The Letter Before the First Day
When Marcus Chen graduated from medical school in 2019, his father handed him a sealed envelope. Inside was a letter dated twelve years earlier —...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Mark 1:4-11.
When Marcus Chen graduated from medical school in 2019, his father handed him a sealed envelope. Inside was a letter dated twelve years earlier — written the day Marcus, then age fourteen, first said he wanted to be a doctor. The letter read: "You are my son. I am already proud of you. Not because of what you will accomplish, but because of who you are."…
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