Balance

Hi baby girl.

I'm away for a few days, learning how to be better at my job during the day.  But my favorite job is being your Mama and having nights and weekends with you and your Daddy.  On Saturdays we always stay in our pajamas and make bacon and eggs and strong coffee (which someday you will love, but for now are too little to taste...although you want to).  We sit in the dining room and take the morning easy and watch you play.  It's glorious.  I am missing you both and our weekend routine like crazy.

There are lots of girl doctors here that don't have daughters yet.  Sometimes it's hard for women to decide how to make it all work together, to have a job and still be a Mama.  The important thing is that you always do the thing that makes your heart sing, and never decide to do something or NOT to do something because you're afraid.  Things always work out one way or another.  You can be an artist, or a musician, or a doctor, or a maker-of-beautiful-pastries, or maybe all of the above at different times in your life.  Sometimes you'll ache for balance and won't be able to find it - life can be that way, demanding more of you in one direction one week, then in another direction the next.  Try to look at it all over the long haul.  In the end, you can do anything and everything, just not all at the same time.

So this week, I'm being a good doctor and missing my family.  Next weekend, no work and lots of time to watch you learn new words and laugh at falling leaves and relax.