Called to Mother
On my first shift back to work after having my first child, one of the doctors I was working with approached me and was asking how I was enjoying motherhood. In the small talk of how I was already back to work and my baby was 3-months old, he responded, “The days are long, but the years are short.” That was perhaps the first time I ever heard that quote, and I mulled over it the rest of my shift. In the midst of juggling the sleepless nights with work and keeping the household functioning, it...