One of the benefits of having a brilliant wife is that planning for the future happens without any effort. I’m not a big planner. I have to plan some things of course, but generally speaking, my wife is in charge when it comes to planning. Way back before our son was born my wife was on the path to convince me (really just bring me to her side) concerning a relatively expensive crib. “Why is it so expensive,” I would ask. The answer was, of course, that we’d get a lot of use out of it. Sure enough, we have … Continue reading →