Dear Dad
My Dad and I catching piranha's in the Amazon I recently listened to a podcast "To Dad, From Daughter" by She Explores and it was in honor of dad's for Father's Day. It was an hour long show full of women of all ages calling in and leaving messages about how their dad introduced them to the outdoors. The podcast resonated with me as many of my early memories were with my dad in the outdoors. My love for nature stems from our adventures in the outdoors and is one of the major reasons we moved to Seattle, and now Duluth, to be closer to the outdoors. Growing up, my Dad was not around every day as he woke up early and was off to take care of patients at the local hospital and then to clinic. As a physician myself, I know that the profession demands that patients come first and often family second. With the limited time we had together, he made the most of it and often took us to explore the outdoors. I am who I am today because of my Dad and his love of the ou