A Donkey carried Mary from Nazareth to Bethlehem

12/15/15, Advent Day #17, and today's prompt connects Christmas (Jesus' birth) with Palm Sunday, (before Jesus' death and resurrection).  Michael asked us to consider the crosses we bear ourselves and how they may also be considered as blessings.  For me, it is my propensity to love my job.  I am definitely what you could consider a workaholic.  However, I would like to think that, by working hard, I have done my best to make things good for the students at Penn.  I love the connections I still have with many of the alumni with whom I worked when they were students.  So, even though I am often working late and missing sleep, I feel blessed to have these student connections.  I have often thought of my work more of as a calling, than as a job.