“Anyone who does anything to help a child is a hero to me.” –Mr. Rogers “There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.” — Nelson Mandela They were a family. Five children, brought into the Emergency Department by a Child Protective Services …
All that I am or hope to be, I owe to my mother–Abraham Lincoln Happy Mother’s Day I woke up this morning really NOT wanting to be a mom. For my children who could read this later, it isn’t that I didn’t want to be YOUR mom, I didn’t want to be anyone’s mom. I …
At some time in everyone’s life we all start needing a little help –Jim Robbins It’s been a long time since I wrote my last blog post. I apologize for the hiatus. This whole ‘having a baby’ thing hit me harder than I expected it would. I have been unmoored by the experience, and …
“I lied and said I was busy. I was busy; but not in the way most people understand. I was busy taking deeper breaths. I was busy silencing irrational thoughts. I was busy calming a racing heart. I was busy telling myself that I am okay. Sometimes this is my busy, and I will not …
“Learning to treat ourselves lovingly may at first feel like a dangerous experiment”— Sharon Salzberg This begins a three part series about working in medicine, how we have a hard time taking good care of ourselves, and what happens when we don’t. “I don’t think you should go back to work. Being on your …