the gift of dependency

A few months into the arrival of our 3rd living baby and I feel more desperate than I ever have in my entire life. The finicky sleep, round the clock nursing, and abundant needs abound, constantly. You know that wilted clock painting by the painter Salvador Dali? It feels like the margins of my life;…

Beyond Uncertainty

As a skin pathologist, much of my time is actually spent looking at the “holes” my diagnosis. The most crucial point in my review of a case is often the first 10 seconds when I ask myself 3 important questions: “what is this,” “what else could this be,” and “what am I missing.” “What am…

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