Raime's Kailani Tate
The Meaning Behind Raime's Name


Raime was my best friend's name. We met when we were three and we were best friends til she died when we were in highschool. Ever since then, I have had dreams about here where she comes to me and we talk and she helps me through problems I need to solve. When I got pregnant with Ethan I had a dream about her in which I was holding a baby girl and I handed it to her. After that dream, I was so convinced that Ethan was going to be a girl. We hadn't found out yet. I went over to talk to Raime's parents, and I asked them if they minded if I named my baby after Raime. They said it would be an honor, but that I was carrying a boy. They're really perceptive to things like that, very spiritual in their own way.




My dreams about Raime are never recurring, it's always different and I never once had a dream involving a baby after that one. I have always felt her presence in my life, a feeling that she is there with me. The years went on and I kind of forgot about that particular dream. I went on to have Bubby and Owen, then I was pregnant again. From the beginning of my pregnancy I thought I was pregnant with a baby girl, but she would never cooperate on the days I had ultrasounds. I had been thinking about Raime a lot during my pregnancy, more so than I had in a while.




When I was in the hospital I totally felt Raime was there with me. I started remembering the dream and thinking a lot about it. I think before my baby was born I had a feeling that she was the baby in the dream, and I was sure of it after I delivered her. I know she went with Raime and that makes me feel not quite as sad. Raime's life was cut so short, and I know she would have made an excellent mother someday. I feel like maybe where ever she is, she was ready to be one and I gave her a child of her own. Now it is as if I have two guardian angels watching over me and my family.




As far as her middle name, Aaron and I had been tossing around a few first and middle names, but we had never decided. He liked Kailani, he wanted to give her a Hawaiian middle name because she was born here. I found out through a friend of mine that it translates to "Heavenly Oceans" in Hawaiian. I thought it was just the most perfect middle name to go with Raime.