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Doctors Don’t Eat
Had the following conversation with my scheduling staff: Staff: I am going to have the patient come in on Friday to see you at 12. Me: Why? I thought he was scheduled to see me at 1pm. Staff: Yeah,...
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Will We Please Be Nice To Our Children, Please?
When I picked up Plumster from school last night, she said to me, “Mommy, I am very worried.” Alarmed, I stopped our track, bent down, looked her in the eye and asked her, “Why? Why are you worried?...
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Coming Home
Coming home from a four-day conference. Caught this brilliant sunset from my seat on the airplane. Home, sweet home.
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Her, She, and Siri
Overheard a conversation between Plumster and my phone. Plum: Siri, can you be my friend? Phone: We have been friends since Day 1. Plum: Awww…. that’s so nice. So we are friends? Phone: Your wish is...
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There Are Some Really Nice People Out There
I went out for a quick lunch during an all-day conference today. Upon walking out of the restaurant, I noticed that the light drizzle had turned into full-on pouring rain. I ran into a “Traveler’s...
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The Price of a Doll
How much should a plastic doll and her accessories cost? I was in the American Girl store today with Plum. As we walked in the splendor of the store, we were greeted by a doll hospital with an...
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Playground Envy
Dr. Jane Goodall with orphan chimpanzee Uruhara at the JGI Sweetwaters Sanctuary for orphan chimpanzees in Kenya. 2000 Plumster bargained herself some time at the school playground after I picked her...
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Wetsuits in a Parking Lot
Wetsuits lined up drying on the side of a van, a good time had. All that is left to do is bonfire on the beach, BBQ, salty kisses, breezy summer afternoons and starry warm nights.
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Phototherapy, Pursuit of Happiness
Today was one of those mornings where somehow everyone woke up early ready to tackle the day except for me. This is when looking at this picture I took a couple of weeks ago rejuvenates me. I suppose...
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Bagua Bride: How I Ended Up Planning My Wedding in Three Weeks and Fell...
Prologue April 2005 We have been dating for five months now. Despite working as a medical intern at a busy hospital in New York and training for an upcoming marathon during my spare time, MK and I...
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She Wants to Bring Me Food
Plum is at a summer camp where they provide lunch. This morning Plum asked for an empty container. She said that the camp gave them yummy lunches: orange chicken with jasmine rice and a big salad,...
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The Thing About Babies
I walked by a pair of young parents the other day. They were out with their infant baby in a stroller at a restaurant. The baby was fussing a bit. Parents tried to calm her down without success....
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Being busy is…
… when you don’t even have time to make you favorite to-do lists, because it would take too much time to write them all down. Instead, you decide to write them all down later when you are less busy,...
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A Birthday Wish
Nicholson Baker has an extraordinary gift of observation and powerful attention to detail. In his “A Box of Matches“, written in his characteristic stream-of-consciousness style, the narrator wakes...
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Motherhood Chronicle: Separation Anxiety, Mine
Today marked the day Plumster went to her school without asking me for a goodbye kiss. Not even a goodbye hug. She just got in line, raised her little face toward me, and smiled her goofy smile....
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Heroes During Bedtime
10pm, Plum is still awake, happily chatting, while I desperately wish that she would just fall asleep. Me: Good night, Plum. Plum: Mommy when I grow up I want to make a mark in this world. Me: I see....
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Bedtime: Part Deux
You know how in the movies, where parents would kiss their child good night, turn off the light, and walk out of the room peacefully undisturbed? Well, that scene never happens in my house. Bedtime...
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Here’s Something for Santa… and His Reindeers
Happy holidays, everyone! May you celebrate this holiday season with those you love and cherish. And above all, ENJOY it whenever and however you can!
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Happiness is…
… having that first sip of wine at the end of the day while preparing supper.
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Rediscovering the Joy of Running
“1-2, 1-2”, I found myself pounding along the concrete road. I breezed through Mile 1, shedding the jitters of trying to make it to the start line on time, the wait, the starter horn. I looked...
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