On leaving private practice

For many years I believed the private practice of medicine was what I was meant to do. I had great difficulty leaving. Now almost three months after leaving my office for the final time, sitting here in the artifical light of labor and delivery for twenty-four hours at a time, reading this quote is a fitting summary of the past year.

"You can take from every experience what it has to offer you. And you cannot be defeated if you just keep taking one breath followed by another. " Oprah Winfrey

Still here, still breathing.