I recently struggled through an awkward encounter with someone dear to me. I had mentioned in passing that I was selected to participate in an out of town conference related tangentially to this blog – a chance to rejoin the community of physician finance geeks and to see old “invisible friends” that I continue to sustain connectedness with. This person …
An Enduring Friendship
When I met C, we were in the 4th grade. Although I’d started at the school a few years earlier, he fit right into my circle of nerds, occupying the key role of dungeonmaster during games of Dungeons and Dragons at lunch. We were both brought by bus to a public magnet school located in a wealthy part of LA …
Craft
My wife and I recently resolved to spend a half day on a date to avail ourselves of some of the cultural attractions of big city living. We settled on the Petersen Automotive Museum in LA, a strikingly clad building housing hundreds of rare vehicles. My son accompanied a good friend and his family to this museum a few months …
Gone
The kids were away for the long weekend, involved in their own activities, so we decided to visit my mom. One of the things she has taken on at this stage of her grief in losing my dad is trying to gift his old items to friends and family who will give the items a new home. This sounds thoughtful …