Category Archives: Grief

Homeless

Posted on 03/11/2024 by Jorge Medico

Life is never easy. For the homeless, it’s more challenging than most of us can appreciate. We inure ourselves to plight of those we pass by on a regular basis because it’s to inconvenient for us to acknowledge their suffering, … Continue reading →

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Best Books List

Posted on 01/08/2024 by Jorge Medico

A friend recently asked me to list twenty of my favorite books that I’ve read in the past few years. They are not all recent releases, and I can’t claim that they are the best books literature has to offer. … Continue reading →

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Still Here

Posted on 10/16/2023 by Jorge Medico

We just received word from a good friend regarding a family tragedy. Their daughter, recently married with a new baby, discovered that her husband’s brother died last night. He apparently just collapsed getting out of bed in the morning, and … Continue reading →

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No Matter How Far Away You Are you Can’t Not Want To Live Here

Posted on 08/07/2023 by Jorge Medico

As our friends age, we see memory issues become more common, though by no means universal. The following poem struck a particular chord; maybe, it will do the same for you. No Matter How Far Away You Are you Can’t … Continue reading →

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Memorial Day 2023

Posted on 05/29/2023 by Jorge Medico

We need Memorial Day, not for the “spectacular sales and savings” nor for opportunity to relax over a three day weekend – we need it to remind us, as Gary Sinise and Joe Montegna do each year, broadcasting their annual … Continue reading →

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It Was

Posted on 04/17/2023 by Jorge Medico

Poetry has the power to tell a story with less. This following poem demonstrates how being concise, showing without telling, concentrates its power. “It was” what, exactly? The poem never says, yet we know precisely, lost and found in eight … Continue reading →

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Wonder

Posted on 03/27/2023 by Jorge Medico

One of the many challenges of being a doctor lies in the large multitude of diseases whose progress we are powerless to cure, along with the inevitable senescence of all life with time. It is especially in these settings the … Continue reading →

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The End

Posted on 12/12/2022 by Jorge Medico

The End Poetry, like life, is often ambiguous. Deciphering its meaning is both its challenge as well as its reward. In this vein, I can hope you will find your own reward in the following Poem of the Week. has … Continue reading →

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Yes and No

Posted on 10/03/2022 by Jorge Medico

One never wants to say “no” to life, and hope is the driving force into tomorrow, as illustrated by this Monday’s Poem of the Week. Given the vagaries of my schedule coming up in future months, from now on, this … Continue reading →

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Grief in the Time of the Pandemic

Posted on 07/16/2022 by Jorge Medico

The phone rang this morning. The news of my friend and old officer manager’s death did not come as a surprise. I had spoken to her only a week ago, and knew she was sick with Covid, thanks to the … Continue reading →

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