why i started this blog

Well, I didn't start it for fame or fortune (good thing!) and I didn't start it to embarrass Rose (please remind her of that when she's a teenager). 

My husband is beyond embarrassment because he doesn't actually care what anyone thinks of him.  Something I like about him and sometimes wish I was more like.

I mostly just wanted to write.  And hope to get better at writing by, you know, writing.

And I wanted to draw (well, ok, doodle).  And having my life in cartoons makes me smile. 

But, no fear, I do actually know my self doodles aren't art.  Or anything close.  They make me smile anyway.

And also, I just want to record things and have them down.

And, somewhere in the back of my mind, I feel like maybe I'm not the only one out there who feels like this sometimes and maybe sharing my story can be nice for mommas like me out there.

Plus, I get to play around with blog designs.

my husband

I love this guy (my real husband, not the stick figure guy!).  Really do.  He's not always perfect (yeah, but I am, right?) but he has a good heart and he's kind to me and others.  Also he's crazy about me and not others (in that way, anyway).  Also I'm good to him (and why shouldn't I be--I love him and I'm crazy about him).  So there you have it.

I keep telling my daughter that a happy partnership isn't about finding the perfect person but about finding someone who can make what's important to you important to him and who's flaws are things you can see beyond.  I tell that to her because I believe it and I want her to understand it because I think it's important.

He's years older than I am which makes him like music that I don't actually care for. at all.  And it also makes him not realize the greatness that is my favorite music.  But we have the same goofy sense of humor and the same outlook on life.  Also lots of the things I don't like to do he's good at.  And he does them--sometimes because he's good at them and sometimes because I don't like to do them.  And I do the same for him even on days when it may not be and even match, because I do them because I love him.

Hello world!

First thing you should know about me: I am not really Daphne.   It's a name I picked up for a garden blog I wrote for a few years.  But I don't like to share too much online, so I'm still running with Daphne here.

Also, I have a checkered past when it comes to blogs--I've blogged a couple times in the past but I don't always keep up past the initial glow of newness wears off--but since this is mainly for me (and I'm already attached that way!) it should work out just fine

In my real life, I am a wife and I love him, I am a mom and I love her.  I am a Christian who struggles sometimes, but still I love Him.

Tons of other things about me, I'm sure, but something between self-doubt and self-preservation makes it tough to know what or how to best spell out who I am.  But that's part of what blogging is about, right?  To write a bit, think a bit, and figure it all out.

And, ta-da!  I've started blogging!