It was one of those days when I was happy to be a doctor, when being in clinic brought me a surge of energy and joy. My first patient was...

Last week, my friend was talking about the difficulty of getting her children ready for school when the electricity was out.  I realized...

I awoke the sound of a plane flying over at 1:30 am, early Saturday morning.  I smiled, rolled over, and drifted back to sleep. That had...

There’s nothing like being away from a place to help you notice things anew when you return. For Greg and me, the drive home from the...

I was thinking of the Japanese concept of ichi-go ichi-e today, which means “one-time, one meeting” or “one chance in a lifetime”.  As I...

I was supposed to fly to Israel on Saturday night, on a trip with my church. I expected that there might be issues, because I had never...

I met her towards the end of a busy clinic day. I was rushing around trying to finish up things for my other patients, and she was laying...

I was exhausted, hurt and confused. It was only 10 am, but it was dry and hot and we were a bit lost. I crumpled on a rock under a mango...

The scent of flowers drifts through my nose and into my spirit. A mix between jasmine and honeysuckle, these flowers pop out each year...

“Why did you wait so long to come back for more vaccines?” It took me a minute to answer the Health Surveillance Assistant, then I...

Greg sits under a banyan tree, sharing tea with Nixon and Moses. This tree is a beauty. The space between its labyrinth of ground roots,...

We were sitting on the couch, staying in for the evening, when Greg got a text from his friend Patrick. “You won a prize in the raffle”...

I sat in our small guest quarters room, my pretty pink prayer room. I had watered the plants while listening to a praise song and...

What would I do if I had more time? I have asked myself that lately. Partly because, as I try to work less hours, I find that I need to...

(Not former students, but guests and fellow teachers/pastors) As we left church, a young man came up to us with a question Greg and I...

I’ve been practicing packing light. Well, in some ways. All my clothes and toiletries and books for this trip would fit into a...

Sometimes it’s stressful getting ready for a vacation. I feel like I have to finish up all my work so that I can stay unconnected while...

I broke yesterday. Just really shattered in heart and mind and spirit. It had been a long week, lots of deadlines and not much sleep. ...

“When someone has cholera, they start losing all the water in their body. They can’t drink water fast enough to keep up with how much...

2.20.2023 Physician Wellbeing I wore my blue physician wellbeing shirt today, a reminder to rest and take things easy. It was a 3-day...