YOU TALKIN’ TO ME?
A few weeks ago, I was scheduled to meet a new patient, a lady with advanced dementia who lives in a memory-care facility. I called her daughter beforehand to see if she was able to be there for this introduction,…
WORLD PEACE AND A BAG OF CHIPS
Thomas Merton wrote, “Those who are not thankful soon begin to complain of everything.” What I love about this is that he takes thankfulness for granted. He assumes it. Which is such a hopeful expectation for human being: thanksgiving as…
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
On one of the social media platforms, a woman posted: “One time my dog found a discarded chicken sandwich in a hedge while we were on our morning walk. So every day since, for the past 10 years, we have…