M.

So, after two years of clawing and scratching to make my way through the gauntlet that is medical school I am now "M."  I am halfway there!  Tomorrow, it begins.  Tomorrow, I begin board exam study.  A culmination of years worth of intense education will meet me at the end of June and then for the rest of my life in the eyes of every patient I treat.  It is incredible to believe that life comes at you so fast.  It feels like just yesterday I was trying to claw and scratch my way into medical school.  Then, the wake up call concerning the intensity of medical school came crashing in during the first few months, and yet after every hill, every valley, every mountain, I remained standing.  Despite questioning this journey on many occasions, every struggle ended with me continuing to believe in myself.  I just kept moving forward.   It was just that simple and just that complicated, an everyday question and an everyday answer.