Applicant #3: Jenn Cooper

Jenn Cooper is a 18-year-old from O'Fallon.

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Jenn's current situation:

I am beginning the best years of my life. I accept each day's challenges head on and learn something new everyday.

Jenn's blog post:

When one unlucky thing seems to happen, more follow. From the cracked iPhone screen to the cancellation of a much needed vacation, could anything else go wrong?! I guess I haven't gotten it so bad, because truly much worse could happen? Accepting things for how they are might seem like a pain but it really needs to happen. I should, in fact, be more grateful that I at least have a cell phone and the loving, caring, helpful people in my life. I do know that I am very lucky to have said people in my life. The ones who would rather see me standing than crawling, and would take the time to help me get back on my feet instead of walking on by leaving me helpless. These people should and will be commended. While I may have unfortunate things happen to me, I am very grateful that the good truly does outweigh the bad, for that I am lucky.

Jenn