Stories

Let’s not kid ourselves, 2020 was a year of loss for many.  The profoundness and intensity of missed opportunities, the absence of loves ones, and the lack of normalcy was different for each individual.  In my life, the loss was devastating.  It was not just a year of disruption or inconvenience but the year I…

Do you believe in coincidences? It was January 2008. Standing in line for new glasses, the last thing I expected was to meet a future patient who would remain special to me throughout her life. A long-time contact wearer, it was unusual for me to purchase glasses. But my unexpected circumstance of recovering from a…

Approaching my reception area, I glance over the counter at my next patient, she is visibly nervous.  Hands clasped, not making a sound, she waits to meet me, the dreaded dentist.  According to her mom, I will be the third doctor this year.  The last appointment failed so miserably that general sedation in an operating…