Merry Christmas from Pediatric House Calls
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.
Lately, I’ve been thinking about war again. It really 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 back then; fighting the same battle, 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 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 mean, I still care the same; but, I just 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.]
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.]