Jam Gen Health: Vaccination Day

I didn’t even try to park in the parking lot of the long-term care home where my mother resides –… Read more Jam Gen Health: Vaccination Day

Jam Gen Calendar: A Guided Tour Around the Sun

Even in the good years, getting through a trip around the sun can feel like a Herculean effort. Each lunar… Read more Jam Gen Calendar: A Guided Tour Around the Sun

I look at my mother sitting across from me in her wheelchair, a wheeled hospital-style overbed table situated between us.… Read more Jam Gen Health: A Visit with My Mother

I knew Santa’s days were numbered when Son #1, then age eight, told me that there was a “real” Santa… Read more Jam Gen Ethics: The Ambiguity of Lying

For those of you who have spent any time in corporate life, at some point you have likely been subjected… Read more Jam Gen Health: Stress Assessment

For anyone who uses Facebook, you will be familiar with the feature called “Your Memories on this Day.” Unbidden, this… Read more Jam Gen Love: The Firsts … and The Lasts

It’s been over ten weeks since I last saw my mother in person. The call informing me that I could… Read more Jam Gen Health: A Call with My Mother

I’m not exactly sure when the roles reversed, but sometime during the past fifteen years my mother and I changed… Read more Jam Gen Love: Memories of My Mother

In the world of marketing, there is a concept called the Product Life Cycle. Each stage has its own particular… Read more Jam Gen Parenting: The Movie Stages of Parenthood

No, I am not an accountant – at least not in the formal sense. Although, come to think of it,… Read more I Am A CFO: The Job Description