At Sunday dinner, Dad told 23 relatives: “She’s wo…

I finished, she was quiet for a long moment.

“I’m sorry,” she finally said. “That’s unconscionable.”

“It is what it is.”

“No,” she said firmly. “It’s not. Your family doesn’t deserve you, Emily. You’re one of the finest surgeons I’ve ever worked with. You’ve saved more children than most doctors will in their entire careers. You’re brilliant, compassionate,continue reading …