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The ‘extra man’
Bridgman, MI—It was an overcast and chilly November afternoon in Pontiac, Michigan in 1981 as my nephew Michael and I neared the Pontiac...
Lessons from Everyday Life
By Theodore Lewis
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- Nov 4
A lesson learned
Bridgman, MI—My first job in a hospital was a summer position at Madison Hospital. Back then it was a full-service faith-based community...
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- Oct 8
The 'apple principle'
Bridgman, MI—It is apple time in Michigan. According to the Michigan Apple Committee, during the apple harvest season of 2022, more than...
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- Sep 4
Boxes of memories
My wife and I recently moved from Maine to Michigan. I hate the process of moving, especially when you must go through all your stuff in...
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- Aug 11
The unfinished song
Portland, Maine— Back in days gone by when I was growing up in Holly, Michigan, a highlight of each summer was the annual 10-day...
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- Jul 8
Just like that, life can change
Portland, Maine—After graduating from Adelphian Academy, a Seventh Day Adventist secondary school in Holly, MI, I felt on top of the...
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- Jun 11
Sometimes they just need a hug
Portland, Maine— It was a beautiful spring day in Pasadena, California. The wisteria and lilacs were blooming, the air was crisp and the...
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- May 7
Breaking a leg
Portland, Maine—Recently, after reconnecting with the good folks at Dockerty Health Care in Michigan, I decided to give them "a leg up"...
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- Apr 2
‘Who dey?’ $4 Super Bowl ticket, anyone?
Watching this year's exciting Super Bowl with the Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams reminded me of my attendance at Super Bowl XVI...
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- Mar 5
Miles to go before we sleep
Portland, Maine— On Dec. 31, 2021, I woke up with a hopeful feeling. After the deaths of three good friends in 2021, I was looking...
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- Feb 13
America’s most critical shortage
Portland, Maine — Almost every industry in the U.S. today is dealing with a shortage of workers. The delta and omicron variants are...
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- Jan 9
Whatever it takes: the virtue of resourcefulness
Portland, Maine—I had just received my first hospital assignment at Leland Memorial Hospital in Riverdale, Maryland (just north of D.C....
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- Dec 12, 2021
It ain’t easy being nice
Portland, Maine-- At our favorite breakfast restaurant here in Portland, one of the better wait staff just walked off the job, blurting...
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- Nov 7, 2021
The ginger ale trail
Portland, Maine— My wife Sharon and I just completed our first road trip since the start of the pandemic. The distance between South...
By Theodore Lewis
- Oct 8, 2021
When the prayer is answered in a roundabout way
Portland, Maine – Growing up in a home of faith facilitated my belief in God at an early age. My father, a great English teacher, writer,...
By Theodore Lewis
- Sep 8, 2021
A smile that can change the world
Portland, Maine—The day after attending the “Three Tenors Concert” in the historic Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Michigan in July 1999, I...
By Theodore Lewis
- Aug 8, 2021
Warm weather, warm people, sweat-soaked shirt and déjà vu
Portland, Maine— Traveling for the first time since the pandemic, my wife and I booked a flight down to the Maryland-DC area. Prior to...
By Theodore Lewis
- Jul 5, 2021
Hope for Guam's health care
Having another hospital in Guam's medical portfolio has brought several advantages to the island’s residents At the end of 2019 prior to...
By Theodore Lewis
- Jun 5, 2021
A new promised land
I'm tired of wearing a mask. I'm tired of social distancing. I miss New York's Broadway.I miss breakfasts at First Light in Scarborough....
By Theodore Lewis
- May 4, 2021
Hong Kong heart attack
Hong Kong. That mystical place where east meets west. That unique history-filled beautiful territory owned by the British for 100 years...
By Theodore Lewis
- Apr 5, 2021
Almost famous
Portland, Maine — I had my first introduction to fame in 1977 during our Andrews University Band trip to Romania, where concert-goers —...
By Theodore Lewis
- Feb 3, 2021
An angel in Bucharest
Portland, Maine — My participation as part of a musical group began in my high school band days at Adelphian Academy in Holly, Michigan,...
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- Jan 6, 2021
Death takes a life— but not a friend
The 2019 holiday season was inspiring, festive and full of good cheer. 2020? Not so much. Starting at Thanksgiving and ending on New...
By Theodore Lewis
- Nov 1, 2020
The Beatles’ antidote to rifts and tiffs
Portland, Maine— On this gorgeous fall Sunday in Southern Maine, my wife and I enjoyed our first cup of coffee and flipped on the TV to...
By Theodore Lewis
- Sep 9, 2020
A wedding and a funeral: a tale of two paradises
Portland, Maine-- Two of my favorite places, Guam and Maine, both had their first confirmed case of Covid-19 around Friday the 13th of...
By Theodore Lewis
- Sep 1, 2020
Passing the buck
Portland, Maine— A Johns Hopkins’ study published in 2016 estimated there are at least 250,000 annual deaths in U.S. hospitals related to...
