Why Judith Kay?

Judith is named for my mother (Judith) and Lance's mother (Sharon Kay) for several reasons:

1. My mother, for all her faults, is the model of a Christian woman for me. I strive emulate her walk with Christ, and I desire that more than anything for my daughter.
2. Lance's mother passed away when he was very young, and I wanted to honor her as well as my own mother.
   
3. I am named after my grandmothers, and have always thought that was pretty cool.
4. Judith means "woman of Judea" and Kay means "pure". I interpret them together as "a pure woman of God".
5. I think Judith Kay Ford sounds beautiful.

Somehow I convinced Lance that these were reasons enough to name her. I think probably he just "gave in" for love of me. :-)