack to Wicked was playing...and my favorite song, Defying Gravity, started. The begining of the song (in speaking voice) goes "Elphaba! Why couldn't you stay calm for once..." and my little Miss Elphaba immediately got quiet and sat up in her crate. I thought I was seeing things so I played the song again.. and again she sat up and got quiet! So I decided Elphaba was it. Now "Elphie" had been on my list...a nickname for Elphaba. And I had planned to go with that...but she actually responds better to Elphaba than Elphie. And to this day...if she's unhappy and crying in the car...if I put Wicked on she calms down. So when people ask me how she got her name...I tell them she picked it herself! |