My brother has coerced me into creating a blog, so here goes...
My name is Jessica. I'm 33 years old; I'm very, very, happily married; I have a home in Davis, CA that I love; I have a career that I love; I have loving family and friends all around me. What more could a person ask for? Sometimes I feel like I'm going to die young because I'm so darn happy! The only sadness I have inside me is the loss of my mother. She was only 50 years old when she died of colon cancer two years ago. That has left a hole in me that will probably never be filled.
Lately the biggest "issue" on my mind is children. Whether or not to have a child, if so when, how would it work, can we afford it, how would life change...
I told my brother that I really didn't have much to write about and he said I should write about things I'm passionate about.... so let's try that.
1) I'm passionate about community college. I'm a professor at a community college in Sacramento and I am also a graduate of a community college in Santa Rosa. I feel that community colleges provide opportunity and quality education for so, so, so many people who might otherwise have not had access. I love the diversity of students with whom I interact. Old, young, blind, deaf, a woman with a traumatic brain injury who got the highest grade in my class, dyslexic individuals, a foster parent who shared with me how that system works and how wonderful it can be, men and women of every ethnicity you can imagine, people from all over the world with English as a 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th language! I have so many different types of students in my classes each semester. I have been teaching full-time for about 5 years now and every semester I learn so very much from my students. I feel so lucky to be a community college professor.
2) I'm passionate about appreciating the gifts that are all around us every day. From my earliest memories I've always been a very positive person. I tend to look on the bright side of most things and can often see the "lesson" even in the most painful of events. If I had one thing I would like to share with the world, it would be to help others to see the joy and opportunity that is present in the choices they make each day. Wow... that sounds so corny. I do not posess my brother's eloquence, that is for certain. Ah well... you are probably the only one I'm going to send this link to anyway Travy. :-)
That is all I can think of to write right now. I've got to get my classes ready for Fall semester 2008 which starts Monday! :-)
Signing off... Jess
1 comment:
Congrats on an awesome start to a blog, Jess. :) See, you have plenty to write about! I've always been impressed by (and even a little envious of) your positive outlook on life, and like you said, your ability to learn from adversities instead of getting bogged down by them. Hopefully you'll start sending the link to this blog around so that other people will have a chance to gain some insight into the benefits of Jikkiphilosophy. But even if you don't, I'll sure enjoy reading it. :) Just so long as you enjoy writing it. 'Cause thats what it's really all about.
Oh and by the way, thats hogwash about not having your brother's eloquence. We just each have our own unique brand of corniness. ;)
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