I never expected my child’s illness to become a problem at work. When you become a parent, you quickly learn that children do not get
There are certain weeks at university when everything seems to happen at once. Assignments are due. Lectures are packed. Group projects need to be completed.
There was a point when I stopped knowing which problem to deal with first. Was it work? Was it my child? Was it school? Was
I used to think getting sick was a simple equation. You wake up feeling terrible. You stay home. You rest. When you feel better, you
I never imagined that an accident could completely change my plans for something as ordinary as jury duty. When my jury summons arrived, I had
I remember the day I opened my jury-duty summons. It was an ordinary afternoon, but the letter immediately changed my mood. I had already been
I never thought a jury summons would affect me emotionally. When I first opened the envelope, I saw it as another official responsibility. There was
