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The following picks are for your deep thinking part
of the mind. Read, think and kindle your gray matter.
What is the payment for a mom?
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“Being
a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs...
since the payment is pure love.”
- Mildred
B. Vermont
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Are you just another mom ?
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 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 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 to research, (which
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 three
credits (my chidren). 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 more of a satisfaction 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 and 7. Upstairs
I could hear our new 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!
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