When I first got on Twitter and saw people saying they were V.A.’s or had a V.A., I wasn’t sure what that meant. So like I do with most things, I asked.
Simple: Virtual Assistant. Mystery solved. I should have figured it out myself because my dad works from a home office here in California and his assistant works from her home in Pennsylvania.
A few weeks later on Twitter, someone referred to my mom as my V.A. I never really thought about her as an assistant because she’s much more than that. Plus she isn’t virtual. :) So I started calling her my R.A. (Real Assistant) just for fun. But that wasn’t right either.
Next idea: Since my mom does a lot of my business stuff, calling her my B.M. (Business Manager) made more sense except that I’ve heard doctors use the initials BM so that didn’t work either. [If you've never heard the medical term BM, ask someone. It's funny.]
So what initials could describe all that Mom does for me? I thought awhile longer and then came up with the perfect title: M.O.M. (Mother of Me!)
V.A.s are great. R.A.s are too but MOMs are the best! I wouldn’t be where I’m at without her.

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Jason,
That’s cool. Wish your mother a happy Mother’s day.
Amanda
Amanda,
I just didn’t put the initials together with the job when I first saw it. My post was meant to be humorous giving a lot of credit to my mom for Mother’s Day.
Thanks for commenting. I understand the term virtual assistant and never thought it wasn’t a real person.
Jason
Great post. virtual assistant is actually a REAL assistant who assist you or work on your behalf.
P.S.
Pencil Bugs looks cool and unique name