A Colorful Perspective
I was fortunate to return home from the hospital last night and am so happy to be back in my own bed and with my loves. I am still not feeling very well, but that will come in time. Per usual, time in the hospital means time for reflection. This time, I thought about how I always mention how much I adore my providers -- from doctors to nurses to environmental services (those who keep the hospitals clean) and everyone in between. I have had the pleasure of being cared for by some of the most hardworking, kind and compassionate human beings...and many of them have been immigrants. I have had clinicians from Turkey, Haiti, Nigeria, Ireland, Portugal, the Middle East, Israel, U.K., China and more. I have bonded with Christians, Catholics, Jews, Muslims, Mormons, and agnostics alike and hold all of them in the highest regard. Gay, straight, equally great! You see, regardless of our differing personal views and life experiences we've connected on the pures...