Happy Father’s Day weekend family, friends, and patients! I’ve been blessed to make great memories with my wife and sons over the years. And I hope your weekend is filled with good ones too! (P.S. If you’d like some Father’s Day reading, in this week’s #fridaypfisterfix, I talk about the changing role of “dad” over the decades...) Have a happy, healthy weekend and make some memories!

Throughout our lives, we are constantly aware of the reality that change is ever-present and, along with death and taxes, not much else is constant in our lives or world… except a mother’s love. Moms, this one’s for you!

This #fridaypfisterfix comes to you on a Wednesday because, well, tomorrow is Thanksgiving! My wife and I will be hosting both sides of our family this year. And I’ve got some pointers in this post for those who are blessed enough (and bold enough) to host…

As we start to return to some form of normalcy after navigating the COVID pandemic, there’s a special group of unsung heroes I’d like to recognize in this week’s #fridaypfisterfix…

To all our patients, friends, and family - Happy New Year! There may have been some individuals in the world who saw what we had coming in 2020, but I have to believe most of us were blindsided by Covid 19. In this week’s #fridaypfisterfix, I say goodbye to my “not-so-perfect 2020 vision” and use lessons learned from this past year in suggesting resolutions for 2021…

The other day I was hiking with my lab, Mocha, through my favorite stretch of woods, and I couldn’t help but notice the number of trees that had blown over… roots and all. As I surveyed the surroundings, it was interesting to see several trees standing straight and tall next to those that had blown over. This peeked my curiosity… how nature had chosen some trees to be susceptible to wind and storms, while, ten feet away, others were unscathed. Taking this thought further, I began to see analogies between the strengths of some trees and the strengths of some families in the face of adversity…