Jen was always full of spunk and vigor. There was no such thing as grey, her world was either black or white… good or bad, no in between. If she liked you, she absolutely loved you. She was pagan to her toes and loved to express it. From her jewelry defining who she was to little things like saying “Oh my gods”. She would celebrate Yule and Christmas every year along with all the pagan holidays and Christian side by side with her family. She rejoiced and reveled in every triumph (or perceived triumph) and was brought low by every set back or failure.
When Jen got into a hobby, it was fully headlong. When she thought she would like to do some new hobby, she would spend lots of money preparing to do it and stick with it for a while until the next hobby would pop it’s head up and get her attention.
She loved her kids immensely, but as they got older had a hard time acknowledging they weren’t babies anymore.
She burnt almost every meal she cooked but Isabella (middle child) loved her roast. She truly loved every meal her husband Chris cooked on the weekends and was excited to try new foods. On one of their first dates he took her to a Vietnamese restaurant and it opened her eyes to different cultures and types of foods. Once she tasted Peking duck, There was no going back from there.
She loved gardening but didn’t have much of a green thumb, instead relying on her family to help her plant the garden and then her biggest contribution was watering the garden to near flooding levels and harvesting when the veggies were ready. We would grow so many veggies she would regularly give BASKETS of home grown veggies to the neighbors.
She had no problem starting a conversation with a waitress and next thing we knew planning to hang out with the person in some random fashion. Whether it was to look into getting a new tattoo or going out for coffee. She loved being around people.
She adored helping others and had a natural servant's heart. She worked with patients in their homes as a caregiver and it defined her throughout most of her adult life. She tried a few other careers but fell in love with that. She felt it was her responsibility to take care of someone who was unable to care for themselves and to support the family of that person in any way possible.
Her favorite color was purple and she loved to LIVE in different areas. Most people like to visit places and travel. Jen didn’t want that. She wanted to MOVE to a different place she had never been to in order to LIVE there for a short time before moving on to the next place.
Jen's memory lives on through her loving husband Chris, her children Savannah, Isabella and Tristian, her parents Johnny and Regina Biggs, her in laws David and Teresa Mintz and a multitude of extended family and friends.
A family celebration of Jen's life will be held at a later date.
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