These are days of hugs not given or received; for my adorable patients whom I examine fully PAPR-ed, for my sweet friends exhausted and isolated by our work and this pandemic, for myself. Do they feel enough love from my words and my thoughts and my eyes peeking over a mask?
Lost Hugs, Literature by Sara Coomes
Sara Coomes
Department of Pediatrics
Sara is a visual artist and physician resident who lives and works in Salt Lake City. She finds joy in watching the growing of things and sitting in sunlight. She continues to work on poems that explore the sublime in daily life and the workings of nature.
Voices from the Residents:
2022, "Unforgetting"
2022, "Acceptable"
2021, "Lost Hugs"
2020, "Sweet Magic"
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