Five Years Later

"Mommy, are you not going to work today?" I could hear my daughter ask while I was sleeping.

I slowly opened my eyes, and there she was, trying to put on her school clothes. A smile forced its way across my lips as I saw the effort she was putting into dressing herself but couldn't.

I glanced at the clock and panicked in shock, "Oh my goodness." I never knew it was already 7:30 a.m."

I instantly jumped out of bed and took her to the restroom for a shower. I had worked so stressfully yesterday that I couldn't wake up early today, as usual, to prepare...