The answer finally came last Wednesday, on Leap Year Day. I was not on leaping mood that day - I had spent most of it getting more pessimistic by the hour. Then the long expected email arrived at 5:34 PM and its title was an answer in itself “Acceptance to our Residency position…”
Before I fully realized it, an appeasing wave of relief was sweeping over me.
The residency will start next September and will last one year, which will allow me to achieve the chaplain training I still need. I will work mostly at the Hospice house but will have one night on call at the hospital every week. And I found out later that night that my Korean friend was also accepted!
It was snowing that night. As I spent some time in the dark yard with the puppies, enjoying the crisp air, I felt like screaming actor Jean Dujardin’s exact words when he received his Oscar last Sunday “Putain c’est génial thank you merci!!!”
Leaping day indeed!
