My name is Kharia J. Homes, M.D. I am a private practicing internal medicine physician in the D{M}V area but hailing from Texas. So one might say I am a #SouthernGirlTurnedNorth. I am a woman of faith believing that as Sheryl Lee Ralph says I am a Divinely Inspired Victoriously Alive Medical Doctor On Call to help others #DIVAMDOnCall. Through out my career I have learned that I am far from the perfection that is attributed to my profession #TheImPerfectMD but that trusting in my calling my imperfections are made perfect by my faith. My patients have termed me #TheKhocDoc because I believe in Keenly Helping Others Cooperatively. It is here in this vein that I start again with a rebrand and a new vision.
Why now? Is the question that I am asked by those that I have shared this project with. What will be different? Is a question that plays in my mind. The why now is easy I am at another transition point in my life. As I started to contemplate this major change, thinking about my patients — the panel, the tribe that I have built and those that I know have and will feel abandoned. I know that I have still so much to discuss with them and I crave a way to still in some capacity interact and engage with my tribe. The what will be different is the lack or pressure. Initially I wanted to be a social media sensation. Now I just desire to impart knowledge that I hope will be shared.
Take for example my first book; I wrote it for myself and for my son. I wrote it because I had a story that I wanted to tell and a dream of authorship that I wanted to make a reality. When I first started blogging I was fixated on the number of likes, followers, reposts, etc. With time notoriety is not the goal I find myself seeking; self fulfillment is my benchmark. If I can help one person that is my measure of success not the number of shares or likes.
I am blessed with the opportunity grow and learn. Being a work in progress I share my truth with my patients so that they know that they are not alone, and you are not alone. Our journey is not yet complete. I hope you will continue the journey with me…