A Mother's Tear...

When God was creating mothers,
He was into his sixth day of  "overtime"
when an angel appeared and said,

"You' re doing a lot of fiddling around on this one.

"And God said,"
Have you read the specifications on this order?
She has to be completely washable,
but not plastic, Have a 180 moveable parts...
All replaceable, Run on black coffee and leftovers.
Have a lap that disappears when she stands up.
A kiss that can cure anything from a
broken leg to a disappointed love affair.
And, six pairs of hands.

"The angel said "Six pairs of hands... no way,"

It's not the hands that are causing me problems,
" said God, "It's the three pair
of eyes that mothers have to have,"

"That's on the standard model ?"
Asked the angel. 

God nodded... One pair that sees through closed 
doors when she asks, 'What are you kids doing?' 
when she really knows. Another here in the back of her 
head that sees what she shouldn't but what she 
has to know, And of course the ones here in front 
that can look at a child when he goofs up and say,
I understand and I love you without so much as 
uttering a word. "You should scrap it and start over.
Said the angel. "I can't, said God,

I'm so close to creating something so close to myself.
Already I have one who heals herself when she is sick...
can feed a family of six on one pound of hamburger...
and can get a nine year old to stand under a shower,
The angel circled the model of a mother very slowly,

"It's too soft," she sighed. 

"But tough," said God excitedly,
"You can not imagine what this mother can do or endure,"
"Can it think ?" asked the angel. "Not only think,
 but it can reason and compromise, " Said the Creator.

Finally, the angel bent over and ran her finger across
  her cheek. "There's a leak! she pronounced.
"I told you you're trying too put too much into this model."

"It's not a leak" said God. "It's a tear."

   "What is a tear?" Asked the angel.

 "It's for joy, sadness, disappointment, pain, loneliness, and pride,"

"You are a genius!" said the angel. 

God looked somber... "I didn't put it there."

( Author: Erma Bombeck )

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