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Posted on July 8, 2017 by deconstructingdoctor

As I stand in the place where the ocean and land meet, I have the overwhelming desire to go home. Myrtle Beach is just not the same. The sand isn’t right. The color of the ocean is all wrong. Where … Continue reading →

Posted in My Stories | Tagged blog, blogger, blogging, Corporation, Doctor, God, Home, loss, Medicine, Mom, mother, ocean, Residency, Sea, Sea creatures, Tides, writer, writing | 30 Comments

The Road Not Taken

Posted on June 21, 2017 by deconstructingdoctor

To say that I and the people around me have had the year from hell is an understatement. I have been waging battles and battles have been waged against me. I have sought the counsel of friends, coworkers, partners, therapists, … Continue reading →

Posted in Healthcare Today, My Stories, Poems | Tagged battle, battles, blog, blogger, blogging, Doctor, fear, integrity, introspection, medical, road not taken, roadblocks, Robert Frost, worth, writer, writing | 41 Comments

Pink Flamingoes

Posted on June 11, 2017 by deconstructingdoctor

A funny thing happened when our family returned home from a week long trip to Disney World. We spent the entire week living out of our RV in what I would consider the epitome of RV parks, Disney’s Fort Wilderness. … Continue reading →

Posted in My Stories | Tagged adventurers, blog, blogger, blogging, campsites, crowds, Disney World, Doctor, family, Fort Wilderness, kids, nomads, pink flamingoes, RV, RV park, tacky, writer, writing | 30 Comments

the shiny penny syndrome

Posted on May 30, 2017 by deconstructingdoctor

Kid’s collect a lot of junk. Some of it is good junk like Lego’s and pretty dolls and some of it is utter rubbish. Take for instance the penny. I would walk by a penny without a second thought. Not … Continue reading →

Posted in My Stories | Tagged blog, blogger, blogging, Doctor, hoarder, junk, penny, treasure, treasures | 24 Comments

It’s not always apparent

Posted on May 25, 2017 by deconstructingdoctor

I would never ever presume that having children is for everyone. There are people in this world, and yes, many of them are women, who don’t want children. They just don’t. Not wanting children is not some kind of psychological … Continue reading →

Posted in My Stories | Tagged blog, blogger, blogging, children, Doctor, kids, parent, parents, purpose, women | 32 Comments

Glue Gun Control

Posted on May 20, 2017 by deconstructingdoctor

After my last post, I decided to do something “fun” and stop feeling so deflated. I had been kicking around some “fun” ideas and landed on one that required a trip to the craft store. I wanted to make something … Continue reading →

Posted in Medical Musings, My Stories | Tagged blog, blogger, blogging, candy, craft, crafting, Doctor, Family Doctor, family medicine, glue gun, stickers | 18 Comments

Not for Human Consumption

Posted on May 17, 2017 by deconstructingdoctor

Blogging. Writing. The great need to share the inner works of one’s brain is a double edged sword. On one hand, there is this insatiable need to get the words and ideas out, to share them with someone, everyone, to … Continue reading →

Posted in Medical Musings, My Stories | Tagged blog, blogger, blogging, consume, consumer, consumption, Disney World, Doctor, medical, tuberculosis, writer, writing | 25 Comments

Smother’s Day

Posted on May 11, 2017 by deconstructingdoctor

Mother’s Day is fast approaching, the first Mother’s Day since my mother’s passing. I am trying to get all of the dread out of they way so that day doesn’t feel so bad when it gets here. I bought fake … Continue reading →

Posted in My Stories | Tagged blog, blogger, blogging, Cemetery, daughter, Death, Doctor, fake flowers, grave, gravesite, loss, mother, mother's day, mourning | 24 Comments

Seeing Color

Posted on May 5, 2017 by deconstructingdoctor

I first wrote this as a Facebook post about 2 years ago. Back then I’d subject my friends to these little ditties. That was before I started my blog and started subjecting all of you to my ramblings. The news … Continue reading →

Posted in My Stories | Tagged black and white, Black Lives Matter, blog, blogger, blogging, church, color, Doctor, oreo, police, race, racism | 4 Comments

Stay Woke America

Posted on April 30, 2017 by deconstructingdoctor

There are times in life when you just get so worn down, so tired, so disappointed, so disgruntled that you think you can’t keep going. You just want to stop, get off the hamster wheel and shut out the world. … Continue reading →

Posted in My Stories, Shinbone Star | Tagged America, Black Lives Matter, blog, blogger, blogging, Doctor, Education, Environment, Healthcare, Immigration, LGBT, political, politics, resist, resistance, rest, Shinbone Star, Stay woke | 1 Comment