pediatric housecalls Robert R. Jarrett M.D. M.B.A. FAAP

Happy Easter from Pediatric House Calls

Jesus with child at Easter

I trained in the Navy during the Vietnam war. I wasn’t in the fighting, thank heavens; but, I pretty much saw all of its results and tried to fix as much as I could; but all of us knew who the real healer was!

Lately, I’ve been thinking about war again. It really doesn’t seem to have changed all that 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 back then, fighting the same battles, doing our jobs and just putting one foot in front of the other. Maybe there was this much anger, but I just was too busy to see it – or – maybe this is different.

Back then, if I sort of squinted my eyes and 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 with others (friends and others) was easier and… more welcomed; doing kindnesses to others were… more appreciated and less suspicioned; the occasional accidents, unintentional “slights” and even mistakes were less… uhmmmm… “exploded” upon.

My job is quite a bit different now… less “meaningful” and “urgent” in a way. It seems, inside me though, that I am the same. I mean, I still care the same; but, I just have fewer opportunities these days to express it.

Are we that much different now though… really? We can still be nice… can’t we?

Please… have a Happy Easter!

Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square and Children’s Choir – Easter 2025

Children’s Choir Perspective – Easter 2025

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 when the dust settles.]