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Why We Love This Place Wednesdays: Jesse McCracken


By Terra Avilla

Susanville is home to me for a lot a reasons. Over the past seven years, it has continued to endear itself to me for a variety of reasons, many of those reasons, surface in my weekly article. This week, however, I wanted to pinpoint one of the exact moments, when I thought to myself, “Oh my Gosh, I love that I live here,” and that moment involved one of my very favorite people, Jesse McCracken.

I met Jesse when we were neighbors. I had just moved to town and did not have any friends yet outside of work. And you know who came to my rescue? My sweet and funny neighbor, Jesse, who just so happened to be just as pregnant as I was.

The two of us would wave hello back and forth and one day when I was getting the mail, she introduced herself to me. At that time, she worked for Lassen Family Services, and I had recognized her from work.

She was kind. She asked me how I was doing and if I needed anything. I remember thinking how sweet she was to ask me what I need when she was just as pregnant as I was and had other kids to look after.

From there on out, Jesse and I were like peas and carrots. In so many ways we are so different, but she is one of my truly favorite people. She is organized and meticulous. She is a flow chart, let’s plan this out, I am going to make this seven-tiered cupcake thing she saw off of Pinterest person, and I am a “let’s wing and see what happens”, amazon prime kinda gal. Yet our friendship works.

I love the fact that our children were born weeks apart and will be friends forever. I love that no matter what mood I am in, she is uplifting and caring.

And guys – its not just me that receives this VIP treatment – it’s everyone. Jesse has a gregarious personally without being overbearing. She is so considerate of others and so many people are lucky enough to call her a friend.

When Jesse is not busy being the world’s best friend, she is out participating in PTA meetings, river cleanups, fundraisers for the community, and so much more.

Since I have known her, she in constantly on the go, trying to get others involved in activities within our community, whether that’s participating in mom groups, frequenting our local businesses, being a guest dancer for me in past fundraisers (despite it being so outside her comfort zone) participating in craft fairs, etc.

She was one of the very first people who started Dancing for a Brand New Me and is one of the reasons it was so successful. When it comes to just good-salt of the earth people, Jesse is it. I am so lucky that we were neighbors seven long years ago, because she truly encompasses all that I love about this town, and is one of the reasons I love the place we live.

Jeremy Couso
Jeremy Couso
SusanvilleStuff.com Publisher/Editor
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