A decade ago, as I concluded a mentoring session in which one of my former interns was assisting me, Rita suddenly (and in a quite ad-lib manner) said,
"Dr. Bill, I don't want to disappoint you. I'll go for you when you can no longer go. I'll speak for you when you can no longer speak. I'll reach, teach and keep people in your name long after you have gone on to your reward."
This is, after all, the purpose and focus of my life, and would you believe my student's words not only gladdened my heart, but affirmed what I have been attempting to do for so long.
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