Why are you crying?"he asked his mom.
"Because I'm a mother" she told him
"I don't understand," he said
His mom just hugged him and said, "You never will"
Later the little boy asked his father
why Mother seemed to cry for no reason.
"All mothers cry for no reason"
was all his dad could say.
The little boy grew up and became a man,
still wondering why mothers cry.
So he finally put in a call to God
and when God got on the phone
the man said "God, why do mothers cry so easily."
God said, "You see son,
when I made mothers they had to be special.
I made their shoulders strong enough
to carry the weight of the world,
yet gentle enough to give comfort.
I gave them an inner strength
to endure childbirth
and the rejection that many times
comes from their children.
"I gave them a hardiness
that allows them to keep going
when everyone else gives up,
and to take care of their families
through sickness and fatigue
without complaining.
I gave them the sensitivity
to love their children under all circumstances,
even when their child has hurt them very badly.
This same sensitivity helps them
to make a child's boo-boo feel better
and helps them share
a teenager's anxieties and fears.
I gave them a tear to shed
It's theirs exclusively
to use whenever it is needed.
It's their only weakness.
It's a tear for mankind."
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