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Nobody ever suggests that the work of a veterinarian is boring. They might express emotions ranging from respect to sympathy to dismay, but no one, to my knowledge, has ever labeled my career choice as boring. Unpredictable would be my one-word synopsis because implicit in this adjective is the certainty of surprise.
Perhaps this is one reason why a vocation in veterinary medicine continues to be so incredibly popular.
In the aftermath of writing Tell Me Where It Hurts and Love is the Best Medicine, I am frequently asked, “What brought you to this point”? “What made you choose your career”? Truthfully there’s been nothing particularly special about my life ⎯ stuff happened, I committed to a certain path, and many of the decisions I made were influenced by the lessons I learned along the way and how I interpreted their meaning. Like so many of us, I happened to grow up around animals, the creatures I have come to think of as my own pets, and as it turned out, each and every one of them played a vital part in bringing me to this point.
In my third book, Ever By My Side, I turn the lens inward and take the opportunity to relive a few of these defining moments throughout my life in which animals took their cue, stepped up, and gave me a chance to appreciate a different perspective. This is my attempt to show them off and share their subtle, startling and inspirational lessons.
