-: I grew up in a big family, five kids.
I have a little brother that I was
always helping take care of.
It wasn't until medical school that
I truly realized how much I love children and
how much they do for me, as a person.
They make me my best person.
They make me try a little harder.
They make me put my life in perspective.
They're so brave.
They try real hard for us adults
to do the right thing or to make us proud.
Spending my day with children,
I think I get more out of it than they do. (laughs)
There's not a day that goes by where I
don't come home smiling because of some
wonderful comment a child has made to me or
a teenager has made the right choice about something and
I think how brave they were or a newborn learns to smile and
just that simple smile is enough to
carry me through the rest of the day.
I think with cell phones today
and the internet people find me.
Whether I'm at my child's sporting event or
I'm at church on Sunday morning or
I'm grocery shopping, people ...
Again, their perspective, they have a child who's sick,
they have a need, they're worried about something, or
just something that's just a, school form
that they can't get done in a timely manner and
they see me or they wanna get it fixed quickly and
I respect their time as really valuable and
they're worried about their child, but it's hard sometimes
to balance that and try to say,
"Well I'm at my daughter's or I'm at my son's game right now
I really can't help you.
There's a whole practice that's open and one of my partners
is at work right now who can help you."
I think sometimes your families have a
relationship with you and they see you on the outside and
they are hoping you can help 'em.