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Goodbye Emergency. Hello Life.

There’s a billboard in our town that says “Goodbye Emergency. Hello Life.” Can you guess the product being advertised? (Go ahead … I’ll wait … ) It’s pitching an emergency room. I have to say, my mind reels when I wonder how that slogan can rewrite the scripts carved in my brain by years of […]

Revisiting the Value of College

When I was applying to college, I was fortunate to have my parents tell me I could go to the best school I could get into, regardless of tuition. I never underestimated the gravity of that offer, but I am especially grateful now that I’m looking at sending my own children to college. I would […]