In the third grade, I started wearing glasses. Every year, the far-away world got more blurry. Towards the end of high school, when I thought lenses couldn’t possibly get any thicker, my eyes finally settled.
Everything past about two feet in front of my face is out of focus.
I think this is because my eyes actually adapted to the distance I held books, sitting on my bed, propped up by pillows, knees bent, balancing the open pages. Roald Dahl. Judy Blume. Beverly Cleary. Lois Lowry. I was constantly reading. I went through phases of infatuation with different authors. John Steinbeck. Flannery O’Connor. Charles Dickens. Ursula Le Guin. The list goes on and on.
As long as I can remember, I’ve had an urge to recreate the magic I felt when reading my favorite books. To become someone who transports people. Who stirs their souls. Through words.
I love to connect with others. I want to touch and transform people’s lives. I became a doctor. I wrote essays about my experiences in medicine. I got asked to be an editor for a special issue of the American Medical Association’s online ethics journal. But mostly, my training kept me busy, and the grueling schedule of a doctor’s life sapped my energy.
All I wanted to do when I got home from the hospital was watch TV and take long naps. Maybe drink a glass of wine. I didn’t even have the energy to read any books.
Then I became a mother, and I learned how to see myself again and rediscover the passion that had become buried. The need to express my creativity. The compulsion to write.
“There rises an unspeakable desire
After the knowledge of our buried life;
A thirst to spend our fire and restless force
In tracking out our true, original course;
A longing to inquire
Into the mystery of this heart which beats
So wild, so deep in us— to know
Whence our lives come and where they go.”
— Matthew Arnold
Thank you for taking the time to be here. I write for Kids and Company, one of Canada’s fastest growing businesses. Here are some of my blog posts.
These are some recent articles I wrote (mostly about pediatric health topics) for Livestrong.com and eHow.com.
- Bikram Yoga Diet Tips
- List of Low Intensity Workouts
- Organic Candy for Kids
- Toys To Strengthen A Baby’s Neck Muscles
- How To Make a Photo for a Locket
- Miralax Dependency in Children
- Extra Skin Folds and Eye Problems
- Vitamin B12 and Iron Supplements
- Calories Needed by a 40-year-old woman
- Importance of Compromise
- Exercise to Avoid During Pregnancy
- Importance of Salt in the Diet
- Exercise to Avoid During Pregnancy
- Hip Range of Motion in Overweight Children
- Nutritional Value of Toasted Bread
- How Does a Pepper Grinder Work?
- White Line on Nose in Children
- Commonly Misdiagnosed Circular Rashes
- How Blood Gets to the Muscles
- Calories in Movie Theater Popcorn
- Children & Epsom Salt Baths
- Miralax Dependency in Children
- Protein Diets of Children vs. Adults
- Skin Discoloration Caused by the Sun
- Low Ferritin in Children
- Thin Skin in Children
- Can Snoring Affect Children’s Brains?
- Cellulite in Children
- Nutrition Advice for Kids
- What is a Healthy BMI for a Female Child?
