Famine, S«tnrday,May 12,1979
1;
Like anyone else, I began my life
with one mother. She cared for me
for many years and still does, in
thought at least, since a thousand
miles have separated us for the past
decade.
Then, at age 26, I acquired two
more mothers. One is Lisa, my wife,
and the other is my mother-in-law,
who is a source of encouragement
and love in her own right. Lisa waits
on me hand and foot in any kind of
situation. Few men are as lucky as I
am, I dare say.
And just in case three mothers
aren't enough, I have a fourth one
coming along very rapidly. Her name
is Heidi, my 2-year old daughter. She
also takes good care of me. If I
happen to be walking around the
house without shoes, for example,
she’ll take me by a finger and lead me
to the bedroom where she’ll locate
my sh'oes and hand them to me with
a bright smile. What’s more, she
makes sure I get to the table on time
when meals are prepared.
“E, Da, wanna e?” she inquires
lovingly as she tugs on a finger.
"Come on,” she coaxes, until I put
down my paper and follow her to the
table.
Lisa says i have Heidi spoiled, but,
to reveal a carefully kept secret, it’s
actually the other way around.
I’m a happy, lucky man because of
the four mothers that love and take
care of me.
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Since my real mother has been the
subject of my previous Mother’s Day
writings, I’ll concentrate this year on
the girl who has faithfully kept her
promise to take care of me for better
or worse. Lisa has been devoted to
my needs and ambitions for every
day of our marriage and has also
been a loving mother to our three
children, as well as to me.
Kind, patient, trusting, thoughtful,
understanding, pretty, and loving are
a few of the words that describe my
wife. To have married a farmer, or
worse yet a newspaperman, she
needs all of the above qualities to
make the marriage work. My hours
are often erratic, and my time at
home is sometimes very brief and
hurried.
Once, for example, she prepared a
special birthday dinner for me,
complete with all the delicious
trimmings. When I came home, I had
just enough time to take a couple fast
bites on the run. Dessert was left
untouched. I know Lisa must have
been very disappointed, but she
accepted it, and she keeps right on
trying to make the best of things.
She’s a girl who doesn’t ask for
much, but gives a lot.
She's a mother in the most
complimgtitary definition of the
word.
She’s very fiminine, but not a
feminist. She has me believing that
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doctorate in nutritional
science at the University of
Wisconsin in 1970; Philip A.
Lofgren, who holds a 1971
doctor’s degree in nutrition
from Cornell University;
she needs me as much as I need her,
and that’s a good feeling.
Over the years, we’ve had our
share of problems and troubles, but
Lisa has always maintained a positive
outlook. She comforts the family with
her words and examples. A gentle
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woman, Mother Lisa nourishes us in
thought, as well as with food.
- Life has been very -good to me
throughout all my years.
It has been best since I’ve had the
love and devotion of my wife, and the
family she made possible.
I'm in love because she makes it
easy for it to be so.
and Robert S. Katz, whose
Pb.D. in nutrition was
received at the University of
Illinois in 1975. All three are
assistant directors of NDC’s
Division of Nutrition
Research, which is headed
by Elwood W. Speckmann,
Ph.D., also a member of the
AIN. The fifth member of
NDC’s professional staff in
nutrition research, Blanca
Calanog, Ph.D., literature
scientist, is likewise an AIN
member as is NDC
President M.F. Brink, Ph.D.
The AIN is the only
professional society of
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nutritional scientists in the
United States. Its purpose is
to develop and extend
knowledge of nutrition and to
facilitate personal contact
among investigators in
nutrition and related fields.
Its members are elected by
their fellow scientists on the
basis of demonstrated
research competence and
productivity in the field of
experimental nutrition. A
prerequisite for membership
is the conducting and
publishing of “meritorious
original investigations in
some phase of nutrition.”
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