Inspirations for Parents

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 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 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?" Cooly, 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---age13,
7, and 3. And upstairs, I could
hear our new experimental model
(six 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 down on the official
records as someone more distinguished
and indispensable
to mankind than
"just another......"
Home...what a glorious career.
Especially when there's
a title on the door.
(author unknown)




No act of Kindness, no matter
how small, is ever wasted,
~~Aesop~~





A boy had reached four without
giving up the habit of sucking
his thumb,though his mother had
tried everything from bribery
to reasoning to painting
it with lemon juice to discourage
the habit. Finally she tried
threats, warning her son that,
"If you don't stop sucking your thumb,
your stomach is going to blow up
like a balloon."
Later that day, walking in the
park, mother and son saw a
pregnant woman sitting on a bench.
The four-year-old considered her
gravely for a minute,
then spoke to her saying,
"Uh-oh . . . I know what
*you've* been doing."

I hold in my
hands
a box of gold,
With a secret inside
that has never been told.
The box is priceless
but as I see,
The treasure in-side
is far more precious to me.
Today I share
this treasure with thee,
It's the treasure of Love
You've given to me!






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She helps bring into existence
a soul that will
endure for all eternity.



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