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In addition to being Jennifer bo-, I’m Robert’s wife and Juliette, Sullivan and Bridgette’s Mother. Also, Willow’s Nanny-Boo, and a Peaceful Convert to Catholicism. Professionally, I’m a public relations practitioner and nonprofit director. I’ve been blogging about Generation X for 18 years. I can’t believe I haven’t run out of things to say.

I was born in East Los Angeles in the late 1960s and lived in the San Gabriel Valley until 1974. By the age of 17, I’d lived in six different states, attended 11 different schools and lived in 16 different houses. I was a total latchkey kid. In the fall of 1985, one month before my 18th birthday, I settled in Oklahoma City for college and I’ve been here ever since.

I started looking for signs of my generation in 1990, the year I spent my last 10 bucks on a 20th Anniversary Earth Day T-shirt. In 1992, I read Coupland’s book, Generation X. I didn’t love it, but the terms McJobs and McMansions resonated with me.

In 2007, troubled by the workplace, I started reading everything I could find about Gen X. I’d already been blogging since 1999, but that year I shifted my focus to writing about Generation X. And here I am, all these years later, ultimately documenting our life and times.

Things I Love

I love so many things, like houses, farms, and open fields. Long road trips with my dogs and praying the Rosary. Writing is my favorite pastime along with reading and collecting old photographs. I love taking pictures, especially of everyday life here in Oklahoma, America’s Heartland.

I also love hot coffee — the kind you make at home and pour into an old thermos — and the joy of stumbling upon a poem worth sharing. Sometimes, I go to the flea market. One time, I found a 1919 scrapbook from the Lost Generation, nomads, just like Gen X. I couldn’t believe it. Maybe the scrapbook found me? Finally, I love caring for my family. It’s my very favorite thing in the world.

Finally, thanks for stopping by. I hope you’ll stay awhile.