Merry Christmas from Pediatric House Calls
I trained in the Navy during the Vietnam war. I wasn’t in the fighting, thank heavens; but, pretty much saw all of its results and tried to fix as much as I could.
Lately, I’ve been thinking about war again. It hasn’t changed much – except: It just feels… “closer” somehow; and I don’t remember so much anger – at least around me. It seemed to me that we were a bit more united fighting the same battle, doing our jobs and just putting one foot in front of the other. Maybe there was, but I just was too busy to see it – or – maybe this is different.
If I forced myself to blur out all the big picture around and just look at the life right in front of me, I could love my job. Things seemed to… “matter” more; contact was easier and… more welcomed; actions were… more appreciated and less suspicioned; the occasional accidents, unintentional “slights” and even mistakes were less… uhmmmm… “exploded” upon.
My job is different now… a bit less “meaningful” and “urgent” in a way. It seems inside me though, that I am the same. I still care the same; but, I do have fewer opportunities these days to express it. Are we that much different now… really? We can still be nice…
can’t we?
Please… have a Merry Christmas!
Christmas – 1941
Christmas – 2024
From DJmed.net – Pediatric House Calls
[About this time every year things get a bit hectic around the homestead and we need to take a little hiatus. Hope you and everyone you care about have a perfect holiday season—wherever you may be! See you again in the new year.]
Happy Thanksgiving from Pediatric House Calls
Is it just me or did this year’s end-of-year holiday season just jump out and pounce on us about two months early?! It’s caught me a bit off guard this year; but, to tell you the truth, I’m going to breathe a sigh of relief when “this ones'” done, and we can start fresh on another one.
Here in “The States” it’s a designated end-of-year holiday commemorating the gratefulness that the “original European settlers” felt after finally pulling in their first year’s crops in a new land. Now, with over 500 years behind us and 2024 sensibilities, it’s easy to forget all the ancestral beginnings in favor of just being glad the “elections” over!
I hope you won’t mind me giving about the only quote I can remember from my youth which might be a bit appropriate for the occasion:
With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge
of our deeds, let us go forth and lead the land we love, asking His blessings and His help,
knowing that here on earth God’s work must truly be our own. (JFK, inaugural address)
Please… have a Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanksgiving – 2024
From DJmed.net – Pediatric House Calls
[About this time every year things get a bit hectic around the homestead and we need to take a little hiatus. Hope you and everyone you care about have a perfect holiday season—wherever you may be! See you again in the new year.]
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Christmas – 1941
Christmas – 2024
From DJmed.net – Pediatric House Calls
[About this time every year things get a bit hectic around the homestead and we need to take a little hiatus. Hope you and everyone you care about have a perfect holiday season—wherever you may be! See you again in the new year.]
Happy Thanksgiving from Pediatric House Calls
Is it just me or did this year’s end-of-year holiday season just jump out and pounce on us about two months early?! It’s caught me a bit off guard this year; but, to tell you the truth, I’m going to breathe a sigh of relief when “this ones'” done, and we can start fresh on another one.
Here in “The States” it’s a designated end-of-year holiday commemorating the gratefulness that the “original European settlers” felt after finally pulling in their first year’s crops in a new land. Now, with over 500 years behind us and 2024 sensibilities, it’s easy to forget all the ancestral beginnings in favor of just being glad the “elections” over!
I hope you won’t mind me giving about the only quote I can remember from my youth which might be a bit appropriate for the occasion:
With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge
of our deeds, let us go forth and lead the land we love, asking His blessings and His help,
knowing that here on earth God’s work must truly be our own. (JFK, inaugural address)
Please… have a Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanksgiving – 2024
From DJmed.net – Pediatric House Calls
Thanksgiving – 2024
[About this time every year things get a bit hectic around the homestead and we need to take a little hiatus. Hope you and everyone you care about have a perfect holiday season—wherever you may be! See you again in the new year.]
Parenting: Circumcision
Parenting: The “C” Word—Colic
Parenting: “Local Expert on Tattoos and Body Piercings Passed Away”
Why Is Meningitis So Dangerous?
In 1987, thousands of people gathered in Saudi Arabia for the annual Hajj pilgrimage. But what started out as a celebration led to a worldwide health crisis: more than 2,000 cases of meningitis broke out, spreading across Saudi Arabia and 70,000 cases in the rest of the world. How did it spread so quickly and what makes meningitis so dangerous? Melvin Sanicas examines how the disease affects our bodies.
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