Lawrence J. Lincoln, MD, has been the medical director of Tucson Medical Center Hospice for more than twenty-five years and recently retired from a clinical infectious disease practice. A graduate of Amherst College, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, he and his wife, Anne, offered the Growth and Transition Workshop program for thirty-one years. They have two children and three grandchildren. You may contact the author at rbv2018ljl@gmail.com.