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When I was in elementary school, my mother taught school in a county adjacent to where we lived.  My older sister and I would ride the bus home and let ourselves in the house.  We had a rule that our homework had to be done prior to any play time, so we would generally start […]

Dreams give purpose to life. They provide goals to pursue, ideals to aspire to, and visions to realize. A person without a dream has no focus, no cause to die for and is easily swept by the wind. Peace of mind attained through self satisfaction that you made the most effort to do the best […]

A medical school classmate used to say “it is a privilege to study medicine.”  The more time passes, the more I recognize the wisdom in his statement.  Medicine is a very rewarding career path, in many ways.  It takes much perseverance, hard work, and acquiring and building a knowledge base and skill set over the course of a lifetime.  The learning literally never ends.  That’s part of what makes it […]