The comeback to writing
It is nine years since you started this blog and man, so much has happened since you were 19 years old. You graduated from college with experiences in Thailand, the Dominican Republic, India, Turkey that shaped your life. You finished medical school and began a career as an emergency medicine physician. You've nurtured friendships with people that have become leaders in their field of medicine and law, CNN embeds and writers for popular TV shows, charge nurses in hospitals across the country. You have watched your friends become spouses and parents, we've also grieved the loss of our parents and grandparents together. You met your life's partner and together, took a chance in moving to Ohio for training. Since moving to Ohio, your eyes have been open to real life, every day racism and white supremacy. Within the first few months of moving here, you encountered every day folk wearing confederate flag tee shirts and caps at the gas stations, taken care of patients proudly s