Today ended a long string of events that spanned over our lives since September. Conferences, weekend workshops, meetings, travel, presentations, deadlines. Today’s event was a Children’s Health Fair at the Louisiana Children’s Museum that was coordinated by the New Orleans Schweitzer Fellows. This incredible group of allied health graduate students organized nearly 20 local agencies to attend — and had everything from dental health games to human body education dolls (think learning about how we’re all the same *inside*) to therapeutic miniature horses used in treatment with the chronically ill. They did this while continuing community service projects (the core focus of their Fellowship responsibilities) and their ‘normal’ course/rotation/lab schedule. It was a good way to end this string of non-stop events because it was inspiring and encouraging.
Things aren’t stopping here. I’ve got a weekend meeting retreat to plan, sites to visit, reports to review and comment on, photography exhibit layout work, and nonprofit management type business to attend to.  Once I get ahead on these things, I’ll be able to turn back to the dissertation. But this all seems more feasible with the ‘big’ dates behind us.
I’m catching my breath. And enjoying the memory of how happy the kids were this morning at the Crystal Palace.
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