I would wake up every morning so anxious to check the numbers to the point where I was almost depressed. What was striking to me while being abroad was how unrecognizable the US had become.
“I had a bit of a rough start to life and lived in a shelter once, but I like my life now. My people-parents are different from the other dogs I lived with at the shelter, and some of the things they do don’t make much sense to me. Still, I think my people-parents and their kind aren’t that different from me.” – Chai
“I’m a big believer in taking things that you want to remember and putting them in the real world. “
In 2020, it seems as if striving looked a bit different for everyone. – Will Young
We’re expected to be ready when opportunity arrives, but sometimes, we’re not and it may feel like failure. But if you continue to chase excellence with kindness and hard work, opportunity will find a way back to you.
“I recently wrote about some of the circumstances that led to me moving to the United States. One part in particular – about rebel soldiers raiding my school campus due to political unrest – stood out to a lot of people. “
“Recognition that the sufferings of another in no way negate one’s own struggles, that there is no need to feel threatened by helping another feel safe, and that there is no such thing as wasted effort when it comes to caring for another human being.”
“I will keep working, I will keep fighting in my own little sphere, even just for a chance that I and those who look like me will have a much easier go at it, so that we may one day yet focus on what we are meant to do or be and realize our highest potentials”
“It is possible to breastfeed during surgical residency, but it does take planning and working with your program and co-residents.”
“Breastfeeding is natural, but it does not come naturally. I believe so strongly that every person who wants to nurse their child should be given the education, tools, and support to succeed. It is my desire to equip families in that journey, including Black and Indigenous mothers who face the additional barriers of generational trauma and systemic racism.”
