Dr. Rod Dubois
As I’ve gotten older I’ve discovered what a small blue
marble we live on! After losing my job
of thirty-plus years at KOMO-TV in 2000, I went to work at Seattle Children’s
Hospital as an Emergency Department administrative assistant in May 2001. It has been an amazing fourteen years working
with stellar young physicians who are dedicated to providing the best and safest
care for the children of the Northwest.
Working at SCH has provided a glimpse of how small our world can be.
Dr. Rodney Dubois was the orthodontist I went to when I was
23 years old and six months home from Vietnam.
I had decided that I wanted my teeth straightened and my dentist
recommended Dr. Dubois. I don’t remember
why I looked him up in our hospital’s physician directory, but one day I went
to the dental section and found a man named Dr. Rod Dubois in the pediatric
dental section. One day a couple of
years ago I went to the dental clinic at the hospital and renewed a friendship
with Rod after 40 years, right here in the hospital! It certainly is a small world we live
in!
It’s the same with my connecting with you guys from the 225th
and from other men who served in Mohawk units and other services while I was in
the Army. It turns out that Rod Dubois also
was in the Army, a fact I did not know until we were talking over lunch a few
weeks ago.
Take a minute to reflect on your relationships with people
you have known in the past, with those with whom you’ve renewed your friendships
and with those who might be new friends.
I believe that many, if not all, encounters we have are
divinely-directed and have meanings that often don’t become clear until a
substantial amount of time has passed.
It’s fun to see how God works through these happenstances! I believe that
God sometimes provides these unexpected encounters to remind us that He is in
our situations no matter what they may be.
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