Our Doctor Friends
We have these friends who we met through the wedding of another, mutual friend. Since the day we met them, they seemed impossibly happy together. True, they were relative newlyweds at the time, but it's pretty hard to deny that these two have a certain chemistry that you just don't see in many couples. As we got to know David and Mindi (or, as we've always referred to them, the Drs. Beahm), they became a sort of embodiment of our ideal couple. Time went on, and as with all great things, our time with David and Mindi came to an end. Emily and I headed to Gainesville, where Emily was to pursue her PhD. The Drs. Beam, meanwhile, were finishing up with med school and starting to look at residency programs. From what I understand, residency is a pretty tricky thing to figure out under the best of circumstances. Finding the best school for your chosen specialty - that you can get into, I mean - involves crisscrossing the country to interview and rub elbows and generally try to make the best impression you can. ...

