At the table, Alden questions Samantha about her health. “Samantha, did you contact the physician I told you last week?” “Alden, I am sorry for that… Don´t take me wrong. I didn’t, but I assure you I go once a year to check my gastritis and pass the image examination. I really have nothing, no […]

Dr. Alden flew to Memphis on Thursday night. Next morning, Alden was dressed simply, with lite blue denim pant, flannel overshirt, and light brown boat shoes. After a single apple for breakfast in the lobby, the hotel receptionist hands him the huge bouquet of colorful flowers he had ordered. “She might be a very special […]

On Thursday night, Samantha went to dinner at Suellen’s house and decided to sleep there. Talking to Suellen, Samantha returns to the subject of LA with her conclusion about what happened. “Besides, Suellen, I think I’m dreaming too much … you know that thing of enchantment at first sight… my first little kiss… I can’t […]

The festive season of the end of the year was approaching. Alden asked to be put on duty between Christmas Eve (Friday) and Christmas morning, to deal with any emergencies, as well as to support the children hospitalized with the medical team, as well as to say a few words to the parents who wanted […]

After the hours of walks and eating some little snacks on Baele Street, Samantha took him to a less noisy and less frequented place, closer to Mississippi river. As they sit down at the table, approaches the waiter, who knew Samantha because she sometimes frequented the place with her dance colleagues. “Hi there, how can […]

Hot Monday in Tennessee. Little morning movement at the sisters’ store. A customer comes in and asks for something. Samantha, with her arms on the counter seems to be lost, traveling in her mind, with her eyes observing the depths of nowhere. “Samantha!” calls her sister. “Are you sleeping? A penny for your thoughts!” Absorbed, she […]

Samantha used to go to a restaurant whenever possible to have some fun with her dancers’ colleagues, the only opportunity to escape the hustle and bustle in the store, studying at the nursing technical school by night almost every day. It was frequent for her to listen to guys asking to drink together, or to […]

After seven years working at the hospital, Alden was invited to celebrate his record of completing three hundred surgeries at the institution. After congratulating him, Dr. Jansen suggested that they have a happy hour at a well-known Mexican restaurant on a Friday. The restaurant offered live Mexican music, and several colleagues were present, including Esther […]

At the model’s agency Wonder Girls & Garments – WGG – in Venice Beach, the availability for young people to serve at events and exhibitions had become critical, given the chaotic demands of the mid-year Spring season. The number of tourists attracted certain businesspeople as well as associations and fraternities to their meetings. The model […]

Meyer and Alden attended a medical conference in Chicago during the very beginning of spring. The hospital was interested in some studies on childhood spinal problems and mildly invasive interventions that were being discussed at the neurologists meeting. During the second day lunch break, Dr. Anne Hamilton, the daughter of a famous local physician and […]

That night the game was more about Memphis than Houston: 99-78 final score. The season’s corps of dancers excitedly cheered for their fierce brown bear. After the game is over, they celebrate with a few fans allowed to enter the basketball team’s reserved area. The coaching staff hugged the players. When then one of the […]

Dr. Alden was in New York for a two-day workshop with neurosurgeons that would take place in South Manhattan, on Wednesday; the venue was an auditorium at the World Trade Center. However, he had been given permission by the hospital, where he works in Los Angeles, to travel to NYC the previous Sunday. He planned […]

“… sicut elegit nos in ipso ante mundi constitutionem, ut essemus sancti et immaculati in conspectu eius in caritate” (EPHESIOS  1, 4) “Often, apostasy is the result of a bad marriage… Excluding oneself from the flow of divine grace, the Catholic’s faith withers and dies, and at the end of the process the person finds oneself […]