2012 in Review (in which I had a baby & neglected to tell the internet about it)

Merry Christmas Baby (album) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

This year kicked my butt in a lot of huge ways but I hesitate to call 2012 a bad year. It was weird, challenging, and taxing, sure, but we were incredibly fortunate that everything bad that happened ultimately worked out for the best.

For instance…

When two of the people closest to me each got a scary medicaldiagnosis followed by scary surgery, both not only came out of it fine and made quick recoveries but also discovered the danger hadn’t...