It's hard to think of my life as "charmed" while trudging through four ~20 page final papers. But then I spent an afternoon celebrating Baby's First Christmas with fellow grad students that've become friends, and, in many ways, my expat family. And from there, I recalled how only a few weeks ago I was introducing my mom and sister to my life here in Paris. "Charmed" my life may not be, but it is certainly blessed.