One of the things I love about Thanksgiving is how it inspires multitudes of people to consider their blessings and seek an attitude of gratitude (ha! Did you see that? I made a rhyme…). I can’t help myself but join in. Positive peer pressure, I suppose. I decided to dig a little deeper this year and look at the most difficult things in my life and gaze at them from a different perspective. One of gratitude. I’m thankful for chronic illness. I’ve been a type 1 Diabetic si

“It takes a village” is a common phrase used when discussing the raising of children. I agree wholeheartedly. The act of keeping a tiny human alive until they are eighteen years old (or older) and can fend for themselves (supposedly), requires a lot of support for parents. These "things" don’t come with manuals and just because you have one doesn’t mean the next one will be the same. Oh, no….the general rule is that you get a completely different, almost opposite, child t