I came to motherhood in woeful denial. My image of the job dated from my own childhood, which (and here I date myself) looked much like an episode of "Madmen": mothers complaining about housework over coffee, cake and the odd cigarette while their children played unattended in the yard.The rest of it is pretty good.
As far as I knew, my duties for the first stage of motherhood -- giving birth -- consisted of:
1) showing up
2) wearing a little makeup afterward when my husband came to visit.
Hard IFR this morning. I may not get to fly a weekend trip this summer at this rate.
57 banks have failed so far this year. 25 failed in 2007 and three in 2006.
I love it! You pen with the piece about mothering and close with failed banks. I just looked at my statement that comes from Social Security. You know the one that shows your earnings and projected payout? Well, it's clear when I had babies. My personal bank is failing because of mothering.
ReplyDeletethat's open, not pen, BTW. Sorry - fat fingers.
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