Ay Chihuahua!Meet Laverne. She’s a nine year old Chihuahua, and she is now ours. Yes, my horizons have expanded beyond Labradors despite every...
He’s GoneThis was written right after our son left for his gap year in Israel, at the end of August, 2011. My son is gone, having offered himself,...
The Summer of Impending LossAs the weather warmed this week in October, I was thinking again about the summer. This was written 8/27/11, a few days before our son...
Continuing the Path: Highways and BywaysDo you remember when girls were overtly discouraged from choosing careers in science? I never thought it was happening to me. I just...
ReflectionsThere are times when we stop doing and focus on being. We spend time with ourselves looking inward instead of outward. For physicians...
In Which I Decide to Become a DoctorI was 10 years old when I decided that I wanted to be a doctor when I grew up. That was the year when Lucy, from the cartoon “Peanuts”,...
What Does it Mean to be a Hero?I have found myself thinking a lot about heroes. Who is really heroic? Are heroes born that way, with a Destiny looming ahead? Is heroism...
