by Alden | Jun 27, 2014 | Residency
I’ll admit, I’ve been terrified about Patrick’s residency starting. If you’l recall, I wrote this post a while back about the pros and cons of residency, which was just a way for me to mask my terror for a while. I’ve cried more than a...
by Alden | Jun 11, 2014 | Residency, Twins
Over the past 8 or so years I’ve given Patrick countless pep talks. He is an incredible student and an incredible person, but has a way of doubting himself that can bring him to an almost standstill. First there were the pep talks about getting into med school...
by Alden | May 20, 2014 | Residency, Twins
Gottcha! My identity was totally not stolen but I thought it might get some of you to read at least the first line of this post. Ha! This is a post about my identity though and it does feel a bit hijacked at the moment, but it’s something I need to come to terms...
by Alden | May 12, 2014 | Residency, Twins
As I knew it would be, we had the perfect weekend (and in case any of you who read my last post were wondering, I was right, it was a great transition to Albuquerque for my parents). I’m not a huge fan of re-cap posts, but I got a new camera and have to share...
by Alden | May 8, 2014 | Brush Ranch, Residency
I had a post planned for today that was all roses and butterflies, ok, well, not exactly roses and butterflies, but graduation hoods and mother’s day. But I’ll save that post for later because today is too monumental a day to just gloss over. Dad, if...
by Alden | Apr 18, 2014 | Residency, Twins
Sure, get out a piece of notebook paper and make one column for pros, the other for cons, then decide if residency is for you and your family. Ha! After four long years of medical school and mountains of debt, you’d better hope that the “pros” column...
