Friday, April 30, 2010

#485



My last day of medical school did not go as smoothly as I had planned...but I dispensed some advice, watched the students beat the faculty in Jeopardy, and ate a cupcake. Now I'm off to the 4th year class play, and will spend the next 2 weeks impatiently tapping my feet waiting for graduation while holding my nose in an effort not to cry. How I will miss this place so!


"When I grow up," I tell her, "I too will go to faraway places and come home to live by the sea."

"That is all very well, little Alice," says my aunt, "but there is a third thing you must do."

"What is that?" I ask.

"You must do something to make the world more beautiful."

"Alright," I say.

But I do not know yet what that can be.
-Miss Rumphius
Barbara Cooney

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Miss Rumphius!