Behind

My RE is leaving town. Not for business reasons, but for personal reasons. I am sad to see her go. I got to eat lunch with her and one of my best friends last week. She has helped so many people in our community and even farther away. I was/ am her patient as well as a professional colleague, even though we are not in the same specialty. She said, I can't believe its been 10 years and this is the 1st time we've gotten all together to eat lunch. That is sad...I always didn't feel like it was my place to become friends with her, but I guess it might have helped. I do feel good that one of my friends I did sent to her as a patient became very good friends with her. But even my best friend and I even struggle to make time to meet each other...and it has only gotten better this past year, as we finally have children out of diapers (almost!). Most of my friends and socializing are with people not in my profession - I may have made that choice unconsciously in order to diversify my brain a bit!