A 3-year-old, Max, asks his grandfather, “Why are you an old man?” Countless children offer keen observations, ask surprising, thoughtful, penetrating questions, filled with curiosity and wonder. As parents, grandparents, teachers and friends, we would do well to seize that opportunity to have a conversation and explore some of the big why’s of life, as
On August 24, 2019, I published a blog entitled “Stepping Into the Unknown.” Of some 600+ blog posts, that one garnered more attention, both domestic and foreign, than almost any other post. I wondered what made it so popular and why, some 4 years later, it continues to resonate with so many people? Is it
For those of us in our later years, we know what Atul Gawande means as he documents the importance of the quality of life in his book, “Mortality: Medicine and What Matters in the End” Atul talked with Juergen Bludau, a geriatrician, who told him the job of any doctor is to support quality of
I search around in this muddled mind of mine, looking for some thoughts or an experience that might work for another blog. My goal, more or less, is to post a new blog about once a week. I don’t have the discipline to do it every Friday morning or some other specific time like some
How will this Earth Day be different from last year’s Earth Day or the 52 Earth Days since they were instituted in 1970? We know much more than we did in 1970 and there have been tremendous efforts on the part of those who care and who are committed to help make changes for a
The NY Times published an essay by Dr, Sunita Puri, entitled, “As a Doctor, I Know Being Ready to Die Is an Illusion” (April 1, 2023) Here is a link to the article: Here is my response to the NY Times with a brief observation after the letter. “Dying and death are
