Jam Gen Parenting: Surprised by the Unsurprising

When the expected finally happened, it was totally unexpected … and I was totally unprepared. Son #1 arrived home from… Read more Jam Gen Parenting: Surprised by the Unsurprising

Jam Gen Love: What Would My Father Think?

My father passed away in May 2017 at age 86. Until the last year of his life when he became… Read more Jam Gen Love: What Would My Father Think?

I am watching from afar as my sister and many friends plant their gardens in 2020. The ongoing pandemic and… Read more Jam Gen Outdoors: Gardening Generation Gap

As the economy slowly, cautiously (we hope!) opens up and people emerge from their self-isolation cocoons, it’s interesting to see… Read more Jam Gen At Home: The Truth About Self-Isolation

Cottage. Cabin. Camp. Whatever you call it, it means the same thing – an escape from daily life and a… Read more Jam Gen Travel: The Family Cottage

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

We are now several weeks into the ”new normal” of physical distancing/self-isolating. By now you have likely matched all the… Read more Jam Gen Health: Do You Know YOUR Self-Isolation Facts?

No, it’s not what you think. My husband was nothing but faithful and loyal to me during our marriage. Unless,… Read more Jam Gen Parenting: The Other Women In My Life

Mmm, chocolate. Dark, rich, flavourful. A taste of the exotic, the beans grown in tropical countries (think Ivory Coast, Ghana… Read more Jam Gen Food: The Four Seasons of Chocolate

As a parent who is self-employed and works primarily from home, in some ways my life hasn’t changed that much… Read more Jam Gen Health: Pandemic Pandemonium Panic