When I ended my internship last year I never could have imagined how much I would miss doing social work. For some people seeing the awful and unjust things that are common in the field leave them feeling defeated and sad. What I have realized after taking a break this summer and now being back in it for the past two weeks is that it makes me feel alive in a way that I'm unsure words could explain. On my first day I attended a case consultation and though the cases that were presented were frustrating, hard, and even tear jerking I could feel a part of me waking up. A part of me that had gone into hibernation over summer and a part of me I didn't realize I had missed as much as I had. It is easy in my everyday life to forget about what else is out there and while the things that remind me are hard to both see and hear I am happy to be reminded.