Profile Sketch

November 26, 2018

She sits in the brown overstuffed armchair surrounded by papers and books with a computer on her lap. On the couch next to her and all across the floor are a variety of plastic toys, mostly superhero themed. Old fast-food bags sit on the coffee table with crumbs and food spilling out. Her short blond hair falls in front of her eyes as she concentrates on the screen. She’s in sweatpants and a shirt that says “World’s Okayest Mom.”

Soon a red-headed toddler runs screaming into the room dressed only in superhero underpants. He climbs on her chair, begging to sit in her lap. She yells “Jaxson stop! I’m studying!” before relenting to the small child’s demands.

Lauryn Norton is a 29-year-old family nurse practitioner and a registered nurse in labor and delivery. This is just a small part of her daily hectic schedule.

One Response to “Profile Sketch”

  1.   fuglsang said:

    For me, “World’s Okayest Mom” makes this work, Lindsey.

    And as a former grad school parent I can instantly relate.

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