Modeling Love

“Samuel please…” I called the name out into the waiting room, as if it was packed with families waiting their turn for an appointment. But it was unnecessary.

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During the COVID pandemic, there is intentionally only one patient waiting at a time. A mop of brown curls popped up from behind his mother. A little boy of about two years, dressed in Oshkosh jeans and a T-shirt, looked back at me with bright curious eyes: at the same time both…