Taking time to smell the roses

I walked through the rose garden after the Christmas Tree lightening at the hospital this evening. I took in a deep breath and savored the sweet smell of their beauty. Ahhh...I love flowers.

That's what I want for Christmas. My family keeps asking me what I want for Christmas. I jokingly told them a Wii. I mean I'd take one, but I don't really expect it. I think I'd really like flowers. Yes, I realize they wilt, but I love them. I love how colorful they are and how amazing they smell. I don't need big arrangements. I actually like to arrange my own (I worked in a florist for a while during college). I'm perfectly happy with flowers from the grocery store. I love coming in from a long day of work or studying and bending over to smell them. I love looking at them as I study. I enjoy flowers, and I can't wait until I have a yard where I can plant rose bushes and tulips and irises and gardenias and so many others. One day...

Happy Thanksgiving!

Have a great turkey day.

just for fun :o)

This is a new advertisement put out by Cadbury...they're having a contest. Enjoy!

Feels like home to me

I'm home. I spent the last three weeks in Fort Worth doing outpatient pediatrics. After three weeks away, I'm so thankful to be home. I love sleeping in my bed and being able to cook my meals.

Outpatient pediatrics was great! The kids are fantastically adorable. Ah...I truly loved them...from the screaming two year olds to the macho adolescents to the newborns just days into this world. They were great. My preceptor was fantastic. He was truly interested in teaching. He gave me room to learn and knew just when to step in so that I could learn without progressing to being overwhelmed. He valued my opinion...even when it was wrong. I learned so much in three weeks...so much more than I expected. I really enjoyed my rotation. Then I stepped into the hospital this morning, and...

...I'm home.

I can't explain it, but it's home. I don't know if it's home because I worked for several years in a hospital or because God is calling me to work as a physician in a hospital. Either way, I'm going to enjoy being home for the next several weeks.

Where's "home" for you?

Going under the knife!

No, I'm not having surgery, but I'd like your opinion on plastic surgery.

Would you ever consider it? Would you ever encourage someone else to have it? Do you think there's a biblical basis for or against it?