Creating
a Mother
When
God was creating mothers...
He
was into his sixth day of "overtime"
When
an angel appeared and said...
"
You are 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.
She
has to have 180 moveable parts... All replaceable...
Run
on coca-cola and what ever is left over, after everyone else has eaten...
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 shook her head slowly and said...
"
Six pairs of hands...NO WAY..."
"It's
not the hands that are causing me problems," said God...
"It's
the three pairs 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 in there?" when she already 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
front ones, that can look at a child when he goofs up and say...
"
I understand and I love you..."
With
out 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 that can heal herself when she is sick...
Can
feed a family of six on one pound of hambuger...
And
can get a nine year old to stand under a shower..."
The
angel circled the model of a mother very slowly...
"It's
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 can it think, but it can reason and compromise." Said God
Finally,
the angel bent over and ran her finger across the cheek...
"There's
a leak..."
"
I told you, you were trying to put to much into this model..."
"It's
not a leak" said God...
"
It's a tear..."
"
What's it for?" asked the angel...
"It's
for joy, sadness,disappointment, pain, loneliness, and pride..."
"
You are a genius!" said the angel...
God
bent his head and looked somber...
"
I didn't put it there..."
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