As the wife and I were fretting about the approaching storm, and hot on the heels of being picked for the annual Top 40 under Forty Surgeons List by the Association of Women Surgeons, comes news that our daughter, Linda, won the UT Southwestern Rising Star Award. Only two people are selected each year from over 2,000 faculty members. She is currently being interviewed by a Dallas newspaper and the official awards presentation is scheduled for November 10th. The amazing part is that I have seen her sitting on their couch, laptop on her knees, with two and sometimes three young kids hanging off her neck and arms, fully composed and acting as if nothing is wrong, all the while writing a paper or preparing a presentation. This girl is on fire!