My daughter April turns 13 today. A lot of the members of PNW got to know her last year when she went through a rough hospitalization, and kind of adopted her. I have to say that the strength my family has drawn from this extended family has been amazing.

I never dreamed 13 years ago when Karen and I decided to have a child that our lives would be turned upside down like it was. Karen had a fairly normal pregnancy (other than her water breaking at Dirty Dave's Pizza). 18 hours later...