Jen
Jennifer grew up in South Florida but moved to Marietta ten years ago. She is a full-time HR Director for a non-profit and a mom to three (Skylar, 20, Mackenzie, 17, and Kaden 4). When she’s not Mom’ing or HR’ing, she loves going to festivals around the city and exploring her adopted home. Jennifer also enjoys collecting scrapbooking supplies that she rarely gets the chance to use.
Adulting Myths
As a kid, I thought there would be a magical moment when adulthood opened up in front of me. Like a bright shining light, it would have Olivia Newton-John roller skating through it (because...
Teenagers: Know Your Audience
Do you have a topic (or five) that you don't really want to hear about? For example, I am not a fan of bathroom humor. I don’t know why this topic bothers me, but...
Advocate for Your Care
When I became pregnant with my oldest (almost twenty-years ago, gulp) I was still a baby myself! I took a home pregnancy test but didn’t believe the results. Can you say “naïve?” When I went...
Why it’s Great Being an Older Mom
I had my first two children in my mid-20s; I had my last child at 40. Sometimes I forget how wonderful this experience is at this age because being an older Mom comes with...
Managing Working Mom Guilt
I know that many Moms, whether you work-outside-the- home, stay-at-home, or work-at-home, struggle with feelings of Mom Guilt. Lately, I’ve been having some major Mom Guilt about my little one being in daycare while...
3 Things Moms Should Be
It took me a long time to understand the power that women have when we are together. It saddens me to say that when I was younger, it was usually girls who were the...
Divine Intervention | When My Little One Lied
Have you heard that saying “I opened my mouth and my mother came out”? Well, one day when my older kids (now 18 and 15) were little, I opened my mouth and my grandmother...
My Dirty Laundry
One morning I put on a black long-sleeved shirt that had been hanging inside-out in my closet. Not considering why it was inside-out in my closet, I put it on. When I looked in the...
There is No Such Thing as Balance
We’ve been lied to. We’ve been told over and over again that our work life and our home life should have balance. This is impossible, people. There is no such thing as having everything...
One Small Step for Moms
It’s amazing how much can change in a relatively short amount of time. When my oldest son was born in 1997, we were using dial-up on our first computer and didn’t own a cell...