The distance between life and death, which often seems as wide as the Pacific, can become as slim as a doorway. On Tuesday, March 23, 2010, our third daughter, Miriah, came into the world. Whidbey General Hospital was her birthplace. The hospital is tucked quietly among the rocky beaches of the Puget Sound and the shadows of the Olympic Mountains on Whidbey Island. Like many hospitals, ours is one addition after another connected by a winding maze of hallways. A…
Jon BrownAugust 1, 2010