Time will pass anyway

A little over 9 years ago, while I was pregnant of my daughter and already had my baby boy in the stroller, I sat at this very place in front of the Medical School in Valladolid in order to feed Marcos, who had barely started to walk. As I looked at the landscape I thought : “ -I will remain here a little while and will try to imagine what being a medical student feels like.” I tried to imagine how would it be like, when someone entered those doors as medical students and on the other hand, something inside of me said “ –This may be the closest you will ever get to Medical School, so enjoy these couple of seconds.” Reality stroke, my son finished eating his yogurt, I put them both back into the car and I drove back to our hometown. A couple of weeks later I returned in order to take the University admission test in Spain *Selectividad. My daughter was born early the day I found out that the result was favorable and that I was in. Stumble after stumble, failure after failure, turned over time into better scoring, sleepless nights after sleepless nights. I am definitely not the same person who started Med School in 2010. Now I live the reality that seemed so far and impossible when I began. During 6 years I lived a dream that came true, every single day, something that required every tiny sweat drop and effort, literally strength beyond my own and situations that humbled me in a way that I could clearly see how much I needed to improve before actually getting into the career I always had inside my heart, mind and soul. And if someone ever wonders if miracles exist, I would say they do, because I have seen it and today I live this miracle, everyday as I move forward with the specialty I loved most! I have faith that God helps us along the way and gives us the strength we need and helps us see that the impossible only exists until the day you decide to make it happen. I didn't make it there alone. Angels took care of me and held me strong, angels in form of friends, professors, colleagues, patients and mentors. My heart is truly full of gratitude. It makes me think of a quote I read a long time ago that says: “Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. Time will pass anyway.”