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You arc also tiw family* Heap Big Medicine Man; before the doctor comes, and often after he goes. If atl the splints and bandages and ^swabs used or manufactured by a mother in one lifetime were placed end to end they would reach from here to Columbus discovering America. Then you are • Teacher. You hold ' book on Johnny’s Spanish vocabulary with one hand while you help Susie put ^ Montgomery, Alabama, on her outline map )vith the other.
You’re the Little Needlewoman, too, of course; repairing Jimmy’s iersey after he tried to throw * block for a halfback who wasn’t there and doing some kind of nameless magic with Mary’s first formal. Then between times you are laundress, telephoner. Cub Scout Den Mother, PTA goer, birthday part)- game arranger, baby scrubber and picker-upper. Many times all at once.
Funny thing is, you don’t get a dime for any of this. The rewards you do get no hank would ever take as collateral on a loan. Like seeing your oldest daughter come in from her firit date with stars in her eyes. Like hearing your grownup son's voice on the phone from Fort: Ord or Fort Sheridan or someplace saying “Sure miss you, - Mom!” Like reaching for your husband's hand late some night and murmuring, “Isn’t it nice to have kids?” Like hearing him mumble sleepily, “Uh-huh.”
That’s what it's "like to be a mother. Well, anyhow, kind of.
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