For Mom By Marysa Stevens My brother Tyson, mom Lynda, me, and Tahoe, my dog. Last fall I took a stained-glass art class. When a friend invited me, I thought I was signing up for an art class just painting glass, I didn’t know that we would actually be cutting glass into shapes and soldering […] Continue reading → 
To My Beloved By Katie Van Arendonk This Is Us . . . I aspire to watch this new drama but have yet to join the bandwagon. However, I digress . . . this is me and my Beloved on Match Day 2008, the moment that we found out that he matched at Johns Hopkins […] Continue reading → 
Resources to Help Your Physician Family Through The Match and Beyond By Donna Baver Rovito This week is a time for both excitement and dread among graduating medical students – Match Week, which culminates in Match Day on Friday, March 17! After finding out where they will spend the next 3-7 years, newly matched residents […] Continue reading → 
Does Match Day dictate your destiny? A surgeon’s wife weighs in By Megan Sharma Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls! The momentous Match Day fast approaches! But you already knew that, right? Your calendar is marked. Perhaps your hopes and dreams are already staked on a particular program in a favorite city. Or, maybe, you’ll […] Continue reading → 
Keeping “It Gets Better” in Check By Sarah Paschall As my husband is just months away from completing his medical residency and starting practice, I’m reminded of a mantra that I’ve heard bantered around in medical circles for a while now: It gets better. On the surface level, this idea of “it gets better” provides […] Continue reading → 
The Doctor is Out: Managing Resentment By Kelly Houseman (Our son, a few months old. All the doctor, none of the drama!) I recently received an email from a new friend asking how I was able to make it through med school, residency, fellowship and now attending life without harboring resentment and while staying supportive. […] Continue reading → 
4 Creative Ideas for Spending a Fun Valentine’s Day With Your Kids By Michelle Peterson The season of love is upon us again, and for many physician families it can be challenging to decide how to spend Valentine’s Day – especially if the physician in the family won’t be home to share the love. Even if […] Continue reading → 
Balancing Interfaith Holidays By Julie Berkowitz Newman Ah, ‘tis the season. For stress. The holidays have been marketed as joyous celebrations, with visions of snowflakes, crackling fires, and familial harmony floating before our eyes. Of course, a good portion of the country won’t have snow or temperatures cool enough to […] Continue reading → 
The Night Before Christmas (from a physician family point of view) By Amber Stueven ‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, Not a pager was beeping, “For once, a quiet house.” The children were snug, in their beds did they lay, While Daddy ran resuscitations in the trauma bay. Another holiday that […] Continue reading → 
THE DOCTOR IS IN (THE HOSPITAL ON HOLIDAYS) by Kelly Houseman Happy Turkey Day (with dinner served in a hospital cafeteria). Merry “missing” Christmas where daddy has a 24 hour shift. Happy “hospital” Hanukah that mommy has to work 7 out of the 8 days. Hmm, doesn’t sound like a traditional holiday celebration does it? […] Continue reading →