[Nfbc-info] NFBC-Info Digest, Vol 144, Issue 12

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>   1. Not Just Another Mother (nancy Lynn)
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> From: "nancy Lynn" <seabreeze.stl at gmail.com>
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> Not Just Another Mother
> A few months ago when I was picking up the children at school,
> another mother I knew well rushed up to me.  Emily was fuming
> with indignation.
> 
> "Do you know what you and I are?" she demanded.
> 
> Before I could answer, and I didn't really have one handy, she
> blurted out the reason for her question.
> 
> It seemed she had just returned from renewing her driver's
> license at the County Clerk's office.  Asked by the woman
> recorder to state her occupation, Emily had hesitated, uncertain
> how to classify herself.
> 
> "What I mean is," explained the recorder, "Do you have a job, or
> are you just a .....?"
> 
> "Of course I have a job," snapped Emily.
> 
> "I'm a mother."
> 
> "We don't list 'mother' as an occupation...
> 'housewife' covers it," said the recorder emphatically.
> 
> I forgot all about her story until one day I found myself in the
> same situation, this time at our own Town Hall.
> 
> The Clerk was obviously a career woman, poised, efficient, and
> possessed of a high-sounding title like official Interrogator or
> Town Registrar.
> 
> "And what is your occupation?" she probed.
> 
> What made me say it, I don't know.  The words simply popped out.
> 
> "I'm a Research Associate in the field of Child Development and
> Human Relations."
> 
> The clerk paused, ball-point pen frozen in midair, and looked up
> as though she had not heard right.
> 
> I repeated the title slowly, emphasizing the most significant
> words.  Then I stared with wonder as my pompous pronouncement
> was written in bold, black ink on the official questionnaire.
> 
> "Might I ask," said the clerk with new interest, "just what you
> do in your field?"
> 
> Coolly, without any trace of fluster in my voice, I heard myself
> reply, "I have a continuing program of research (what mother
> doesn't) in the laboratory and in the field (normally I would
> have said indoors and out).
> 
> I'm working for my Masters (the whole darned family) and already
> have four credits (all daughters)."
> 
> "Of course, the job is one of the most demanding in the
> humanities (any mother care to disagree?) and I often work 14
> hours a day (24 is more like it).  But the job is more
> challenging than most run-of-the-mill careers and the rewards
> are in satisfaction rather than just money."
> 
> There was an increasing note of respect in the clerk's voice as
> she completed the form, stood up, and personally ushered me to
> the door.
> 
> As I drove into our driveway, buoyed up by my glamorous new
> career, I was greeted by my lab assistants - ages 13, 7, and 3.
> 
> Upstairs, I could hear our new experimental model (6 months) in
> the child-development program testing out a new vocal pattern.
> 
> I felt triumphant!
> 
> I had scored a beat on bureaucracy!  I had gone on the official
> records as someone more distinguished and indispensable to
> mankind than "just another mother."
> 
> Motherhood...what a glorious career.
> 
> Especially when there's a title on the door.
> 
> Send this to another Mother you know.
> Whether a stay-at-home Mom or a career Mom,
> we should all carry this title.
> Author Unknown~
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