At church this morning, our pastor made reference to a couple who had posted a newspaper ad looking for an egg donor to help them conceive a child. Not just any egg donor. They were specifically seeking a "genius" egg donor. Perhaps a student with a 4.0 GPA and near-perfect SAT scores.
As he spoke of the couple looking to conceive the "perfect" child, I was both amused and a little sad for them. As you know, we get what we get and sometimes the child we get is not the child we ever imagined. I always imagined we'd be going to soccer games about now and looking forward to college. But that's not the life God planned for us.
We've been going through the process these last couple of months of FINALLY getting a formal diagnosis for Jack. We had a 5-hour speech and psychological evaluation at Kaiser's ASD Clinic in December, followed by another 2-hour evaluation in January with a physical therapist... Read More

Feb. 20, 2013 - CDPH and state health officer, today warned consumers not to eat Pappy’s Chipotle Sauce Marinade with “Best Before” dates between Feb. 2013 and Feb. 2014 because the product contains undeclared allergens... Read More

By Kelly Rathburn

It’s no secret that the holidays can turn your dietary lifestyle into a feeding frenzy. Somewhere between the gravy and the pecan pie, you lose your will power and gain 10 pounds. Usually, I’ll start at Halloween and eat my way through my New Year’s kiss. I then have like 3 months to hide beneath bulky coats and fashionably oversized sweaters before the sun comes out again. But not this year…

As a recent bride-to-be and an already high-fat food lover (Cream cheese? Yes please!), the holidays were about to spell a serious disaster for any hope that I had of being an adorable, stylish, effortless fiancé for the next eight months. Damn you, eggnog!

I began brainstorming ways to cheat the system. Surely modern medicine had come up with a way to let me stay thin and eat a plate of stuffing at every meal! I made my list:... Read More