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USA Today
Her title is
‘Mommy,’ but remember, she’s Monica
John Siniff
My wife’s job can be brutal. Monica easily works 80 hours a week and is
on call 24/7. 3 a.m. intrusions are the norm. The demands of her job
change by the day, if not the hour. If she wants to get something done,
she generally has to do it herself. Her two direct reports don’t really
follow instructions, and they’ve been known to outright refuse her
requests while throwing fits. One of the two also slobbers.
If you were to see her job description on CareerBuilder, you’d likely
run the other way. But Monica would be the first to say that raising
our 3-year-old and 10-month-old boys is in many ways her dream job —
combining her diverse skill sets into the work of developing the boys,
crafting our legacy and nurturing thoughtful men for this next
generation. She cherishes the opportunity to witness their every
milestone and wonder-filled moment of play.
Though we live in a society obsessed with categories, Monica cannot be
reduced to “stay-at-home mom,” a label conceived decades ago to paper
over the infinitely worse “housewife.” (The “stay” in the title is
particularly laughable, as Monica puts 3 or 4 times the miles on her
car as mine.) She’s that rare person in Type A-saturated Washington,
D.C., who decided that the best way to use her talents, even
mid-career, was in raising our two children full time…
Editor Note: This is a special Mother’s Day tribute
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