Big City Girl, Small Town Woman Jennifer, or Jen as some like to call her, was born July 24th, 1970, in the Chicago suburb of Bolingbrook, Illinois. Jen Townsend was the name she grew up with through out her high school and college career, but on October 7th, 1995, her life changed when she married David Claeys, a man from a town smaller than the size of her entire high school. They met at Western Illinois University, where she attended college, and majoring in business. After about three years of marriage she delivered a baby girl (me), and then three years, my brother came along. After living in a bity city for most of her life and then transferring to a small town, my mom was shaped into who she is today. Taking the jump from one city
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She lived in Macomb, Illinois, which has a population of about 20,000 people. After moving, she experiencing things that were strange to her, like dating my dad. He was a small town farm kid, who was like no one she had ever dated before, but meeting him was obviously meant to be. In college she was involved in a sorority and started to volunteer more. After a few years under her belt at DeWitt, she began volunteering and getting involved in her church, our school, and other worthy causes in the community. This developed her pride in patriotism. She values patriotism, not only in an American way, but in a way that you have pride in what you do. Having pride in anything you do makes you more confident and trustworthy. I asked what her biggest regret is right know and she said, “I used to torment my cousins when we were kids about living in a small town and not being able to do nothing, but now I live in a small town.” She says there are some things she misses about living in a big town like always having something to do and having choices, but there are many things she likes about living in a small town such as, safety, less overwhelming and it’s nice to be able to see people you know everywhere. Both big cities and small towns have there up and downs, but the overall goal is to live
She lived in Macomb, Illinois, which has a population of about 20,000 people. After moving, she experiencing things that were strange to her, like dating my dad. He was a small town farm kid, who was like no one she had ever dated before, but meeting him was obviously meant to be. In college she was involved in a sorority and started to volunteer more. After a few years under her belt at DeWitt, she began volunteering and getting involved in her church, our school, and other worthy causes in the community. This developed her pride in patriotism. She values patriotism, not only in an American way, but in a way that you have pride in what you do. Having pride in anything you do makes you more confident and trustworthy. I asked what her biggest regret is right know and she said, “I used to torment my cousins when we were kids about living in a small town and not being able to do nothing, but now I live in a small town.” She says there are some things she misses about living in a big town like always having something to do and having choices, but there are many things she likes about living in a small town such as, safety, less overwhelming and it’s nice to be able to see people you know everywhere. Both big cities and small towns have there up and downs, but the overall goal is to live