Patrick was brushing his teeth that rigid cold morning, already dreading shoveling the snow out of the driveway to get to the maternity home. There was still no power which was going to make his job a lot harder just like it had the day before. Yesterday was exhausting and he imagined that today wouldn't be any different. Having a one month old baby made getting rest not very easy which made him already tired before the day had even started. He rinsed off his toothbrush and put it in the case. He walked out of the lavatory and into the master bedroom to change out of his pajamas. What he did not expect to find was Shelagh in there changing into her nursing uniform.
"Shelagh what are you doing?" he asked
"I'm going to work with you today sweetheart. The children will be coming along too so Timothy can watch the little ones and we can be close by if he needs any help. I will need Teddy close by so I can feed him because I haven't had a chance to manually express my milk" she answered
"You just had a baby a month ago, you need to stay at home" said Patrick
"You look exhausted as it is and I know it can't be easy running the maternity home without power. You need all of the help you can get" Shelagh told him
"I know you are exhausted too, but I can get more help from Nonnatus" he replied
"They all have a heavy workload too and I miss working" said Shelagh
"Are you sure?" he questioned
"Yes, and this will be good for Timothy and Angela, they are starting to get cabin fever" she answered
After he changed, he went downstairs to find the children dressed and eating breakfast. He looked on the settee to find that a bag of toys had already been packed for Angela along with a diaper bag for Teddy. He was once again amazed by how diligent his wife was as a mother. And when he saw her with the patients later that day, he was in awe with how well she worked despite everything going on. His day was better just by having her around and he realized just how much he missed her working with her. He didn't think it was possible, but fell in love with her even more that day.