The Vegas Lie (The Boys From Chapel Hill #4)

by K. Alex Walker

When my mother was inside my grandmother’s body, she already had my egg in her ovaries. That means my grandmother’s life impacts me across the spectrum, from biology to what her social environment was like during those earlier phases of her life.

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“You’re not asking your father to repay your gambling debts,” he said. “You’re asking him to fund vital research. Research that could influence everything from health economics to health equity. Think of it that way. What can you accomplish because of everything he’s accomplished? I would gladly redo everything I’ve done and all the obstacles I’ve overcome if I knew it would make things a little easier for my children. Everything doesn’t have to be a climb, Rai, especially if you’ll be at the top of the hill throwing down ropes and equipment to help others get up there with you.”

many of us, after a while, it becomes more about how well your patients recover than whether people see you as some sort of hero. I do what I do because I love it.” He paused. Raina mouthed, “You’ve got this, baby.” “Something many of you might not know about me is that I had a couple of learning disorders when I was a child,” he went on. “Words and numbers never looked right, but I did grasp numbers much quicker than I did letters. The problem was, being a doctor has always been my dream, but for a while, I was the only person who believed I could attain such a lofty goal.” He heard a few sniffles. A few awws. “I remember hearing my teachers calling me all sorts of names, and at the time, I believed them. See, another thing many of you might not know is that I didn’t grow up wealthy. I was born in Turkey and moved here as a child. My parents could barely speak English, and with them being poor and Muslim, we saw many more closed doors than open ones. But then, one day, I met a doctor from Uganda who also happened to be my best friend’s father. He helped me understand that I didn’t have to accept what people called me. ‘It’s their opinion,’ he would say, and that it wasn’t up to me to prove them wrong. My job wasn’t to base my life on making sure I ‘showed’ them. It was to build confidence in myself. So, I did.”

Love me si.e Dr Saraci

and then he married the most beautiful woman he’d ever set eyes on in his life.” A few whistles floated around the room. He grinned. “Thank you, again, for this recognition. I know people always say this, but let no one tell you that you were born to fail, whether it’s a parent, aunt, uncle, grandparent, teacher…whomever. Greatness waits on the other side of fear, and while it’ll be hard work to climb that hill, I guarantee it will be worth it. Now, my honey isn’t feeling well, so we’ll be leaving, but once again…thank you.”