Life has an interesting way of creating connections, crossing paths with all kinds of people in ways that may appear random or routine.

Back in 2001, we were looking for a regular dentist. Our family was living in Troy at the time and I started phoning dentists in the Yellow Pages. Every telephone call seemed to have the same conclusion: we aren’t taking new patients, or it will be six months before we have an opening, or other delayed responses.

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