I've been known to have quite the temper. At work, mostly. I really can't pinpoint one certain thing that angers me more than another. Some days it's one minor thing, others it's a combination of irritations ( Read more... )

When I awoke the next morning it all felt like a dream. Or nightmare. The room was dark and quiet. For a moment I felt that if I didn't move, if I stayed just as I was for as long as possible, that the events of the previous day wouldn't be a reality. Time would stop ( Read more... )

I had my fair share of naive foolishness and danger in my younger days, though I've managed to keep myself out of harm's way in the more recent past. Steering clear of danger is not always an easy thing to do when you're an emergency room doctor, and I'm reminded of that fact every now and then. Sometimes more often than I'd like to be ( Read more... )

(  I know, Mama. )

I've always been alone. There have been times that I was alone by choice, and times that I was alone by...fate? I don't know. There was one brief period of time that I wasn't alone. For three years I knew I wasn't alone. As soon as I met her, I knew ( Read more... )

Dear Sandy ( Read more... )

The most recent act of kindness I experienced was visiting Gabe Lawrence on Christmas Day. It may seem pretentious to so readily admit that, but it's true. Especially since he didn't recognize me this year. Dr. Lawrence was, is my mentor. Seeing him in such a state...it almost frightens me ( Read more... )

Henry ( Read more... )

I regret not telling Mark Greene what a fantastic doctor he was. It seemed as if we were always at one another's throat, always butting heads, always looking to one-up the other. Looking back now it all seems so...insignificant. Hindsight is always 20/20, as they say ( Read more... )