Baa

I have officially earned the title of black sheep of the family. Usually it takes committing a crime, acquiring a drug habit, or some other offensive act to land yourself in the land of the black sheep, but unbeknownst to me, there seems to be another way--- Midwifery. For most people that may not seem like much, but my stepmother is a nurse and my sister-in-law is a nurse-practitioner for the area's leading cardiothoracic surgeon (about as medical as you can get). I underestimated the effect my announcement of midwifery school would have. I didn't realize that it would be taken as an affront to the chosen professions of my family members. I found out on Mother's Day that I have been forced into a "soft banishment". The women of the family all went out to celebrate the day together, and I was spirited away by my father under the guise of lunch with my daughter. My dad, being the slightly clueless, quickly aging male that he is, let the cat out of the bag without ever really realizing it. I have always flirted with black sheep status, what with my interracial dating (my most serious offense to date), massage school, and my choice of male roommates in college, but I never would have guessed that midwifery would be the nail in the coffin. I guess I shouldn't be offended.