#6: "Just a Mom"

For those that visit the site on a frequent basis, I apologize for the lack of new posts this week. My wife is pregnant and has been quite sick; as such, I have been doing a lot more domestic duties (cooking, cleaning, etc.) and have spent a lot more time wearing the "parent" hat. It has been great to spend more time with my kids, and it has certainly given me a new appreciation for all the things my wife does every day that go unrecognized all too frequently. It has been said that the title "working mother" is redundant. I heartily agree. There is no work on earth that takes more time and expertise to do well than the work of a mother. That's why it bothers me when I hear some women, when they are asked about what they "do," respond by saying, "I'm just a mom," or "I just stay home with my kids." They might just as easily say, "I just do the most difficult and important job in the world, and oh, by the way, I do it simply because I want to, not because I get monetary compensation." Unfortunately though, motherhood is generally a paradox of ingratitude. The service of a mother, which should elicit the most effusive praise, often goes unnoticed and unappreciated. Let mothers, and all others who serve in relative anonymity, therefore take comfort in the words of author William George Jordan (source - The Power of Truth, p. 39):