An 80 year old retired oncologist has a fall, sustaining two fractures and a brain bleed. My three year old routinely gallops across our living room and only sometimes slips, swiftly rising to smile sweetly and say “I’m fine.”

What is life, other than the distance between these two falls.

Naazia Azhar is a physician, writer and mom of four. Her work has been featured in The Intima journal and Pulse – voices from the heart of medicine.