Just a Mom

Mom sent this to me and I am posting it to pass it on. I think in this day and age, we have an awful lot of women - moms - who feel like they are nothing because others have judged them for not being more than a mom. There is nothing - NOTHING - more admirable, talented, fulfilling, or important than that of being a mom. And for those that can't be...you are a "mom" to someone, and your work and worth is no less. So I post this and say God Bless and go forth....

One day I found myself at our Town Hall business office. The clerk was obviously a career woman, poised, efficient and possessed of a high sounding title like , "Official Interrogator".

"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 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 is 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 field, (normally I would have said indoors and out). I'm working for my masters (first, the Lord, then the whole 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 more of a satisfaction that 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 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!

May you as a stay at home wife and/or mom...never feel less than you are. Most people would love to be you...freedom to do for others as you will and a supportive, loving husband to back you all the way...God be with you, and again, God bless you.