just Jill.

i thought i would just take a minute to explain the title of my blog, just jill. i guess i never did. well, better late than never?

i suppose it could be interpreted in a variety of ways. the first one isn't an intentional meaning but it still works now that i am thinking about it. i am "just jill", no spouse or kids or family unit. of course my family (both immediate and extended) is a big part of me, so in a lot of ways i am a package deal. you can't really experience me without my family - it just doesn't happen.

the second and intentional meaning behind it is quite simple. my name is "just jill". i do not have a middle name and jill is not short for a longer first name (such as jillian). i am literally just jill.

the third, but also intentional meaning, has to do more with who i am. i am nothing fancy or complicated. i am not trying to be something or someone that i am not. i am not going to try to impress you with words or outer appearance or anything of the sort. it doesn't take much to make me smile or for me to have a good time. so in this way, i am just jill.