If you’ve scrolled this far, you already know that my name is Lynn, and that I am fourteen (nearly fifteen).But now I’ll tell you more about me.

I am the oldest out of all of my siblings. And since I am the only child from my parents’ marriage, all of my half siblings are split into two groups: Dad’s and Mom’s.

On Dad’s side, I have four sisters, and on Mom’s I have two sisters and one brother. I live with my mother, stepfather, and their kids here in the Midwest, while the rest of them live back in Alaska, where I was born.

That little fact in and of itself has a lot to do with why I am who I am. I was born in Juneau, and when I was younger, my mom was a single parent doing her best to raise me as a Christian with a firm foundation and strong values. That changed a bit when I was seven and my mom married Jeff, moving me from my native environment of mountains, glaciers, and pine trees to the hot, humid, hilly, lake-filled Midwest. Thankfully, I am still homeschooled, and as active in church activities as I was then.

A bookworm at heart, my favorite things to do are read and write. Especially write. I cannot function properly unless I take at least an hour a day to sit and write something, anything. But after those two come walking my dog, and volleyball. I love volleyball because it’s one of the few sports where my knack for falling to the floor actually comes in handy.

Outside of those things, my skills are somewhat limited. I’m tall and very accident prone, so I tend to avoid anything I view as potentially hazardous. …And given my extremely active imagination, that is a lot.

And now for the thing I probably should have mentioned first: my faith. I try to keep all that I think, say, and do focused on things that will bring glory to God. I’m not trying to be boastful, because there are many things I do that are NOT glorifying to Him--but Christ is always at the center of my life and if you cannot accept that fact, then you cannot accept me as a person.

There are many things that will change in my life; homes, family, friends, jobs, relationships, and experiences, will all come and go. But there is one thing that will never change: the love my God and Savior has for me. I pray that He helps me to put my talents to good use and become the person He wants me to be.