What I hope I always remember

Growing up I wanted to be a baby doctor. I carried this dream around with me until I was was 15, and started working in a hopsital coffee shop. It changed my mind, as I saw hurried doctors, hardly looking at me and taking notice that I was a person. I supposed they can't help it because the majority of them look at everyone this way; seeing their patients as merely scientific beings. I know very few doctors that see their patients as holistic, spiritual beings, who have needs outside of a physical cure. I didn't want to become that kind of person, and it changed my heart and mind about being a doctor. I care too much about people to ever stop caring. It's my talent and it's what brings me satisfaction at the day's end and it's what brings me the most joy.

I purchased this painting this summer because I fell in love with it. I love mermaids and pregnant women, so it was pretty perfect. I plan to hang it in my office when I become a midwife, to remind me of what I hope I always remember, and that is that people are not just scientific and metabolic beings. They have hopes, dreams, feelings, and meeting those needs are sometimes more important than giving them a cure to their physical ailments. I hope I can be the kind of midwife that treats the "whole person" and nurtures their body, mind, and soul. I hope I can always remember how to do this.