Name Confusion

From brother-in-law Mike: Liz or Lyz? Jane Austin? or Aaron Tarzan you Jane- Calamity Jane- Dick & Jane? I'm confused......

I named my blog "Jane" because: 1)I didn't want to use our family name in the title and 2) Mike, HELLO! did you read the subtitle? Yes, it's for Jane Austen - not that I really think of myself as a second J.A., but more because her character Elizabeth from Pride & Prejudice reminds me of myself -stubborn, and talks before thinking sometimes. And, I also love Jane Eyre, who had an amazing faith (for a fictional character!) and didn't make any apologies for it.


I use Lyz & Liz interchangeably. Here's why.

In high school I felt like I had a split personality. At school I was super quiet and pretty much your typical bookworm/nerd. But outside of school, I had a lot of friends in 4-H (don't laugh! I loved it!) and from different churches, who I'd see at retreats and summer camp. So I was a big letter-writer. My sister recently told me that if I had been a teenager now, I would have been big on IMing...very true.

So, I finally acknowledged that it was okay that I had two different "personalities" and decided to signify it by spelling my name "Lyz" when writing my friends. I went to college, and my more outgoing side stuck, and I continued to use it. Then I got used to typing it, and my dad likes it, so I held on to it. Friends get concerned that they are spelling it wrong, but really, I don't have a preference.