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Hold that thought , my reflex when a patient mentions a wish, has a dreamy look in his eye, imagines something positive, a new possibility. Hold onto that, even if it might not come to pass, still, hold onto it, the possibility. You never know. And there's plenty of time to feel badly if it doesn't. It wasn't just me. Last year, 2016, was a monster, and nobody warned us. So we're not looking back, we're moving on. ( 1)   Best Laid Plans I scheduled loosely, two patients in the morning, two in the late afternoon, hoping to get a little quality time with one of the grandkids, still on winter break, a person who makes the most sense to me. It is worth it, driving back from work to take him out, having to drive back again later, just to have that time alone, give the relationship a little more meat, a few solid memories. Good memories we're hoping for. The Plan: We would return to the North Park Village Nature Center, the one promising a really nice, scenic nature...

A post on Top Five disappeared last week. You'll understand why in awhile. It got embarrassing. Three snapshots, all related to the movie in one way or another: (1) catastrophic expectations , (2) cooperative couple decision-making , and (3) two movies we probably don't have to let our kids see. Take it away. 1. The Catastrophic Expectation After publishing about the new Chris Rock movie, a crazy thing happened. A catastrophic expectation came true, related to my fear that the blog would be pirated and spammed with objectionable photos. It happened on Facebook last year. We opened the ap to find new pics, except we hadn't posted any. Thousands, mortified. Facebook rectified the situation immediately. But if this happens to me, what do I do? Delete years of psycho-education? I pushed "publish" for the Top Five review, but probably because of the word (in bold yet) that starts with a "p", ends with an "n" and has an "or" in the midd...