When Melissa and I decided to can, we were ready. We read a million books, we had a canning set from Ms. Sierra, and we had a giant pot from Corelyn and I when we decided to brine a turkey. …

That’s the exclamation Corelyn and I made last night after we had baked a cake, ate dinner (which included leftovers from three meals), let the cake cool while we took a three mile one hour walk around our neighborhood (that …