Years ago, my very first coach, Dr. Elaine Millam, had me make a list of the things about my day that I enjoyed and the things that I hated doing.

My kids and I were driving across the Nevada desert some years ago. We stopped for gas well after dark. While I filled the tank, I noticed an abandoned dog--filthy and cowering--sidling up to us. "Stay in the truck," I told the kids. But when I came out after paying the bill, the kids were on either side of the dog and there were three pairs of pleading eyes looking up at me.

“The people we most love do become a physical part of us, ingrained in our synapses, in the pathways where memories are created.” - Meghan O'Rourke