Hi,

My name is Jed (short for Jedaiah) Augustus Henderson.  I 
was born on January 1, 1979 and I currently live in 
Collbran, CO.  I think having the name Jed has given me many 
positive and negative things.  Probably my biggest annoyance is 
phone calls.  People call me Jay, Jeb, or absolutely crucify 
Jedaiah (Jed-I-uh) if they try to pronouce it.  I mean, how 
many other people spell their name instead of pronouncing 
it?  If I get a call during the evening asking for 
"cough/mumble" Henderson I tell them if they can't say it he's not 
here and hang up.

One of my earliest memories of my name occured when I was 
in 1st grade.  I got thrown into the "slow" section in 
school because I could not learn to spell my own name.  To be 
honest with you, I probably spelled it correctly and the 
teacher thought it was incorrect.

My grandmother found the name Jedaiah in the Bible (she 
told me it was in there two times).  I actually kind of like 
the fact that I have a rare spelling of a rare name.  When 
the kids in school would tease me with ". . . story 'bout a 
man named Jed" I would tease them for not being able to 
spell my name.  As a side note --> to this day I don't take 
kindly to people singing that song to me.  However, I do 
remember that everyone in my school thought I was the coolest 
when "Return of the Jedi" came out.  

My wife loves my name.  She thinks it is a strong "manly" 
name.  She is probably the only person I have ever heard 
this from, but I won't let that detract from the compliment.  

That's all!

Jedaiah Henderson