The things I've left behind returning from parental leave

Having both a job and having a baby creates changes, conflicts and compromises

I asked for an image of “a reporter standing at a fork in the road, where the left side is peaceful and green and the right side is engulfed in flames.” Close enough.

As I started to write this, it was approaching midnight in the final hours of ~12 weeks of glorious parental leave I had through FMLA for the birth of my amazing daughter. I’m finally finis…