My friends who work in various roles in hospitals tell me summer is always a slow time of year. Even my husband, who works in a children's hospital, says things are pretty quiet right now, which I find hard to believe, because let's face it, when kids aren't in school, they can get into a lot more trouble! Many jobs have a natural ebb and flow ...

Back in September, I traveled home to the Lehigh Valley (Allentown and Bethlehem, PA, area) for a get-together with my girlfriends from high school. I made a cake for the occasion (one I was pretty proud of). We were cutting the cake when my friend Tanya asked if it had egg in it. It did. She was planning on giving a piece to her 1-year-old son ...