My daily gratitude for:

1. Ritual during grief.
2. Courage given by God to have hard conversations.
3. The funeral of a little baby and ability to go it and support his parents and siblings in presence.
4. Relationships I have with other dads of Ryan’s soccer team and elementary school, including Ido, Matt, Robert, Frank, and Victor.
5. Sergio Hernandez’s perceptiveness as a leadership skill.
6. Dr Moushumi Sur, whose conversation with me the first year I was in the PICU helped challenge me to think about appropriate conflict and owning what we say.
7. A great fresh salad.
8. The science of perfusion and hematology.
9. Candied jalapeños.