A time for thanks

Here I am sitting on my computer on Thanksgiving watching the Packers-Lions football game and the commentators made a comment about being thankful and grateful for all that they have and how lucky they are. I paused for a second and thought that I feel the same way and it would be a great time to tell everyone how thankful and lucky I am. I have a wonderful family, an amazing 4 1/2 year old son Aidan and a very supportive and understanding wife Risa who is the love of my life. 4 1/2 years ago I was fortunate enough to purchase the practice of a local dentist who passed away suddenly. Over the past few years I have assembled a great team who I thoroughly enjoy working with every single day of the week. I wake up every morning excited to go to work which is a rarity this day an age. Over the past 4 1/2 years I have met lots of patients who have walked into my office looking for dental care. Whether it was tooth whitening to a root canal to Invisalign treatment I have learned a lot from the patients I have treated. I am very thankful for the opportunity they have given me. Patients come and go unfortunately but the lessons learned will last a lifetime and believe me I learn a lot from my patients. If someone asked me where I thought I would be in 4 1/2 years it certainly would not be anywhere where I have currently positioned my life and my practice. The last few weeks have brought some sad news when we learned that some patients have become ill or worse passed away, a couple of friends from childhood are critically ill and for someone who is 38 like myself you start to look at things a little differently than you did before. I don't know why it takes circumstances like that to make you look at things differently but it does. For everyone involved in my life, my amazing family, wonderful team, great friends, patients past and present thank you for all that you have done and all the you do. I truly believe I am one of the luckiest people alive. I look forward to world ahead of me.