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When the good Lord was creating mothers,
he was into his sixth day of "overtime"
when the angel appeared and said.
"You're doing a lot of fiddling around on this one.
The Lord said,
"Have you read the specifications on this order?"
She has to be
completely washable,
but not
plastic;
And have 180 moveable
parts...all replaceable;
And run on black
coffee and leftovers;
And have a lap that
disappears when she stand up;
And a kiss that can
cure anything
from a broken leg to
a disappointed love affair;
And she has to have
six pairs of hands.
The angel shook her
head slowly and said,
"Six pairs of
hands?...No Way!"
"It's not the hands
that are causing me problems",
said the
Lord.
"It's the three pairs
of eyes that mothers have to have".
"That's on the
standard model?",
asked the
angel.
The Lord
nodded,
"One pair that sees
through closed doors
so when she
asks,
"What are you kids
doing in there?"
She already
knows.
Another pair 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.
"Lord", said
the angel,
touching his sleeve
gently,
"come to
bed".
"I can't", said the
Lord
"I'm so close to
creating something
so close to
myself.
Already I have one
who heals herself...
can feed a family on
a 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!",
The Lord said
excitedly
"You can't imagine
what this mother
can do or
withstand".
"Can it think?" asked
the angel.
"Not only think, but
it can reason and endure",
said the
Creator.
Finally, the angel
bent over and ran
her finger across the
cheek.
"There's a leak", she
said.
"I told you, you were
trying to put
too much into this
model!"
"It's not a leak",
said the Lord.
"It's a
tear". 
"What's it for?"
asked the angel.
"It's for joy,
sadness, disappointment,
pain, loneliness, and
pride".
"You're a genius",
said the angel.
The Lord looked
somber.
"I didn't put it
there!"
Author of this lovely poem is
unknown to me but was sent to me by my good friend Judy aka
Jaye
Thank you my friend...:)
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