by Jemelene | Sep 30, 2018 | Mama Jem, My News Review Columns
Author’s Note: On October 1, 2015 our town was shattered by the unthinkable. A shooter entered a classroom on our small community college campus and killed nine of our own as well as wounding nine others. My response that next day was a piece that reflected my...
by Jemelene | May 17, 2018 | Archived Jem, Mama Jem, My News Review Columns
It was a Saturday and I was expecting guests the next afternoon to celebrate my 6-week old baby. I was staring at a tray of cake crumbs stuck together with blobs of icing. They were supposed to be Petit fours. I had followed Martha Stewart’s step-by-step...
by Jemelene | May 11, 2015 | Mama Jem, Pastor Jem
It’s natural to be want to be right. There is something about walking out life on a platform where your word and thoughts are set out for the world to read. Ideas come from research or personal experience, either way, that’s what this writing thing is...
by Jemelene | Mar 6, 2015 | Archived Jem, Mama Jem, My News Review Columns
I don’t know any parent who doesn’t at some level want to raise their children to be quality individuals. We want them to be smart, funny and loved. More than anything I hope you want them to be kind. But kindness isn’t something you can’t...
by Jemelene | Jun 27, 2014 | Mama Jem
Russ has been gone for ten days. I’ve had great plans for catching up on some things. >I need to finish my Disaster Relief Training so I can get certified. >Last autumn I bought supplies to redo my folding chairs. They are still sitting in the garage. >The...
by Jemelene | Jun 27, 2014 | Archived Jem, Mama Jem, My News Review Columns
Growing up, I always wanted to be a size 8. That was the number of beauty back then and being beautiful gave you value. The last time I saw that size was the summer after sixth grade when my body took off without me. We had moved to Maine. No longer living in the...
