1 Inga Aksamit is a volunteer in the Medical Reserve Corps, County of Sonoma Department of Health Services, Sonoma, CA. Contact author: ingasadventures@gmail.com . Reflections is coordinated by Madeleine Mysko, MA, RN: mmysko@comcast.net . Illustration by Janet Hamlin. A podcast of this essay can be found at www.ajnonline.com .