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[The Invincibles, insya Allah!] Being a Mother
Here's something I want to share with you...
Being A Mother
Even if you're not a mother, you will enjoy this, and many of you who
are teachers or counsellors can relate, too.
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.
WhatI 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 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 midair, and looked up as though she had not heard right. I repeated
the title slowly, emphasizin!
g 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 do 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
driveway, buoyed up by my glamorous new career, 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! And 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.
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