Warren remained a surgeon.

His work continued to demand long hours, but he made choices he had once claimed were impossible.

He reduced certain administrative duties and stopped allowing Margaret to act as an informal gatekeeper to his personal life.

He showed up for school conferences, music performances, and the occasional painfully long discussion of dinosaur extinction.

I continued building my firm.

The community transportation program we funded helped parents reach clinics across the region.

I met people whose lives were shaped by problems no financial portfolio could solve.