Once upon a time there was a bubbly, passionate, optimistic young woman whose favorite possession was a pair of rose colored glasses.  Through them she saw all that “happily ever after” implies.  Her husband would be a zealous romantic who spent his lunch hours dreaming up new ways to sweep her off her feet.  The children would be exceptionally talented, hard working, and socially brilliant (i.e. perfected versions of her). As a wife and mother she would have all of the answers and speak to her family in a sweet lilting voice while her body proved immune to gravity and UV rays.

    Jamison Durbin understands that place where girlhood dreams hit reality.  Her three teenage boys feel that daily hygiene is optional, cannot seem to comprehend the purpose of a clothes hamper, and have a serious homework phobia.  Her 13 year old daughter has turned into a hormonal Jekyll/Hyde child who one minute sings her praises and then morphs into a snarling stranger with acid for blood. Her precious husband is so unromantic that at times she contemplates writing a sonnet to herself for him to initial at the bottom.

    Life for the modern woman often does not meet up to our expectations. However, though open sharing, advice from experience and humor, Jamison teaches that life is much richer and can bring cascades of joy despite the myth of Happily Ever After.

    Jamison Durbin is a part-time writer, speaker, jazz vocalist as well as a full time mother of four (Timothy-19, Tommy-17, Johnathan-16 and Jenny Girl-14). She is a graduate of the School of Women's Ministries and was a member of the MOPS (Mothers Of Preschoolers) program for ten years. In 1997 she started a new MOPS group in her home church, Centennial Covenant, where she was the coordinator until the spring of 2001.

    Jamison's humorous speaking style has been enjoyed at women's' groups and retreats since 1996.

    Jamison is currently a Mentor Mom for the MOPS she helped to start and is enjoying her new role thoroughly!