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When you've lived in Oklahoma for your entire life, spring storms are an annual occurrence and rite of passage. You know the storms will come and, from the time you're old enough to understand, you're taught exactly what to do if a tornado approaches. You know where to go in your house (middle room with no exterior walls on the first level) and what to avoid (windows or any other kind of glass, plus anything that could become one of Mother Nature's wind-whipped weapons). You're also taught in… Continue

As I sat at the Tulsa airport and waited to board my flight to Dallas/Fort Worth, I looked up as the crew began to board the plane and get it ready for takeoff. I smiled when I saw the captain pulling his bag on the plane with a bumper sticker that read, "I have no idea where I'm going."



Of course, it was in jest. He knew exactly where he was going (thank goodness) and he had every tool he needed to make sure the 40-minute flight was smooth and quick (again, thank goodness). I…

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Hats off to Dr. Justin Marostica in Oregon for this idea he posted on his blog. I had never put the idea of using your down time after oral surgery to watch the NCAA tournament, but it makes perfect sense. What a great idea to push to your patients!

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It’s a big year in the Henry household. My dad turned 70 on Feb. 15, and my parents will be celebrating their 50^th wedding anniversary on March 1. Both of those numbers are impressive to me, and I am thankful that my parents are here and in relatively good health so we can celebrate these milestones together.

 

I talk often about my family in my editor’s notes and there’s a reason for that … family is very important to me. My daughter is an only child. I’m an only…

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Do you remember the tale of the Great and Powerful Oz? Sure, you may remember how he appeared to Dorothy and her friends once they arrived in the Emerald City, but do you remember how he got there? A simple magician from Kansas, he was blown to Oz in his hot air balloon. Dorothy used a house; he used a balloon. They both ended up over the rainbow.

Once he arrived in Oz, the former sideshow magician was seen as an all-powerful wizard. It wasn't that he had changed, but rather what…

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