The Day Is Bright

The sun is out this morning. The day is bright, the sky clear, the snow blinding. For the past two months there has been no sun, the entire city imprisoned within an austere cave of winter dark. On scattered afternoons narrow beams slipped through the shifting clouds, burnishing the earth with scant seconds of light before the clouds cemented out the sky and the snow thickened once again.
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Good News

Good news. I finally have a GP. I saw Dr N today. His nameplate is not yet up in his office, even the receptionists station is marked by a handwritten sign held up with tape. I am new patient number 650. Dr N is barely open for business and he is already completely booked a full month in advance. This gives an idea of the extent of the doctor shortage in Gatineau. I count myself very fortunate to have access to him.
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