Title bestowed

I know its been a while, a long while, but i've been very busy. Last week, I was granted the highest academic degree conferred: my doctorate. That's right: Dr. Lady Head, Dr. Mean Christine. Five years in the making. Actually, eight years if you're still counting the time in Chicago. Twelve years if you include undergrad. A long time and a lot of work but still never working a weekend or much past 5pm. Because that is how i roll. I work SMART.

Anyhow, despite all the pomp and circumstance of the event, there is little left to behold when the balloons deflate and the flowers droop and the hangovers resolve. No new baby to care for, no shiny diamond ring, no new superpowers. Just a title. But for me, that is the point. Along the way, i accomplished all these things and more. Shiny diamonds, new babies. All that is left to bestow is a title, so I smile and take it for what its worth. I'm still a wife and a mom--my two most important accomplishments. But now you can call this wife and mom "Dr."