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Michelle Owens is a palliative care physician.

The promise of change

Michelle Owens, DO
Physician
June 30, 2022

Change is a mysterious creature. It can be both welcome and unwelcome at the same time. It can make us grow in ways we’ve never imagined and yet bring us to our knees. Ironically, it is one of the few things we are promised.

Learning how to navigate change with some grace has been one of the silver linings of living during a pandemic. We were quickly reminded of how little …

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The promise of change

I do not want to be resilient

Michelle Owens, DO
Physician
August 28, 2021

I went to replace four hanging plants at a nursery this past weekend because they all died once the Texas heat made its appearance, despite being watered, placed in the shade, and talked to by my daughter and me.

While I was looking for plants that will hopefully survive the Texas summer, I was chatting with my husband, who cheekily said, “Those plants weren’t resilient.”

He, of course, knows my disdain for …

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