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Thirty Days of Gratitude – #19 – Chai
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Thirty Days of Gratitude – #19 – Chai

April 14, 2019April 15, 2019 Crankygiraffe2 Comments

Well, there goes my attempt at blogging every day for this little project! I guess it was a little bit of a hefty goal given that I have the biggest exam of my life (not an exaggeration) coming up in just over two weeks. Regardless, I wanted to make sure I was staying positive! I… Continue reading Thirty Days of Gratitude – #19 – Chai

It’s a Half New Year
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It’s a Half New Year

July 4, 2015July 4, 2015 CrankygiraffeLeave a comment

One of the nice things about the residency year beginning in July is that it's like having a second "new beginning" to the year.  It's a great feeling to think there is another chance to "re-do" or re-evaluate how things are going in your life.  At the real beginning of the year, I set some… Continue reading It’s a Half New Year

Finisher
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Finisher

May 25, 2015May 25, 2015 Crankygiraffe11 Comments

I did it. I ran my Half-Marathon. For weeks I feared that I wouldn't be able to finish the race.  I worried that my disrupted training schedule would make it utterly impossible for me to survive the distance, especially since I read that it was a challenging course.  Right up until the day before the… Continue reading Finisher

Things Only Parents Appreciate
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Things Only Parents Appreciate

September 30, 2014September 30, 2014 Crankygiraffe8 Comments

Lately there have been a lot of posts circulating on Facebook and blog sites about the choice to go kidless and all good and bad (mostly judgement) that's goes along with it. I'm not going to say that people are missing out by not having kids, and I certainly spend some time wondering how much… Continue reading Things Only Parents Appreciate

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Rekindled Excitement in the Future

January 27, 2014May 30, 2014 CrankygiraffeLeave a comment

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams ~Eleanor Roosevelt I just finished reading a book that has rekindled my excitement for practicing medicine.  After spending the past 4 years in medical school, I have become somewhat exhausted and skeptical.  I find it difficult to remain motivated to study and… Continue reading Rekindled Excitement in the Future

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Blogger Friends Got Ideas!

Yesterday, after my Alter Ego, Cranky Giraffe, posted about my son’s crazy little love letter to his newest idol, Lady Gaga, an old old blogging friend tweeted it, with an idea that maybe he could meet her!  I know the likelihood of it being re-tweeted by anyone other than myself is pretty low… But who […]

It’s Been a Long Time…

“It’s been a long time since I came around Been a long time but I’m back in town And this time I’m not leaving without you” ~Stefani Germanotta (Lady Gaga) I know I haven’t been here blogging for quite a long time (almost a year and a half…), but there was something about blogging that […]

The Common Sense Problem

The airplane seat map shows that the emergency exit row seats are considered “less desirable.” It’s a little ironic since they come with extra leg room, even if they don’t recline (really, who needs to recline 2 inches when you have two extra feet of leg room?). I think the real reason they are less […]

Walking Tall

This month I’m traveling around the country to check out fellowship positions. It is exhausting, trying, lonely, and often confusing. Most of all, I miss my kids. I spend a lot of time trying to figure out how fellowship and moving to one of these places would fit into the current, ideal, little life of […]

Happiness, Please

Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that, but simply growth.  We are happy when we are growing. ~John Butler Yeats, 1909 Is there a difference between pleasure and happiness? I had never really thought much about it until today.  My husband sent me an interview by Dr. Robert Lustig, who just […]

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