Tonight our convocation festivities start.
One of the guys in my class said that he thought his family was making a much bigger deal of this than he thought it was worth. He recognizes that getting to this point in our lives is huge, but from his perspective, just another step.
I definitely get that. I think that these celebrations are a way for us to share what we've been doing for the past 4 years with our family and friends.
From our perspective, not much changes from when we first got our white coat four years ago to when we get our parchment tomorrow. It's true we've grown and learned, but we have been doing this at incremental steps so that it doesn't seem like much has changed. It's true that there has been work, but there's been fun and we've been doing it as a class with whom we've become close. It's hard to think about our day to day work as difficult when you're doing it with friends. Plus, we still need to start our residency in July which means packing, moving and trying to not look like an idiot on our first day. Our focus is far ahead to what is yet to come.
Our families on the other hand, have been dreaming of this day for longer than we have, even if they don't want to admit it. They are so proud of what we have done, seen and learned. They recognize the changes in our personalities, appearance and confidence. They are excited to see the class again since not seeing us all together since year 1. There have been few opportunities for them to share our accomplishments with us. They are excited to take photos of the new doctor in the family, to shake our hands and give us hugs. And to brag to everyone who will stand still for more than a few seconds to hear that cousin impostor is graduating from med school on Friday.
Our family and friends are proud of us.
I can't blame them really. I couldn't be more proud of my class.
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