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Opening Day

Opening Day On a sunny afternoon of the last Saturday in March, it seemed like I had just arrived home after spending half the day in my office when I heard the phone ring. Upon answering I heard my father’s voice, soft and a little indistinct but tinged with a familiar understated eagerness when bearing such messages, "We’re missing the Astros’ opening game," he told me. "It’s the bottom of the first and Biggio is on third base," he continued. He had tickets for the game and wondered if I might pick him up so we could go together. "The only problem is that the tickets aren’t together." I was tired after spending half my Saturday at work, and spending the nice afternoon in the Astrodome did not seem appealing. But the combination of his typically gentle request and my sense that I had not seen him for a while led me to respond with "Sure, I’ll leave without changing clothes. I’ll pick you up and we’ll get there in time to see most of the game." The barking of my dog, Max, awakened me from my dream. As I began to think about it, my closed eyes suddenly felt http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Psychiatry American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc (Journal)

Opening Day

American Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 161 (2): 224 – Feb 1, 2004

Opening Day

American Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 161 (2): 224 – Feb 1, 2004

Abstract

On a sunny afternoon of the last Saturday in March, it seemed like I had just arrived home after spending half the day in my office when I heard the phone ring. Upon answering I heard my father’s voice, soft and a little indistinct but tinged with a familiar understated eagerness when bearing such messages, "We’re missing the Astros’ opening game," he told me. "It’s the bottom of the first and Biggio is on third base," he continued. He had tickets for the game and wondered if I might pick him up so we could go together. "The only problem is that the tickets aren’t together." I was tired after spending half my Saturday at work, and spending the nice afternoon in the Astrodome did not seem appealing. But the combination of his typically gentle request and my sense that I had not seen him for a while led me to respond with "Sure, I’ll leave without changing clothes. I’ll pick you up and we’ll get there in time to see most of the game." The barking of my dog, Max, awakened me from my dream. As I began to think about it, my closed eyes suddenly felt

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Publisher
American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc (Journal)
Copyright
Copyright © 2004 American Psychiatric Association. All rights reserved.
ISSN
0002-953X
DOI
10.1176/appi.ajp.161.2.224
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Abstract

On a sunny afternoon of the last Saturday in March, it seemed like I had just arrived home after spending half the day in my office when I heard the phone ring. Upon answering I heard my father’s voice, soft and a little indistinct but tinged with a familiar understated eagerness when bearing such messages, "We’re missing the Astros’ opening game," he told me. "It’s the bottom of the first and Biggio is on third base," he continued. He had tickets for the game and wondered if I might pick him up so we could go together. "The only problem is that the tickets aren’t together." I was tired after spending half my Saturday at work, and spending the nice afternoon in the Astrodome did not seem appealing. But the combination of his typically gentle request and my sense that I had not seen him for a while led me to respond with "Sure, I’ll leave without changing clothes. I’ll pick you up and we’ll get there in time to see most of the game." The barking of my dog, Max, awakened me from my dream. As I began to think about it, my closed eyes suddenly felt

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American Journal of PsychiatryAmerican Psychiatric Publishing, Inc (Journal)

Published: Feb 1, 2004

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