I graduated medical school while sitting in the parking lot

My phone chimed. I received an email stating that rotations were canceled, so I had effectively graduated medical school while sitting in the parking lot of my local grocery store. It felt like a natural end to an isolating day. That morning, the cherry blossoms were in full bloom.  The streetlights shone against the budding trees and reflected an orange luminosity that refracted against the dewdrops condensed from …

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