Samantha Wittstruck of Wadena, Minnesota, was one month pregnant when a powerful EF4 tornado struck Wadena back on June 17.
She was “knocked cold” during the storm, and “woke up with a cow on top of her.”
The baby was unharmed, thankfully, and just days ago Samantha gave birth to a little girl — the first baby born in Wadena in 2011, in fact. The baby was named Skylar.
We figured ‘Sky’ was too short, so we chose Skylar. It was a big part of her life and she survived it.
I’m glad they were able to distill that dangerous/bizarre experience into a usable name.
Skylar ranked 185th for baby girls and 497th for baby boys in the U.S. in 2009. It’s based on the Dutch surname Schuyler, which refers to a scholar or a school teacher.