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Jessica

Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, but the realization of how much you already hav

About Me


|| Jessica ||
The name was first used in this form by Shakespeare in his play
'The Merchant of Venice', where it belongs to the daughter of Shylock.
Shakespeare probably based it on the biblical(Yiskah), the name of a minor character in Genesis, which meant "YAHWEH beholds" in Hebrew.
Although my family and close friends choose to call me...Jessa
I Love...
~~My God, He’s my everything...enough said.
~~This man that has captured my heart. He is a man of strength, passion, beauty and a deep love for the same God who brought him to me.
~~My family, they are a rock and have taught me how to live.
~~To live and love passionately, life’s too short to waste on wishing.
~~To laugh…a lot, I’ve decided that life is tough
and if I can’t laugh at it I could go crazy.
~~Spontanaeity, because it is the quality of being able to do something just because you feel like it at the moment, of trusting your instincts, of taking yourself by surprise and snatching from the clutches of your well-organized routine, a bit of unscheduled plea.
Our Honeymoon
April 2007
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My Interests


You

A man named Thomas John

Friends

People Watching

Chipotle

Summer afternoons in the pool

My Piano

The beach

The VFC

Shopping

Cleaning

Spontaneous Road Trips

Limes

Diet Coke

The Magic Bullet

Sushi

Concerts

Random walks downtown Minneapolis

Twins Games

Travel

Dates with the most beautiful nieces in the world

Dark Chocolate

Coffee

I'd like to meet:


Bono

George Bush

Mark Buchanan

Rob Bell

div

Music:


U2

Coldplay

Sia

Mutemath

Mae

Watashi Wa

Run Kid Run

The Almost

Family Force 5

United

Jars of Clay

Frank Sinatra

Buena Vista Social Club

Natalie Grant

Sarah Kelly

Starfield

Shawn McDonald

Nat King Cole

Jason Morant

Movies:


What About Bob?

The Other Sister

Phantom of the Opera

White Christmas

A Christmas Story

Old Pink Panther Classics

Alfred Hitchcock Movies....
Rear Window
North by Northwest
Vertigo

Private Eyes
This is a Grages Family favorite

Television:


Lost

The Office

24

Dog The Bounty Hunter

Extreme Makeover Home Edition

Rob & Big

Run's House

Books:


Captivating
By: John Eldredge

Your God is Too Safe
By: Mark Buchanan

Tuesdays With Morrie
By:Mitch Albom

The Bible

Heroes:


Jesus Christ

My Dad

My Blog

Yes, It's true!

I figured I had better post something official, it doesn't take long for word to get out!  It seems as if God has done something rather supernatural in my life over the past weeks.  There's ...
Posted by Jessica on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 05:42:00 PST

Christmas Wishes

So once again, my family pulled off the same debacle we do every year.  As all the Christmas purchasing ensues, we share with one another the great finds for other members of the family.  Le...
Posted by Jessica on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 09:20:00 PST

The Anatomy of Wonder

I had a date to the circus last night. It was my favorite kind of date, the kind with the most beautiful nieces in the world. I hadn't been to the circus since I was their age and I remember very litt...
Posted by Jessica on Sat, 21 Oct 2006 03:26:00 PST

Change

  I have an amazing upbringing, for that I'm forever grateful.  My mother has all these sayings that are ingrained in my head, I'm sure your mom did too.  You know, things like&"A littl...
Posted by Jessica on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 11:17:00 PST

100 Random Things

100 Random things about me, just bored. 1. Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed?    Never thought about it, both I think 2. Do you take the shampoos and conditioner bott...
Posted by Jessica on Wed, 19 Jul 2006 09:09:00 PST

Motivation

Pretty sure it's 1:45 in the AM, sleep seems to be far from my poor little eyes.  Oh, I've tried...been to bed twice now.  Not sure what that's all about, so I find myself here.  On Mys...
Posted by Jessica on Fri, 07 Apr 2006 11:50:00 PST

It's been a while...

I'm not always the best at this blogging deal.  Or maybe that it's that I'm not the best at sitting long enough to process thoughts worthy of blogging.  So that pretty much sums up what...
Posted by Jessica on Tue, 07 Mar 2006 12:00:00 PST

Desperation

I wish I had the ability to write lyrics like these.  Theres nothing that compares to finding a song that so emulates whats going on inside you that you are infatuated, obsessed with listening ...
Posted by Jessica on Tue, 01 Nov 2005 02:45:00 PST

Proud To Announce...

It's official...just wanted to let you all know that I have officially WON!  "Won?" you might ask. Yes...yes,  I have won the battle with the fruit flies.  As of approximately 3PM yeste...
Posted by Jessica on Sun, 18 Sep 2005 09:02:00 PST

Ingesting Raid...not good

Yup...so I've got this problem, I seriously need help.  I've got this amazing new apartment, couldn't possibly love it more.  The location, the freedom, the neighbors it's all amazing. ...
Posted by Jessica on Mon, 12 Sep 2005 09:49:00 PST