Does a new name mean a new identity?
So the title of today's post is actually a question; Does a new name mean a new identity? The reason for this question is because I recently got married and my new ID's have come in with my married name on them. Placing my current ID next to my new one I can't help but see little to no similarities between the two women before me. My Newfoundland ID not only holding my now maiden name but also a picture of, well it honestly looks like a mug shot. Looking at it I remember the day I got this picture taken, it was the weekend prior to my 19th birthday which in Newfoundland was a big deal because I was about to be a 'legal' adult and be able to buy liquor, cigarettes, have a credit card..etc all the 'fun stuff' that came with being an 'adult' or what my mind thought five years ago meant being an adult, boy was she in for a rude awakening. She had been cranky because the clerk refused to not put the 'idiot strip' (eighteen year old me...