Sometimes life is just plain excrutiating.  On such days denial helps and  -when denial is insufficient - prayer is particularly welcome. Today I am sincerely praying that I am not, despite all physical evidence to the contrary, raising an obese terrorist.

 
 
It’s no secret that I have an appreciation for good wine and cold beer, particularly when I am socializing or unwinding from an especially trying day. This practice has never been a great concern for me because I know my limits and listen to them…that is until recently when all the news started taking on this Jeff Foxworthy approach to diagnoses: “If you have 1 drink a day, you might be an alcoholic. If you drink before 5pm, you might be an alcoholic. If you drink to relieve stress, you might be an alcoholic. If you drink to make your family more tolerable”…and so on…