The kids all went happily to school this morning, and I'm working on my resume (or CV, as they're called in academic circles). I've set a mental deadline of September 30th by which time I hope to finalize where I will apply for doctoral studies. Finishing my CV is part of the process.
How does this sound so far?
Mother of 3 Growing Children
2001- present
Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
- procuring food that is both healthy, delicious and affordable and preparing it in such a way as to please the palattes of the entire family
- selecting and maintaining size- and season-appropriate clothing for all 3 of them (includes sorting, stain-removal, washing, ironing, folding, and lobbying for proper treatment of clothes)
- maintaining household cleanliness and supervising clean-up crew
- planning and implementing yearly birthday parties, holiday celebrations, and other events
- teaching children to count, read, use manners, pray, share, pick up after themselves, throw, stop throwing, jump, stop jumping, and many other things
- pregnancy, childbirth (2 natural and one c-section), nursing at least one year per child (49 months experience), burping when needed, and changing enough diapers to fill several semi-trailers
- drying tears, bandaging scraped knees, kissing owies, and giving hugs during thunderstorms
- healing the sick, maintaining positive relationships with other medical professionals such as doctors and dentists
- celebrating successes
- keeping track of homework assignments, field trip permission slips, school newsletters, and the rest of the paperwork that comes in the door at an alarming rate
- teaching children all they need to know about God, themselves and the world before they hear it in a twisted form from somewhere else
- "You're my best Mom" - Emma, age 5
- "Lovee, Mom" - Easton, age 2
- "I'm so glad you're my mom." - Eliana, age 9
Absolutely!!! Although, you might want to check to see if "owies" is spelled correctly! :) And, you might want to add driving, encouraging, cheering, grocery shopping, household shopping, bedtime stories, nighttime nursing, hair sylist, packing and traveling to your list of responsiblilities! (Of course, I know you've got a great helpmeet in all of this too.)
ReplyDeleteYES!!! I would! I truely think that since being a mom I have learned so much more about my own strengths and weaknesses then any other job I've done! Love your blog. Thanks for keeping them coming.
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