Milestones

I’ve hit a major milestone personally – 50 years of life on this Earth!!

Today I want to reflect on some of my major milestones, both personally and professionally.  As physicians (and generally, people) we often focus on what we could have done better. What we could have improved. Well, today, it’s all about celebrating the highlights! Celebrating the wins!

As I look back over my 50 years of amazing life these are some of my highlights. Mind you, these were not always easy milestones – some were incredibly painful and difficult – but, I lived! I survived and thrived to the 50-year mark! 

• Grew up with a small town, family-oriented childhood with lots of family and friends nearby supporting me
• At the age of 20, having finished my junior year in college, lived through my beautiful mother’s death from gastric cancer 
• Medical school (no need to say more to this audience)
• Marriage, 2 amazing children, divorce, successful co-parenting with my ex-husband (we still celebrate Christmas together as a family and our children are now 21 and 18 years old)
• Moved to Boston having NEVER been there for a new life and new career 
• Executive MBA while working full-time
• Gained an amazing set of “mom friends” in my home town – those relationships have grown stronger every year and I look forward to celebrating my 50^th with them!
• Managed my career through company acquisitions, company successes and company failures – kept delivering, kept learning and growing throughout my career
• Helped develop multiple treatments for people with rare diseases 
• Found yoga (and became a yoga teacher) 
• Found Life Coaching
• Started a business (where I use my Life Coaching skills!)
• Watched my father die of Parkinson’s disease after he decided he was done with this life
• Learned to play (still learning to play!) the cello – it’s an amazing creative outlet!
• Realized I can do really hard things – like climb mountains & run half marathons

Life is for living – as I hit the 50-year mark, I’m proud of who I am – have I made mistakes? Sure. Have I tried really hard? Hell yes! 

Here’s to 50!! 

Cheers! 

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