Beltane Emergence Moon
When Kate was in high school, she was ready to graduate a year ahead of time. She had gotten agreement that she would take classes at nearby Iowa State. Then the school backed out of the agreement.
When she applied to medical school, she was told that her husband was already a doctor. Why did she want to be a doctor, too? She went anyway, studying in the early morning hours, so she could continue to be a wife and mother.
When she was the lead physician among pediatricians at the Allina Coon Rapids Clinic, she saw the need for evening hours, for pediatricians and family practice doctors working closely together. She saw the speed-ups underway with scheduling crowding appointment times and doctor visits measured by demeanor rather than medical results. She got angst and a bad back for her efforts.
She is a woman of vision, able to see, as the old testament prophets did, ahead. She was born just a few years before she could have been heard more clearly, yet she now has the satisfaction of looking back and being affirmed that her seeing was clear. I’m proud to be the husband of a woman who can see the horizon. And beyond.