By Theodore Lewis
- Aug 2, 2020
An unforgettable adventure
During the time of Covid-19, most of us have had significant increases in our average time spent watching TV, Netflix, Hulu, etc. A...
By Theodore Lewis
- Jun 2, 2020
When a mustard seed moved a mountain
Portland, Maine— In this unusual time of great need for physical healing, jobs, financial help, and, in many cases, food on the table...
By Theodore Lewis
- May 2, 2020
Reflection on time left
Portland, Maine — Let's face it, anyone over 40 has been thinking, even if remotely, what if? What if I test positive? The older we are,...
By Theodore Lewis
- Apr 3, 2020
The virtue of forgiveness (Part 2)
"Never does the human soul appear so strong when it forgoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury.” - Edwin Hubbell Chapina In Part One...
By Theodore Lewis
- Mar 30, 2020
What about tomorrow?
Portland Maine--Last night one of our neighbor families got into a real loud fight. The husband was yelling, the children were crying,...
By Theodore Lewis
- Mar 16, 2020
Friday, the 13th
Portland, Maine--Where America's day begins and begins. Guam, a U.S. territory, west of the international dateline likes to say that this...
By Theodore Lewis
- Mar 4, 2020
Vengeance is mine?
Portland, Maine — It is only human that when an injustice occurs to us, we want to get revenge. However, my father taught me the biblical...
By Theodore Lewis
- Feb 5, 2020
Prepare for a ‘very senior tsunami’
The first wave of a powerful tsunami has already reached Guam, and the second and third waves are on their way with exponentially...
By Theodore Lewis
- Jan 26, 2020
The Super Bowl of all Super Bowls
Portland, Maine— Congrats to Kansas City Chief and San Francisco 49er fans. Your teams have had a phenomenal year and this will be an...
By Theodore Lewis
- Dec 2, 2019
Impossible is nothing
Portland, Maine — I was fresh out of receiving my MBA from the School of Business at Andrews University. After spending a year or so...
By Theodore Lewis
- Nov 2, 2019
Falling from grace aboard the QE2
Portland, Maine—In 1990 I enjoyed my first cruise aboard the QE2 (Cunard ship Queen Elizabeth II). What a classic ship and what a great...
By Theodore Lewis
- Oct 3, 2019
How a Manila heart surgeon helped save Maine Hospital
Portland, Maine — In last month’s column about legendary physicians, I was reminded about the talents of Dr. Jorge Garcia, heart surgeon...
By Theodore Lewis
- Sep 1, 2019
Legendary physicians
Portland, Maine — Recently I got a phone call from my personal physician, Myron Krueger of Brunswick, Maine, who wanted to let me know...
By Theodore Lewis
- Aug 2, 2019
The promise
Portland, Maine — One of the neat things about every job I've had is the friendship that has always developed from unexpected sources. Of...
By Theodore Lewis
- Jul 3, 2019
The colored print shirt where education was life
Portland, Maine — Once upon a time, the State of Michigan was the world leader of the auto industry and the center of research, industry...
By Theodore Lewis
- Jun 2, 2019
The art of extinguishing bridge fires
Portland, Maine — After a recent trip to Washington, D.C., where I ran into a former colleague whom I hadn't seen for some time, I was...
By Theodore Lewis
- May 15, 2019
Finally remembering to say ‘Thank You’
Chicago, Illinois — This story is about seeing an old friend after several years, and then realizing I had never said thank you for...
By Theodore Lewis
- Apr 3, 2019
High and tights with mediocre cheese
South Portland, Maine— 1968 was arguably the most tumultuous year in modern U.S. history. Jan. 23: North Korea captures the USS Pueblo...
By Theodore Lewis
- Mar 5, 2019
Sometimes it can be scary
South Portland, Maine — I read the news today, oh boy! "Uber driver hospitalized after throat slit by passenger.” "Pregnant Lyft driver...
By Theodore Lewis
- Jan 31, 2019
An elusive dream
South Portland, Maine — Growing up in Michigan following in my father's footsteps, I loved sports, especially football, baseball and...
By Theodore Lewis
- Jan 1, 2019
Everybody is a somebody
South Portland, Maine — Sometimes in life we are ready to write good people off as having no value without seeing the positive side of...
By Theodore Lewis
- Dec 2, 2018
Opportunities lost and regained
South Portland, Maine — The 2018 Super Bowl on Feb. 4 was a big event in New England as Tom Brady and the Patriots had an opportunity to...
By Theodore Lewis
- Oct 29, 2018
Diversity is a great thing
South Portland, Maine —In management, the most effective C-Suites I've seen had great diversity, from the standpoint of sex, age and...
By Theodore Lewis
- Oct 2, 2018
Lessons for Everyday Life: It always pays to plan
South Portland, Maine — In 2016, after 20 years of work experience and success in the C-Suite of several large healthcare organizations...