WHERE'S MY LAST NAME

You may have noticed that my last name is nowhere on this site.  Despite blogging on the worldwide web, I am actually an extremely private person with some details of my life.  I kind of felt that I had the potential of staying slightly hidden if I didn't use my surname (not of course from those who already know me).

The second, more important reason why I didn't use my surname though was as follows: When I wrote down the things that made me who I am, I realized that my married name was not one I was born with (obvious I know, but go with me). 

Meanings of names are very important to me: Anna means “favor” or “grace” and Jane means “God is gracious”.  God has been so incredibly gracious to me throughout my life so far and I'm working on receiving grace while also extending it to other; my names mean something to me. When I was writing down who I was, my married name just didn't seem to fit.  I didn't connect with the meaning and I wasn't born with it.  Instead of being a part of who I am, I see it as a reflection of the choice I made when I got married (which was a good choice by the way).

Just to be clear, I like my married name; it identifies me with my husband and my children.  I just don’t identify with it as part of the essence of who I am.  This may seem a little weird to some of you but I’m happy having it as one of my little idiosyncrasies!  What little quirks do you have?