The kind that follows you through your day without asking permission.
As a single mother raising two boys, working double shifts at the hospital, I didn’t have the luxury of ignoring it. Bills didn’t wait. Life didn’t slow down. And neither could I.
Most days, I moved on autopilot — checking charts, comforting patients, staying focused.
But underneath it all, there was always that voice:
“What if something goes wrong while you’re not there?”
I tried to ignore it.
Until one day… it caught up to me.
The Call That Changed Everything