An excerpt from A Fullness of Uncertain Significance: Stories of Surgery, Clarity, & Grace. “None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.” -Henry David Thoreau My mother, bless her ninety-year-old heart, is slowing down. The things that made her happiest — getting to church, visiting friends, taking walks, and wandering the aisles in
Mom’s new pacemaker: a story originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
