It always seems like just when you start to figure life out, it changes in an unexpected way.  One Thursday night in November, I hopped in my car and drove down the street to babysit two kids who I absolutely adore. The three of us were sitting on...

I’m the luckiest person in the world. It’s not what you think-- I didn’t win the lottery, and I’m not typing this from a leprechaun’s den at the end of some rainbow. Those prospects always seemed a little too good to be true for me anyways....