Have you ever thought ... What if I had ... instead of...? I have, a lot. It is just as interesting where life takes us as where we take life. I met my wife maybe by coincidence or maybe by some cosmic order. We both transferred with the same company to a new location. She was in a bad marriage and wanted to get back to her family. I just wanted to be close to mine. We both made decisions that could not, in any way, have predicted the path that we took. Call it God's will or whatever you wan...

My wife and I will be together eight years at the end of this month. We used to be Christmas freaks. I always loved the holidays before then. Something changed last year and while the source is gone the problem still remains. My wife and I decided to help her brother and sister-in-law. They have four kids and were experiencing marital/financial problems. We took the kids in March of last year and had them through the end of the year. As Christmas rolled around last year, my wife and I go...