Jam Gen Family: Memories of Christmases Past

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

Jam Gen’s 2020 Gift Guide for the Holidays

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 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

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

For what we are about to receive, may the Lord make us truly thankful. Amen. My sons half recite, half… Read more Jam Gen Parenting: The Gift of Gratitude

Hear that noise? No? Me neither. It’s 9:30 in the morning on the first day of school. That sound? Dead… Read more Jam Gen Parenting: Back to School

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

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

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