Tag Archives: Tufts School of Medicine

A Different Kind of Letting Go

Posted on October 20, 2013 by

Should I press “publish”? Should I release these words into cyberspace, from which I can never entirely reclaim them? It’s not like sending letters one writes when very angry.  (Yes, I still write letters the old-fashioned way, including ones known … Continue reading →

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My Donor

Posted on June 5, 2012 by

I considered at first whether even to publish A Divet and a Button.  It turned out to be– by many hundreds–the most-read post on this blog.  I have had very touching feedback  after writing about the experience of meeting the … Continue reading →

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A Divet and a Button

Posted on May 6, 2012 by

I attended an extraordinary memorial service today, at Tufts School of Medicine, for the families of people who have donated their bodies for medical study. I know from my husband’s own first year as a medical student at Tufts that … Continue reading →

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