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Those boys jumping from the snow bank are the future suicides in our communities, but only if we allow it. What we tell our children and what we say to…

When I make my maple syrup, it’s the only time I find any peace. My dog stays by the fire and I can hear the popping and the cracking of the trees and…

"I deserve to die alone, Dr. Vainio. I was never any kind of father and I stopped at the bar on my way home every time I got paid. I never took him to a…

You have too much to offer to let this gift go. This gift is a blessing, but it can also be a burden and a curse. When Jake plays the piano, there’s…

Some of you will be coming back home to our people. Some of you will never come back. Thosewho stay need to make sure they teach those who come back to…

Dr. Vainio, am I going to die?Yes.And there's nothing you can do?No.I'm afraid to die. Should I be?I don't know, Agnes. I don't know.In the Spirit of…

I know you’re worried about hurting me and I want you to feel this deep inside. I’m an old woman and I don’t have anything left to pass on to anyone. My…

"Lowell would never say this, but deep in his heart he kept a lesson we all learn in childhood, but most of us forget. In order to find true love, you…

The story of how I became a doctor has several beginnings and maybe the middle part has a few different versions depending on what part of being a doctor…

This week: what do you want to be when you grow up? In the Spirit of Medicine features the essays of Dr. Arne Vainio, an enrolled member of the Mille Lacs…