How One Missed Call Reminded Me To Appreciate My Family More - a podcast by Katharine Chan

As a working mom, the days are long and hard. Here's my story of how one missed call reminded me that it's all worth it. Sometimes thinking about the scary stuff makes the hard days easier.

It’s a Wednesday afternoon.

I just finished drafting up an article when my son wakes up crying from his nap. I carry him downstairs and we start our mother and son dance party. He’s 1 so it’s more like I dance and he wanders around the carpet while I try not to step on him.

I press play on my favourite BTS dance workout and we start bopping around like silly monkeys. Every so often, I’ll have to press pause to pick him up from the dangerous part of the room with the cords and outlets and put him back to his designated corner with the colourful foamy playmat and mountains of plastic toys.

Just some additional deadlifts and bicep curls eh?

My husband comes up from the basement to watch my son while I continue working out. I’m almost finished when YouTube decides to run an ad before the last song. I glance at my phone and I have a missed call from my doctor.

The ad ends and I resume my workout. Thoughts begin to run wild as I try to focus on mimicking the instructor’s graceful movements while my arms flail frantically and my feet stumble awkwardly.

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