Middle Name Meme

I saw this over at View from the Pews, and since I'm dawdling, I'll do it here:

Here are the rules

1. You have to post the rules before you give your answers.

2. You must list one fact about yourself beginning with each letter of your middle name. (If you don't have a middle name, use your maiden name or your mother's maiden name).

3. At the end of your blog post, you need to tag one person for each letter of your middle name. (Be sure to leave them a comment telling them they've been tagged.)

A is for asceticism. Not that I'm an ascetic, but I learned recently that a committed daily time of prayer can be considered "asceticism." That gives me a new perspective on both prayer and asceticism.

N is for nice. My eldest child DC tells me that he remembers me telling him "to be nice" when he was little, so I suppose I told all four of my children to behave nicely.

N is for Nippon, which is the Japanese name for "Japan." I lived in Japan when I was in the 6th, 7th, and 8th grades.

E is for eclectic, because I am an eclectic Christian.

Now I tag Katherine E., Wyrdbyrd, Jiff, and Zorra.