Posted April 19, 2008

Jessica

Personality

Jessica is my firstborn, now 16. Of my three children, she is the most sensitive, and intuitive. She is also sophisticated, kind, generous, and feminine. Jessica is especially tolerant of all types of people, empathetic, and nurturing. She is resilient to change in her life, but likes a plan and a routine. She always knows what I am thinking before I tell her, and what I need before I ask. She jumps in to help with anything Jacob needs, and give advice to Samantha. Jessica makes the hearts of grownups melt because she is so sweet and responsible. She is the most arranged person in the family, with an organized closet, an organized desk, and an organized computer. She has been doing her own laundry for years even though I was sending it out when she took over. She is a goal setter, perfectionist, a rule keeper, and determined. Her greatest quality is how likeable she is. My best word to describe her, though, is compassionate.

Academic

Jessica is a straight A student at Blue Springs High School, where she is young for her grade but takes an extra rigorous academic schedule that includes advanced math (college algebra), American and world literature, world religions, sociology, history, chemistry, marketing, and creative writing. She studies hard, and works hard at everything that she does. She likes younger children and has volunteered at the elementary school as a tutor. She claims she is clueless sometimes; but I have never seen her that way. In the spring 2007, Jessica was home schooling so that our family could travel more. Her academic talents, potential, and goals can only be met with the rigorous reading, writing, and mathematics schedule that she has completely set for herself. She maintained a home schooling journal at her own blog with her own domain name. Now, Jessica is back in 11th grade and excelling with her schoolwork and building strong friendships.

Activities

Jessica loves extra curricular activities. In the past, she has enjoyed walking, biking, and skiing, and has taken classes in gymnastics, jazz dance, ballet, swimming, diving, horsemanship, and piano. In school she has been in cross country running, honors choir, and forensics; just sampling everything. Right now, she enjoys jazz, Pilates, and hip hop. She is definitely the coordinated and articulate one in the family.  A back dive that she used to do from a springboard when she had a diving coach impressed me more than it impressed Jessica. She has her own life-time membership at 24-Hour Fitness where she loves to lift weights and work out on the elliptical, or loves to take classes there, and asks to go there every day. She loves to hike in the mountains when we are traveling. She has recently run as far as 7.5 miles without stopping.

Interests

Jessica is also an aspiring photographer, is sensibly fashionable, poses effortlessly for pictures, modestly does her makeup, and likes Bebe clothing and Puma shoes (and boys). Jessica loves healthy food, and is constantly eating fresh fruits and vegetables, checking calories, and filling up her water bottle. Right now, she is in on her second tour as a vegetarian. She appreciates clean music and has put all of my CDs onto my iPod for me because she is such an expert. She has recently earned her driver’s permit.

Inclination

As a relentless reader and a writer, Jessica is thoughtful, contemplative, and creative. She describes herself as quiet, but she is certainly not shy, just thinking. She has set out to read all of the scriptures, church history, and all of the great classics, all on her own. The has already recently read Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, The Scarlet Letter, and A Tale of Two Cities all outside of school and without any requirement. She obviously has great Christian values and morals, and insists on complete temperance and purity. Her heroes include the prophets of the church. I think that Jessica was born into the world with knowledge about Christ. She wants to write historical documentaries and historical fiction. She already publishes fanfiction online, and has people that regularly follow her chapters with comments.

Future

Jessica loves archaeology and history. She loves travel, especially the Caribbean, and wants to go to Italy and Pompeii. She also loves religious history, and wants to put all of my books in a museum some day. Right now, she wants to go to Brigham Young University to major in history and then get an MBA, and be a lot like me, but that could change with her tastes.

Jessica is pictured below as photographed by herself in a self-portrait

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