Item: Hope, Strength and Courage: With Stories in Medicine Training and the Atypical Sibling Rivalry
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Hope, Strength and Courage: With Stories in Medicine Training and the Atypical Sibling Rivalry by Kathryn Lee | Autobiography, Medical, & Family | Excerpt and $15 Giveaway

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Book Details

Hope, Strength and Courage: With Stories in Medicine Training and the Atypical Sibling Rivalry by Kathryn Lee
Published by Tellwell Talent on 03/06/2021
Genres: Autobiography, Family Life, Medical
Format: eBook, Hardcover
Pages: 246

This book has been a self-reflective journey of a medical doctor as an ordinary person going through ordinary life's ups and downs. In epistolary form, its articles were written during the special time of her first year of training to become a general practitioner/family physician, including making the tough decision to give up hospital specialist training, "withdrawing" from fast-paced hospital work, transitioning to working from a metropolitan hospital to a rural community clinic, witnessing and getting used to a younger sibling's growing up, and being independent from a close and loving family.

Some also feature a promotion of the author's new academic career at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and how it was perceived. The book shows a journey of love, strength, perseverance, purpose and encouragement. Lots of anecdotes, lots of stories, lots of quotes. With love and respect.

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Exclusive Excerpt from Hope, Strength and Courage

There are certain things I do not want to let go of. Perhaps it’s the identity of being a daughter who can get favour from her parents; maybe it’s the overwhelming struggle and responsibility of being an adult that I want to avoid; or, perhaps it’s the warmth of staying with Mum and Dad I do not want to leave behind. I have to admit, at this age, I reminisce about the past while moving along in the present and into the future. I hope that one day I can handle this better, and get my priorities straight.

You know what I am talking about, Leo? I was upset for a whole day when Al told me he could not spend Christmas with us, but then I quickly forgave him. I spent Christmas day with Mum and Dad in the Werribee Open Range Zoo and the Victoria State Rose Garden, followed by a brief time in the Enchanted Garden. It was funny seeing Mum and Dad wandering through the big garden maze. I filmed them; blessings like this will stay with me forever.

How I love my dear family, and I thank God that despite all struggle, adversity, hardship, and sleepless nights we have also been graced with days of joy and blessings. While I get emotional sometimes and wish I could bring Al back into the fold, I trust our coming days will be better than our past.

However, I still have moments of intense worry. Sometimes I wake up worried, go through the day worried and bring worries with me to bed. I worry about the health and relationships of my family, the future of my brother and his family, and how to maintain our love in the remaining days of my life.

I am really suffering from withdrawal from a loving childhood and a change of identity from a dependent student to an individual adult who now is responsible for making decisions for herself and her family.

Excerpt provided by the author/publisher for use in this post.