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March 10, 2005

Maryam's Rant......................................................

Well, I was asked to write a rant and here we go........Today, I recieved an email, that my six month program with DBM, an outplacement agency, will expire next week. This means that I have been actively looking for an apportunity for the last six month with no result. I know you are probably tired of my belly aching But I still consider myself a very fortunate woman. Fortunate enough to come to U S, right after high school and live with my entire family here. Thanks to my Father and Brothers, we had already an established business here, and could live a decent life. I worked hard through college, language was a problem for all of us to deal with, staying up all night with dictionaries, and other books.I recieved a scholarship in my second year to study chemistry.(I always say I learned english thru chemistry). I graduated Magna Cum laud and accepted by UCONN, for a PHD program. I met my husband in school, and fell in love the minute I laid eyes on him. We soon became friends, and after a courtship perid got married. By then we had known a lot of each other, past and present. I guess the CHEMISTRY was right and we have been together ever since. And after all these years we still have the best bed time stories ever!!!!. I entered the job market and after a few small contract positions, I was lucky enough to land a job with a large Pharmaceutical compony. In six years I moved through the compony chain and trippled my salary. I was blessed with my two beautifull healthy girls, that have given new meaning to my life. I am a very structured person but the three Darlings of my life, have given me number of Thumbs on the nose. My career has been always very important to me,of course secondary to my family, but not by a big margin. I do envy those that are not as dedicated to their carrer, and work to live, rather than live to work. I believe that having my kids have not taken away from my dedication to my career, but has made me much more efficient. I do not believe a woman's place is in the house raising kids, with her man working outside. Not that it is wrong, but I have never understood it. I have seen houswives that have gone to pieces after a divorce, or death of their husband, and many men, that have been able to continue and thrive in the same position. Again, do not get me wrong, I am not critisizing but showcasing a different point of view. To me, my career is very important, I am lost without it, and not having it consumes me. It in many ways defines me. At the same time when I am at work, I do worry about my kids, and wish that I was with them. Am I thorn ?, perhaps, Do I want it all? , you bet!, Do I deserve to have it all?, definitely!

Posted by Idinraha at March 10, 2005 03:06 PM

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Posted by: cycho at March 10, 2005 05:34 PM

Posted by: Maryam at March 10, 2005 08:47 PM

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