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the cost of increasing our debt. We
shared our lives 36 hours at a time,
arriving late on Friday night and
cramming 2 weeks' worth of mar-
riage into the next day and a half
before Sunday afternoon brought
another temporary split. We learned
in very different residency settings,
and our experiences complemented
one another," Will added.
According to Karli, "Sunday af-
ternoons were usually accompanied
by a pit in the stomach as we knew
we were parting for another 2 to 3
weeks."
At the conclusion of their
residencies, they both found jobs
at Vistar Eye Center in Roanoke,
where they first fell in love. "We
are 6 months into our careers now
as comprehensive ophthalmolo-
gists and are feeling right at home
in Virginia. Every Sunday evening
that we spend together, rather than
on an airplane back to our separate
cities, is a reminder of how lucky we
are and how far we've come," Will
says. EW
Contact information
Karli: Karli.griffeth@gmail.com
Will: will.griffeth@gmail.com
into something more. "By the time
we had to rank our internship
programs, we had decided we'd try
to do the first year together just for
fun. We were lucky enough to land
together in Roanoke, Virginia, where
we enjoyed a year in the gorgeous
Blue Ridge Mountains and fell in
love. We married in April of our
intern year, with a chasm of 3 years
of compelled separation looming
ahead," Will explained.
Spending the first 3 years of
their marriage apart was not easy.
"Before living apart, we sought
advice from others who had been in
similar situations. We heard some
cautionary tales of the kind of toll
living apart can put on a relation-
ship. This certainly brought some
apprehension while considering the
upcoming 3 years. Turns out, living
apart from your spouse truly is hard.
However, at the end of the day, we
feel lucky since it was hard because
we missed each other, not because
of strain on our relationship," Karli
said.
Their residency years were excit-
ing, joyful, stressful, and expensive,
as they flew to see each other as
often as they could. "We pledged to
prioritize our time together, even at
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"
We are 6 months into our
careers now as comprehensive
ophthalmologists and are feeling
right at home in Virginia. Every
Sunday evening that we spend
together, rather than on an airplane
back to our separate cities, is a
reminder of how lucky we are
and how far we've come.
"
—Will Griffeth, MD