Diff'rent strokes

If you're the type to Christmas shop all-year round, finding security in a gift closet filled with perfect things for everyone, well, take pride. That kind of foresight will get you far in life, it might even win over relatives and close friends, but mostly it just makes you look good. Prepared for all of life's disasters and uh-oh's is a good place to be in the scope of things. Something to strive for, definitely. On the other hand, if you just wander into libraries hoping to find perfect books on non-fiction new release shelves, only faintly wondering what it is you have against all other genres, but mostly fiction, you'll likely conclude two things. One, that a busy, fulfilled mom like yourself (unless you're a gay male masquerading as a straight husband, then please, excuse me) values non-fiction truth over fantasies written by strangers, talented though they may be. And two, no time. I mean, I would probably LOVE to get lost in a novel-that-everyone's-reading as much as anyone, if I had the time someday and gave it a chance. But instead, I'm stuck loving the hell out of whatever America's Test Kitchen's latest offering is...even if it IS Comfort Food Makeovers involving substitutions like Greek yogurt and lower fat cheeses that make all that deliciousness possible. Yum and AMEN!