Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Fatherhood

  • Letter to Pa

    Charles HalstedDavis, California, USA I heard our tire chains clacking on slushystreets, then waited freezing, short legs dangling, watching you—warm coat against the cold, your bag in hand—walk  through the opened door, return after half an hour with a fresh loaf of bread, the way you were paid in those late depression years.  A few years later, world war raging, a…