STUDENT PROFILE: Kaitlin Connor. God Given Talents. Written Words.

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January 21, 2010 • written by Moriah Smith  
Filed under News, News Feature, featured

A God-given talent, a passion instilled in a young girl, and written words that flow from heart to paper. Kaitlin Connor, a sixth grader at Calvary Christian Academy truly stands out as she seeks to utilize the special gifts God gave her.

When Kaitlin was about seven years old she started writing for fun, only to later blossom into a creative, colorful writer when she began fifth grade. What is Kaitlin’s inspiration, you might ask? Her loving grandparents. Kaitlin vividly remembers her grandmother’s passion for writing and expressing the beauty of the world through words. As her grandmother would sit down and write with her, Kaitlin’s eagerness to write flourished. Her grandmother would always say to her, “It doesn’t matter what you write, as long as you have fun while doing it.”

Today, as Kaitlin sits down to write, her thoughts travel onto the paper as she expresses the explosion of her dazzling imagination going on inside her mind. Kim McDuffie, an English teacher at CCA comments, “Kaitlin seems to have a natural God-given way of expressing herself in a way that makes you feel you are there in the story with the characters. She has a very ‘mature’ style as well.” According to Kim McDuffie, one of the stories that communicates Kaitlin’s brilliance in writing is a memoir of her grandparents.  Truly, she has applied well that old writing technique: “Write what you know.”

Kaitlin also enjoys reading and playing fast on the soccer field. Her life verse is Jeremiah 29:11, “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

Clearly, this young lady’s walk with God is clearly evident as she is beautiful, both inside and out. And that shows well in her written words.