Just a Mom ???

To all Mom that I know


Just a MOM???
Oh, this is really good...

(I am also sharing this with a few men, who I know will understand
it)



A woman, renewing her driver's license at the County Clerk's
office,
was asked by the woman recorder to state her occupation.

She
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 the woman.

"I'm a Mom."

"We don't
list 'Mom' 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."

"What is your occupation?" she probed..

What made me
say it? I do not 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 mid air 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 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, (first the Lord and then the
whole family)
and already have four credits (all daughters).
Of course,
the job is one of the most demanding in the human ties,
(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
more of a 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,
(a 6 month old
baby) in the child development program,
testing out a new vocal pattern.
I
felt I had scored a beat on bureaucracy!
And I had gone on the official
records as someone more
distinguished and indispensable to mankind than "just
another Mom."
Motherhood!

What a glorious career!
Especially when
there's a title on the door.


Does this make grandmothers
"Senior
Research associates in the field of Child Development and Human
Relations"
And great grandmothers
"Executive Senior Research
Associates?"
I think so!!!
I also think it makes Aunts

"Associate
Research Assistants."



Please send this to another
Mom,
Grandmother,
Aunt,
And other friends you know.

May your
troubles be less,
Your blessing be more,
And nothing but happiness come
through your door!

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