My beloved, brilliant, and beautiful daughter Jayne has completed her 4-year OB-GYN  residency at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, capped off by a wonderful graduation ceremony on Friday. Next up is a 2-year complex family planning fellowship at Stanford.

Jayne is named after my sister, who died shortly after birth. My late mother, a secretary to the dean of a nursing school, absolutely loved the medical profession. Shortly before my mother died in 1992, my pregnant wife and I told her we were going to name our daughter Jayne. My mother would be bursting with pride and gratitude today, as Jayne's parents and brother are.