In 1985 I opened my dental practice in St. Paul’s Lowertown. Four years later, we bought our building on Grand Avenue where the practice continues to this day. The practice grew and flourished. We added on to the building twice, and my hair, or what’s left of it, turned grey. In 2019 I asked Dr. Megan Mulligan to join me as an associate. She and I shared very similar practice philosophies, and I knew her to be a skilled clinician. The association was so successful, I began to lay plans to reduce my schedule until I would eventually retire. Two years later, Dr. Mulligan purchased the practice. We did this quietly to transition with as little disruption to patient care as possible. This was important to me as I had heard so often from new patients that they transferred to me because their old practice was abruptly sold, and they felt abandoned or handed off. Early in 2023 I had a fall on the ice and this sped up my retirement, if only by a handful of months. People often ask me, “Why dentistry?”, or “What do you like most about dentistry?”. The answer is that I have always derived great satisfaction from taking care of people, and my profession afforded me the opportunity to do just that. Some of you have, amazingly, been with me since those early days, and some of you I have seen only a few times. No matter how long you have been a patient at Grand Avenue Dental, you have all been part of a very meaningful professional life for me. I appreciate you, I am grateful for you, and I thank you.