Jessica E #3 - nominated by her husband, Andrew.

I nominate Jessica for the Dana Jackson Celebrating Moms Contest. 
Here are just a few reasons why she is such an exceptional mom...

The birth of our children...

Anna's birth: Posterior, Long labor, C-Section, they took her away from her and 
into the NICU, she walked across the hospital 3 hours after major abdominal surgery 
to see her, she spent countless hours trying to nurse her, not giving up or even 
contemplating the option of bottle feeding. 

Ben's birth: VBAC with no drugs. 12 months of extremely complicated nursing with 
milk duct infections, biting, wrestling. 

Single mom: I am a Merchant Marine and my job forces me to be away and Jessica 
has no help for 6 months out of the year. She wakes up with the kids and goes 
through her daily routine every day doing everything necessary to get the kids to their 
multiple activities. She doesn't accept the fact that she could just stay home and make 
it easy on herself because she is alone. She fills every day during the week with a 
stimulating environment for the kids and not one minute is wasted. 
On top of the 24 hour job of being a mother, she still finds time to take care of a house, 
the yard, the bills, the car, groceries, exercise, teach values to the kids and 
raise two extremely gifted children. She is a positive example in every way to the 
children and they love her with all of their heart. 

Simply put: Jessica deserves to win the contest because she is hands down the 
best mother I have ever met. Every other mother pales in comparison. 
She s always asked by her friends who are moms, or just by other moms that she 
meets at the kid's activities how she does it, being by herself caring for two kids. 
She doesn't make it seem like her life is tough to get sympathy from others. 
She simply does it because she enjoys spending time with her children and she wants the 
best for them in life. They are her priority, they come before everything else, 
including herself. Just thinking of what she does for our kids motivates me to be a 
better father.