We call her Yssa.

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"Sikat Academy" culimating activity

She likes gerbera, a flower I claim ignorance about. Which made me realize that there are now many things about this person that I do not know.  Like many women, I have started researching for my daughter's name long before I knew who the father will be.  I have toyed with the idea of Aishalle Marie.  A cousin remarked that Ishall, which is inspired from General Douglas McArthur's "I shall return" pronouncement seemed to make a good sounding name. I considered Erin, and Erienne, and Dominique and Noelle.  From the Little Mermaid, I crafted Arielle but Bing thinks the name was too male sounding.  Alexandra, then Alessandra, and finally Alysandra.  Rae was already a foregone choice for the second name.  That was how I came up with her name.  There had been one brief moment when Cassandra Gayle would have been named Alysandra Rae.  Her Tita Merly was at a loss for a name, and Bing asked for my suggestion.  I told him I have this name that I've kept for a long time: Alysandra Rae.  "It's a nice name," he said, and wanted to suggest it to the others.  I told him I will just come up with a new name, and I came up with Cassandra Gayle, which for me is a great name for a second daughter. Of course, I cannot use it anymore because there is already a Cassandra Gayle.