Medical School

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The problem with graduating from medical school is that when my stomach hurts and I don’t vomit or poop my brains out, I think: I have abdominal fullness. When I think “abdominal fullness,” I think cancer. I start to list off the rest of my recent “symptoms,” which all lead to cancer even though I [...]

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I watch my husband go off to work to be Dr. Scott. I listen to his patients love and respect him.  I hear him discuss cases with his colleagues in order to better his practice. Every day, I see him do what I was trained to do.  I was good at doctoring.  Or I would’ve [...]

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I loved my red cat glasses but I was told "they're not in" so when they died, I was cat-outta-luck finding a replacement pair.

Inspired by a conversation that began with an @AngieKinghorn tweet. Can I get an AMEN? Because I CAN’T SEE THE “E” AT THE TOP OF THE EYE CHART!  If my glasses aren’t exactly where I left them that morning, I begin to pat the counter and floor around me in a desperate attempt to drum [...]

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This is me at my medical school graduation party. E will pop out 12 weeks later!

I was a hottie pregnant lady and since I NEVER EVER EVER plan to get pregnant again, I couldn’t resist showing off my bump-ness in Shell’s Rockin’ the Bump link up. Even for all that boobalcious bootiness, I’m happy to have my body back. Because I also looked like this in 2006: And like this [...]

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My daughter was asked to skip a year in preschool so, of course, I decide that she’s gifted. And Scott and I begin our discussion of our little Einstein like most couples, by GETTING INTO A FIGHT ABOUT WHO IS HER GIFTED PARENT. Me: I think N is gifted. Scott: Well, look at me. Me: [...]

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Many people have asked how I went from a Republican atheist to a God-loving, Christian-leaning liberal. I’ve not been inclined to write about it until this week when I read an essay from the New York Times — a commencement speech by Jonathon Franzen. I clicked on it not because I’ve read any of Franzen’s [...]

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My husband and I created new rules for our relationship last month. We’ve always had rules. When you tend towards high drama and using people to feel better about yourself, you need rules to have a healthy relationship. Or, at least, we do. We came up with our first rule while sitting outside the house [...]

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