by Jeremy Topin | Feb 8, 2018 | Balance, Burnout, Medicine
I woke up to a blanket of white covering the ground. Unlike in childhood, this was not met with excited anticipation. Forced to skip my morning coffee, I layered up in my thermal gear and put on my boots, the blister on my heel reminding me to buy a pair that fits...
by Jeremy Topin | Nov 4, 2017 | Balance, Change
“Into the great wide open.. Under a sky of blue” -Tom Petty In the absence of moonlight, the summer lake house had been pitch dark when we arrived. The five of us had made a spontaneous late-night decision to drive from the northern suburbs of...
by Jeremy Topin | Sep 7, 2017 | Balance, Parenting
If I knew then, what I know now… I would hug them more. For longer. Squeeze harder. I would listen more and react less. I would be sillier and goofier with them and pay less attention to the thoughts of others. I would cave in more often when they would ask for...
by Jeremy Topin | Aug 30, 2017 | Balance, Parenting
I’m not sure when Facebook added the THIS DAY ___ YEARS AGO feature, reminding us what we had posted on this day in years past. It is often nice to reminisce about a concert a year ago or some silly family event that a picture captured perfectly. I often stop for a...
by Jeremy Topin | Jul 17, 2017 | Balance, Parenting, Teenager
You were closer to one year of age than two. Our family just three. Between surviving a combined internal medicine and pediatrics internship for me and navigating your young world for your mom, our days were challenging. But the nights. Those endless nights. As the...
