Strangers’ Small Acts That Changed Lives Forever: Stories That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity
We eventually exited the restroom, still laughing and guffawing. Me, a Yankee from way up north and this good ole boy from the deep south had a significant moment. I never got his name, but I will never forget how the air in that empty stadium latrine vibrated as this man broke wind.
I went for an interview for a residency program. The programs usually interview multiple people per day at the same time. Everyone is so nervous sitting around prior to the interview, that no one talks. For one of my interviews, there were only two of us. The other girl came up to me and we both started talking about how nervous we were. She hugged me and said “Well, you seem really nice. I hope we both match here and get to work together”. After the interviews were over, she hugged me again and said she knew we would be friends in the future. It was an interesting interaction to say the least. Funny thing is, neither of us matched at that site, but ended up matching together at another program. She is one of the nicest/kindest people I have ever met. Definitely my work bestie.
I put off changing my name after getting married until my son was born a year later. I had to trudge all over downtown with a newborn in tow to get a copy of my marriage license, go to the DMV, and finally social security office. It was at the social security office that my son decided it was time to eat. I started to discreetly nurse him and a security guard looked in my direction. “Hey, you can’t do that here!”
Two women jumped to my defense before I could even look up. “That is a federally granted right!” “She is feeding a baby! Are you against babies eating?!” “You keep nursing that baby, honey! It’s a gift!”
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