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I guess I couldn’t stay away too long… Today I simply need an audience for a moment. I am on my way in a few minutes to the memorial service held each year for the individuals who have dedicated their bodies, after death, to the Body Donor Program of the Anatomy Department. For the past [...]
Lessons and Successes for a New Year Hello readers! A semester has gone by in about 5 days, I think, which means I’m following up quite promptly to my last blog post. When I last wrote, I was overjoyed to be exploring Madison and anticipating the beginning of a wonderful new life as a medical [...]
From America’s Dairyland PART 1: Corn… Madison is great. I’ve been all over town already, scoping out the scene and buying things for the house… I don’t have my coffee shop yet, but that will come with time. I’ve eaten Turkish and Thai food already- yeah, new restaurants! I’ve got the major streets down, and [...]
This is my last blog post from Oregon, before the real journey begins- tomorrow. My lord, I just got here but it’s been a year. I’m sitting in my empty house, and outside sits the almost full, slightly lopsided, U-HAUL. Wisconsin bound. Heaviest things in front, light things in back. The sadness I feel is [...]
It’s May 15, the deadline for an answer from OHSU. I’ve been waiting for this day for…. ever. OHSU is the medical school I’ve been dreaming about since 2005 when I decided to strike out on this insane journey to become a doctor. In fact, when I decided I wanted to be a doctor, it [...]
I avoided, for months, a phone call to a certain uncle, diagnosed with a horrible and rare disease back in the fall, hospitalized with acute and life-threatening symptoms over the past few weeks. I finally called him. I did not give in to what I’d been resisting. I resisted the urge to give up and [...]
http://www.med.wisc.edu/news/item.php?id=2756 I have a quote on my wall above my computer at home that says “Life is a delicate balance between letting things happen and making things happen.” Working in child abuse prevention, I am constantly walking this line, between motivating people and rushing them. People’s hearts and minds can move slower than molasses, I [...]
Since my last blog post (a month ago), I’ve caught spring in action on several occasions. She’s shy, but I was able to get just close enough to take some really amazing pictures. This farm photo shoot was my first spring activity of the year, not counting my awkward scramble up the icy side of [...]
Strong at the broken places. That’s what we all hope to be… and I think I am. But these big things that tear down our walls and build them back up again, don’t come around too often. What I wonder about more is whether I’m strong in all the little nooks and crannies of my [...]
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