Dr. G said to me, "Thank you for doing this. This is all business." He refers to the

itemized expenses that he has been pesting me to do over last three months. His tight

budget pushed him to squeeze every penny that he could. This morning, he asked me again to pool some funds. He felt so awkward that his face even turned red. While I was talking with him,

he is doing pages of paper work for a meager $3000 proposal. Somehow, I see the future

myself in him and the future is quickly becoming reality.