Calling all nice people who do nice things for other nice people. My daughter is having ACL surgery tomorrow. They are making her a brand spanking new ACL out of her patella, on account of she tore hers going in for her third goal in a high school soccer game, just in time for her 18th birthday, which is next week (the gift every girl wants). She has been playing soccer since she was five. With all she’s played, maybe this was inevitable, but still, I can tell you, it sucks on a scale of 1-10, around a 1, 569, 450,398,320,120,993,000,463,211, 387,670.

Anyway, we are now accepting prayers for good outcomes, healing vibes, good wishes, crossed fingers, and anything else that might help Ally’s surgery and recovery go smoothly. So, if you’re like, not doing anything tomorrow, or even if you are, and you’d like to keep us in your head, in the department of “good thoughts, we hear at the gratitude-a-thon (meaning me here at the gratitude-a-thon) would really appreciate it. A lot. A lot, lot.