At my graduation dinner, Dad slid my acceptance letter back across the table and said I would not be attending the seven-year BS/MD program I had earned a place in. – Welcome

the questions began.

Did I really need to leave the state?

Was seven years too rigid?

Wouldn’t business give me more flexibility?

Why not work at Sloan Med-Pack for a year first?

I answered every question.

I thought we were discussing logistics.

I did not realize they were waiting for me to become uncertain.

The Hale family arrived twenty minutes after us.continue reading …