KevinMD June 30, 2024
Ryan McCarthy, MD

I read in a dusty novel that a famous pirate said there are no legacies in this life. Our lives, he said, float atop a fickle sea, and when we die, nothing remains. Many hands work the decks and, in the process, are worn, discarded, and forgotten. The sea gives, and eventually, she flushes the flotsam, leaving no monuments to souls and their adventures.

Well, this is not entirely true. And, I did not actually read this in an ancient book but rather heard it recently in a tawdry Netflix movie. The captain who uttered these poetic lines was giving advice to the quartermaster, but somehow, he spoke to me. He was far too handsome to be a pirate—let’s be...

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