It feels good to be told you’re wanted. It’s validating to hear from the residents that I wasn’t the only one who thought I fit in. Whether or not it’s truly genuine is another story, but I like to believe it was. At this point I feel like I’ve beat to death talking about how much I felt like this kind of practice and these kinds of people align with my philosophies and values in medicine, so I just want to express my gratitude to everyone I worked with these past weeks. Even if I don’t end up back here, I’m glad to know there are doctors out there doing much of the work that I aspire to.