Tag Archives: Tufts School of Medicine

A Different Kind of Letting Go

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Stephanie

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 →

Posted in Love and Loss | Tagged grief, Margaret Atwood quote, memory, pancreatic cancer, Sarah Polley's "Stories We Tell", stories, the things they carried, Tim O'Brien's, Tufts School of Medicine | 20 Comments

My Donor

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Stephanie

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 →

Posted in Love and Loss | Tagged anatomical donor, medical student, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Tufts School of Medicine | 7 Comments

A Divet and a Button

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Stephanie

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 →