Our oldest will graduate high school this year, and our youngest will leave the nest a couple of years later. Having kids grow up and leave provides an opportunity to reflect on many decisions we made when we had just started our family and purchased a home. This is my assessment of what worked, what didn’t and what we might …
You Never Step In The Same River Twice
The title comes from a favorite saying from a long-time reader back in the day, and I recalled it for a couple of reasons. First, I learned that a favorite coffee house I used to frequent as a med student had shuttered back in 2022. It was a place where Robin Williams had once been spotted grabbing a pick me …
Thank You Note For Kenya
Dear A, In 2002, I was a resident in Emergency Medicine finishing up my training at XXXX. I’d arranged through one of our part-time faculty to rotate through the Nairobi Hospital for about 6 weeks. When my sister mentioned to a friend that I was heading to Nairobi, her friend noted that her older brother’s good friend was working there …
Thank You Note
[Some time ago, I came across the recommendation to write thank you letters on a regular basis as part of a gratitude practice. What follows is my first attempt.] Dear E, If you are receiving this, it probably took a few minutes of amateur internet sleuthing to track you down. Let’s get a few things straight out of the gate …