After he got his bachelor's in chemistry, the couple to Nashville, Tenn., where she completed her bachelor's degree and received a Ph.D. in organic chemistry. The Lynches moved to New Baltimore 19 years ago. Mr. Lynch heads the technology department for Atlantic Research Corp. in Gainesville. Parenting responsibilities, however, prevented Mrs. Lynch from giving much time to her nursing career. Motherhood is a profession unto itself, an avocation.
Hospitals see women as warm bodies to fill a spot.
Too often her hospital schedule conflicted with her sons' school activities and soccer games, she says. The couple decided her career would have to suffer. All told, Mrs. Lynch worked about six years as a nurse, including a brief stint at Fauquier Hospital. But she eventually got involved in St. John's Catholic Church in Warrenton. For about seven years, Mrs. Lynch coordinated the church's ministry program - first from 1992 to '94 and again from '96 to '99.