Over the years I have been involved in some pretty epic parenting blunders, stumbles and just down right craziness. Things that just can’t be made up and once seen can NEVER be unseen. Some of my experiences are almost made for TV fodder, perhaps like the time I could see that one of my children was a about to throw …
A Discussion On Letting Go And Choosing What To Feed
View PostLong Live The Snow Queen, Doughnut Runs And Other Stories
I cover a lot over here on JENerally Informed, but most of what is happening in my day to day family life gets carried over to my social media accounts. Some of you may already follow me on some of those, but I would love to share with you a little bit of what has been going on. Long live …
Dumb Teens, Racism And The Social Media Talk You Need To Have Today
Something happened in our home state of Arizona this week. You may have already seen the picture that went viral of 6 High School Seniors with shirts spelling out a racial slur, but in case you missed it, here it is. The story behind the picture is that it was taken on Senior picture day at Desert Vista High School …
How The Expectation Of Trying To “Have It All” Is Hurting Us All
How The Expectation Of Trying To “Have It All” Is Hurting Us All I am almost 40 years old, and with my age comes at least a little wisdom; wisdom I wish I had possessed many years before this point in order to save myself much needless heartache. When I turned 25 I was a wife, a mother, a professional …
You’re Going To Make It After All
You’re Going To Make It After All Let’s set the mood for this post. I launched JENerally Informed in February of 2014. I had no idea exactly where I was going with this blog, but I wanted a place to share the stories and things that mattered to me. Truthfully, I had no expectations for this space and since 2014 …
The Christmas List
When my husband and I were first married we lived far away from family and that first Christmas I still wanted to connect with all of our loved ones even though we couldn’t be together. So I decided to send out Christmas cards. Because Microsoft Outlook wasn’t available back then, I went out and purchased an inexpensive softcover address book …
Let’s Talk about Sex
View PostTis’ The Season To Sparkle Princess!
Tis’ The Season To Sparkle Princess! Many of you who are new to JENerally Informed may not know that I entered the blogging world in kind of a round about way. First I wrote a book about a Practically Perfect Princess, started a blog and then took to blogging like it was second nature. The rest is history. Since I …
How To Win On Social Media During The Holidays
It is that time of year where across social media we are greeted with those happy pictures of of our friends and family members as they document their Holiday celebrations. I like seeing such pictures and posts, but unfortunately, not everyone understands how the social media thing works. So in order to save you from having your own social media …
The What No One Wants For Christmas Gift List #2
If you are new to JENerally Informed, welcome! If not, you probably already know that Jen’s Guy (my husband) and I like to do lists. Now these aren’t your standard kind of lists, but range in topics like The What No One Wants For Valentines Day list or Five Christmas Songs That Need To be Retired or the original What …
Mistaken Identity: Mother Bruce Plus A Disney Books Giveaway!
Two weeks ago I arrived home from a morning full of errands to find a surprise package waiting for me on my front doorstep. As I opened the package I was delighted to see that inside there was a new book! I love books and the artwork on the front of this book was so adorable that I couldn’t wait …
The Young Sandwich Generation: Tips For Coping
If at times in the last few weeks it has felt as if the force behind JENerally Informed, me Jen, has been less than present it is because I was. Several weeks ago my immediate family and I made the difficult decision to place my elderly mother into an assisted living facility. I have shared before how I am a …
Finding Something To Be Grateful For
This week is proving to be very deeply and personally difficult for me. I am in the middle of helping to make some rather important decisions that will impact other people’s lives. People for whom I am responsible and care deeply for. And because of this, it feels like my fears, insecurities and self doubt are winning the war against …
