In a word, “family.” a.j.jacks is a family business, established by my daughters and me and financed by our generous husband-dad-grampa extraordinaire. What really makes this possible is the time, talent, and dedication of our daughter Jenna Stewart Mahon who lives in Toronto, ON, and our daughter by marriage Billie Jeanne Stewart of Atlanta, GA and the enormous support of their husbands.

I have eight amazing grandchildren, and they are our inspiration. There are five girls and three boys. The initials of seven of them and the name of the one born in the year of our start-up inspired our name and everything we do: Ava, Jacqueline, Jordan, Aidan, Cecelia, Kirsten, Jack and Savanna.