Every Day Counts revisited. The future always arrives.

Just a  few moments ago, our youngest son enrolled in medical

school. A few moments later, he graduated and now he has earned the title of Dr. David Sherwood. Of course, this event was after four years of study, stress and continuous examinations. He will do his residency at KU Med, so he is officially a Jayhawker, like his mom and I. 

We had a graduation party for him yesterday. The party was wonderful and many of David's friends attended, but the party seemed so small, so anti-climatic, so modest when compared with his large achievement. Med school is no piece of cake. His residency starts in 4 weeks and then his life as a Doctor officially commences. 

One of David's friends had just had twins, a 3 month old a boy and a girl and brought the babies to the party.  They were darling. I watched David bend down to take a closer look at the baby girl who lay cuddled in the arms of the mother. David moved closer to the baby until he was not more than a foot away from the baby's face. He said something softly to the mother and to the baby. I sat spellbound observing the focused look in David's eyes as he gently touched the baby. It was clearly the look of a compassionate Doctor. I knew he had made it. And I was proud.

As you know, both of you who read these blogs, I am a believer in EDC, every day counts. I watched David plow through med school a day at a time, he made every day count. The beauty of the EDC philosophy is that the days add up, they multiply on each other accretively, the days become months, the months become years and the years become graduation from med school or what ever other goal you set for yourself. It is inspirational.

From video games to doctor, EDC works.