LIVING THE JAM GEN: If Life is a Sandwich, Why Am I in the Jam?

Living Life in the Sandwich Generation

My younger sister Sue and I grew up in St. John’s, Newfoundland, on the east coast of Canada. The most… Read more Jam Gen Family: Then One Foggy New Year’s Eve

In 1939, my father was living in a small village in Upper Silesia, a part of Germany that was ceded… Read more Jam Gen Memoir: The Beginning of the War

In 2013 I returned to my career after almost ten years of being home with my children. Six weeks later,… Read more Jam Gen Thanksgiving: It Takes a Village

There it is again, as regular as clockwork. As much as I try to “reason” my way out of it,… Read more Jam Gen Well-Being: Labour Day Blues

My father arrived in Canada in January 1957. He had been offered a two-year contract, working for a company in… Read more Jam Gen Memoir: Christmas and New Year’s 1960-61

‘Twas the month before Christmas, when all through the Pole Not a creature was stirring – except one tired old… Read more Jam Gen Holiday Fun: The Marvellous Mrs. Claus

After my parents moved from St. John’s, Newfoundland to Toronto in July 2009, my father was quite lonely. I only… Read more Jam Gen Memoir: In My Father’s Words

Lights. Camera. Action! My sister and I knew the drill by now: come home from the Christmas Eve service, take… Read more Jam Gen Family: Memories of Christmases Past

No doubt about it – 2020 has been a crappy year. Hope I haven’t offended anyone with that blunt assessment.… Read more Jam Gen’s 2020 Gift Guide for the Holidays

I realize the fact that I don’t like Halloween will be heresy to those who are fervent fans of this… Read more Jam Gen Parenting: Halloween Was Rarely a Treat