Hello, Dear, Well, it’s been a great journey for you professionally, starting as a warehouse worker at Midas, through the glory days as an Andy Frain usher, the years of service as a hospital chaplain, and ending as a physician. Even that career has evolved as you moved from general surgeon to hospice director to palliative care program coordinator. It’s been a long time since patients asked to see your driver’s license because you looked so young with your long brown hair and even longer sideburns, but you still have that marvelous sense of wonder and excitement about new ideas and knowledge. It’s been a life of service to others, and I don’t expect that to change. Remember that letter you sent to all your colleagues inviting them to send you their uninsured patients after Mother Teresa advised you to remember that charity begins at home? I thought for sure we’d end up living in a box, or at least permanently with Carol and Will, but instead we had a wealth of wonderful patients, and you helped them all, even the ones that you couldn’t save. It takes a very special person to help someone with end of life decisions, and you have that gift in abundance. Every patient has a story, and you’ve taken that journey with them, often to the final chapter. What a rare and wonderful person you are. You deserve a chance to reflect on all the many years of service and dedication, but I don’t expect that you will ever stop making a difference in other people’s lives. I can’t wait to see what the next adventure will be. Love, Your biggest admirer, j-doe
Hello, Dear,
ReplyDeleteWell, it’s been a great journey for you professionally, starting as a warehouse worker at Midas, through the glory days as an Andy Frain usher, the years of service as a hospital chaplain, and ending as a physician. Even that career has evolved as you moved from general surgeon to hospice director to palliative care program coordinator. It’s been a long time since patients asked to see your driver’s license because you looked so young with your long brown hair and even longer sideburns, but you still have that marvelous sense of wonder and excitement about new ideas and knowledge.
It’s been a life of service to others, and I don’t expect that to change. Remember that letter you sent to all your colleagues inviting them to send you their uninsured patients after Mother Teresa advised you to remember that charity begins at home? I thought for sure we’d end up living in a box, or at least permanently with Carol and Will, but instead we had a wealth of wonderful patients, and you helped them all, even the ones that you couldn’t save. It takes a very special person to help someone with end of life decisions, and you have that gift in abundance. Every patient has a story, and you’ve taken that journey with them, often to the final chapter. What a rare and wonderful person you are.
You deserve a chance to reflect on all the many years of service and dedication, but I don’t expect that you will ever stop making a difference in other people’s lives. I can’t wait to see what the next adventure will be.
Love,
Your biggest admirer, j-doe