A life changing event.

THWACK! Occasionally everyone is rocked by events not just beyond control, but beyond understanding. I lost the illusion of safety on a sweaty day in Bogotá, Colombia. We were driving not so much on a road but an infected cut on the skin of the jungle, which was always trying to heal the wound. The jungle itself loomed on either side of the road, staring back at me to show that it was the panther …

…out to have been a FARC rebel that had chosen that time to commit a terrorist act. I pale to think of how that information was extracted. Since this adventure, I have been back to the hospital for work twice, both times without incident. The work I've done there has saved lives, although indirectly, and I like to believe that saving lives is worth some personal danger. But I still hope it never happens again.