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A working mother's spiritual approach
When my husband began graduate school, our son was three...
When my husband began graduate school, our son was three months old. I was happy to be the one working to support us for the coming two years while my husband pursued his studies. But I was not so eager to have someone else caring for our child through what I felt were crucial learning periods in his life. Nevertheless, we left the baby with a sitter during the day, and I worked downtown.
For three months I yearned to know how best to fulfill my role as a mother, and to know what was best for the child. I reasoned from both sides of the issue. On the one hand, I saw the merits of yielding a false sense of responsibility that made me feel I had to be there in order for the baby to be properly mothered. On the other, I wanted to say no to fears and barriers that kept me from being at home with our child. Whichever arrangement would best serve God, I prayed to be willing to accept.

December 24, 1979 issue
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Achieving our full potential
GENE E. BRADLEY
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Truth knows
DARIUS DINSHAW TATA
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A message of love
JULIA SIVORI de MONTENEGRO
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Our real work can't be drudgery
BRUCE SCOTT BUTTERFIELD
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Getting along with the office "family"
ROSALIE E. DUNBAR
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Working under pressure?
KATHERINE JANE HILDRETH
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No abracadabra in Science
MARK WILLIAM HENDRICKSON
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Preparing for the day's work
GEOFFREY J. BARRATT
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Christmas: reminder of God's great gift
NAOMI PRICE
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God's gifts
Joan Emily Beringer
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One day I realized that walking was becoming...
DELIA D. McNAMARA
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Our industry recently experienced a work stoppage or, in other...
JAMES M. R. GLASER
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When my husband began graduate school, our son was three...
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