A gentleman who is admitted with a skin reaction to a new over the counter medication. His skin is covered in blisters, some broken open and oozing, some not, but all incredibly painful to him. You spend a long time at this bedside, methodically categorizing the wounds and cleaning each of them. During these moments,…
Tag: reflections
Oh Captain, My Captain
13 hours, 15 minutes from now my graduation ceremony will begin. It’ll be virtual. Streamed on my TV with myself in full graduation regalia (but likely jeans underneath because that’s just who I am) in the living room of my parents. This evening, I finished another book in my social distancing reading marathon: Bruce Springsteen’s…
I’ve Got Soul But…
It’s been one month since I started this blog. It’s been one week since I attempted to look for an apartment in a city under lockdown. It’s been one day since I angrily brushed away the tears swelling in my eyes watching the evening news over dinner. Time has become a bit of an abstract…
One Week
One week ago Tuesday, with the rationale of an abundance of caution, our Match Day ceremony was cancelled. This past Tuesday, the day after we were notified whether we Matched, I picked up celebratory cookies from my grandmother. She waved to me through the glass of her back door, I shouted my thanks and love…