Category Archives: Marriage

If You Can’t Take a Joke, You Shouldn’t Get Married

Posted on 01/22/2024 by Jorge Medico

Once you find that special someone, you want to believe that this relationship will surmount all the challenges that come with trying to meld two personalities with different agendas into a peaceful coexistence. Under the best of circumstances, this is … Continue reading →

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Patience

Posted on 12/18/2023 by Jorge Medico

Patience has never been one of my strengths. While I don’t hit the horn when the car in front of me sits for mere milliseconds when the light turns green, I have difficulty driving behind a slow moving vehicle or … Continue reading →

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How to Avoid Damaging Your Relationship

Posted on 10/23/2023 by Jorge Medico

This site will be on Sabbatical until the end of November. Until then, I hope you enjoy the following piece dealing with the best ways of avoiding or resolving conflict with your significant other, as described by nine relationship specialists. … Continue reading →

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Reunited

Posted on 08/28/2023 by Jorge Medico

I’ve checked the flight info several times already. So far, everything is on order. Hopefully, there will not be any delays with the Air France departure from Paris, and my other half arrives back to LAX with her sister as … 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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How Was Clinic?

Posted on 02/06/2023 by Jorge Medico

We humans tell stories in our attempt to make sense of our lives. Some stories are told directly, while others have their meanings concealed behind the words that we use. I love this poem, as it resonates in harmony with … 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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Wise Circumstances

Posted on 07/25/2022 by Jorge Medico

It’s Monday, so time for another Poem of the Week. This past weekend I traveled down memory lane, looking through boxes of old photos and papers, seeking a gift for a long-time colleague having a landmark birthday. It was here … Continue reading →

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Broca’s Aphasia

Posted on 06/20/2022 by Jorge Medico

This Monday’s Poem of the Week addresses one of the aftermaths of stroke, while at the same time focusing on one of the most essential aspects of life. May we be spared this scourge, but not never forget to include … Continue reading →

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I Will Leave You One Day

Posted on 06/13/2022 by Jorge Medico

This Monday’s Poem of the Week is dedicated to Valerie, a dear friend who lost her soul mate after fifty two years. It’s a tragedy we all must deal with as survivors of loss sooner or later in life.  I … Continue reading →

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