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    Pulling From All Directions

    Monday, April 26th, 2010

    Sometimes it’s difficult for me to focus on feeling happiness when I’m constantly pulled on from multiple directions. I know, I know, all you mothers out there are saying, “Suck it up, woman.” Because when you’re a parent, that’s just How It Is.

    But I’ve not given birth. I’ve not made a decision to have children of my own. I have, however, made a decision to be a step-mom. And coming from the roots of Master Of The Only Child Syndrome, I find this aspect to be the most difficult part.

    A Touchy Topic

    Saturday, November 21st, 2009

    Warning: this topic may not be suitable for work.

    First Corinthians, Chapter Six, Verse Twenty:
    “Therefore honor God with your body.”
    (Omitted, the first part: “You were bought for a price…”)

    First Corinthians, Chapter Six, Verse Eighteen:
    “He who sins sexually sins against his own body.”
    (Omitted, the first part: “Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside of his body, but…”

    Pounding Our Feet Softly

    Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

    She tells us that we sound like a herd of cattle running up and down the stairs.

    She tell us to listen to our feet, to pay attention to the clamor it creates.

    But that never crosses our minds as we run and jump and fly like birds up and down the stairs. We never consider that the pounding of our soles against the steps could possibly be like a pack of wild animals tearing through the house. Why should we consider it? After all, we are only children, not cows. Let the cows worry about sounding like cattle.

    runaway trains

    Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

    I want to teach them that firemen are heroes, and that the earth is naturally magical. I want them to learn that you win more flies with honey than vinegar, and that if you can express yourself fully, you can work through those feelings and choose always to feel good. I want them to feel safe in questioning how the gravity of the moon affects our bodies, and at the same time understand that there is much to learn about science and the universe in which we live. I want to help them never to lose their imaginations, and to realize that what one person teaches them to be true is perfectly true to the person who is doing the teaching even if it might be false to you. I want them to understand that one cannot truly assess the value of a person based upon what they look like, or to which parents they belong. I want them to understand that time and money are a construct of mankind– and only have to matter based on how much they want them to matter.

    The boy with a tumor

    Saturday, September 20th, 2008

    Empathy in my job is important. It’s what drives me to go above and beyond for every family. My instincts and experience are what push me in the direction of urgency or accommodation depending on the circumstances. My empathy is what will make me a great doctor one day

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