RCJAM

Welcome to RCJAM & Friends.

"RC JAM" is an acronym for my children's names. Rachel, Chloe, Jonathan, Andrew, & Matthew. Their birth order, JARMC, does not have the same ring to it.

However, if you separate the girls from boys and then put the girls first, it IS their birth order. It is a useful anagram in that sense, but it is kind of confusing.

When we had JAR, Evelyn wanted to name the next one Stephen, then Ozzy (actually we had trouble picking an O), then F-something, then a boy named Clay.. JARS OF Clay. I did not want to get stuck on JARSO, (or have a girl with the unfortunate name of "Clay") so we just picked names that we liked and RCJAM emerged.

It is also our band name.

My mother, wife and one friend in Tallahassee have been encouraging me to start a blog. Since they will be the only readers, this blog is dedicated to them.