Graduation

Graduation

At last, I have received my second academic hood and 4.0 GPA in the field that takes my passions to the next level!  I have been a practicing dentist for 7 years and have lived a full life in those 7 years.  Each of those 7 years has a certain flavor, even a name,...
Doctor Death

Doctor Death

The staff at Faith Farm served as surrogate parents for me, so when I complained of a nagging toothache, a female member took me to the dentist.  After an exam, the dentist told the staff member I needed a root canal.The two of them walked around the corner, and I...
Portraits of the Unseen

Portraits of the Unseen

“Years ago, the medical community redefined the beginning of pregnancy from the time of fertilization to when an embryo implants in the uterus.1  Whatever definition you use, the scientific reality is that when the sperm and the egg unite and fertilization occurs, the...
Shadows in Sobriety

Shadows in Sobriety

“In the United States, only about one in five people with SUDs ever receives any help for this condition during their lifetime.”“Yet if we ask them to tell us about ways in which alcohol or other drugs have caused hassles or harm, there is usually a list and sometimes...
Ruth Faison Shaw

Ruth Faison Shaw

Ruth Faison Shaw (1889-1969) Honored by her niece as “an inspirational Southern woman,” and my new favorite artist! Inventor of fingerpainting (but really it’s wrist-, forearm-, and knuckle-painting) Inspired by a child and later, veterans and trauma survivors Served...