I'm trying to get in the holiday spirit. No, really I am. I've had Christmas music playing on an almost continual loop. Nothing. I watched the lighting of the Rockefeller Center tree and all I could muster was half a smile and a sigh. I sought out the arsenal of...

My name is Jane Rave. I'm not anyone important, just an ordinary citizen, wife, mother of three and grandmother of six. More recently, some people have been adding another word before my name: author. I co-wrote a book with one of my kids who just so happens to be gay....