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“Son of a Nun” did not drop down from the skies above and immediately represent me with a ‘calling’ to start a blog with the name. The name literally means that the blogger, me, is the son of a nun. The term itself however is the result of many years of existing as a son whose Mother had an unusual profession.
The following blog entry below explains how “Son of a Nun” came to be.
You Son of a Nun!
The phrase that explained, most thoroughly and cleverly, the unique circumstance of my Moms livelihood came in the last year of high school while being recognized for my work in a direct marketing firm in front of about 100+ other co-workers. This meeting was a sales prep to get the adrenaline of the young sales representatives moving. On the front was a stage with a microphone that the managers used to deliver their psycho motivational tactics to get us to sell more. The managers made note at the end of the meeting to hand out accomplishments for those of us who had achieved a status of recognition. Not solely to my surprise, I was being promoted to assistant branch manager.
My manager walked up to announce the new promotions. He began with the selling accomplishments of some of our other branch sales staff for reaching milestones. As the manager began to rattle off my name, he yells into the microphone in an impulse “Justin! YOU SON OF A NUN! Get up here! I’m promoting you…” The crowd began to laugh in a stupor, thinking that maybe the manager meant “Gun” instead of “Nun”. However, as I stood up to receive my award, I had a gleaming smile of self satisfaction. Walking down the isle of occupied fold-up chairs people began to finally get what my manager really meant. They could read my smile. They stopped laughing and began clapping. I was that SON OF NUN that received a promotion!
