Post by Jojo on Sept 12, 2006 23:13:04 GMT
While the good Lord was creating Mothers, He was well into his sixth day of
overtime. Then an angel appeared and said, "You're doing a lot of fiddling
around on this one!"
And the Lord said, "Have you read the specification on this order? She has
to be completely washable but not plastic....Have 180 movable parts, all
replaceable...Run on black coffee and leftovers...have a lap that disappears
when she stands up...and a kiss that can cure anything from a broken leg to
a disappointed love affair. Plus she has to have six pairs of hands!" The
angel shook her head slowly and said, "Six pairs of hands!!?? Not possible!"
"Oh, it's not the hands that are causing me the problem," 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 when she asks,
'What are you 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 ones here in front that can look at a child and
reflect, I understand, and I love you' without so much as saying a word."
"Lord," said the angel touching His sleeve gently, "Get some rest. Finish
this tomorrow."
"I can't" answered the Lord. "I am so close to creating something so close
to Myself. Already I have one that heals herself when she is sick...can feed
a family of six on one pound of hamburger...and can get a five year old to
stand under a shower."
The angel circled the model of the Mother very slowly and sighed, "But it's
to soft!"
"And yet she's tough" said the Lord excitedly. "You cannot imagine what the
mother can handle or do!"
"Can it think?" asked the angel.
"Not only can it think, but it can reason and compromise!" answered the
Creator.
Finally the angel bent over and ran her finger across the Mothers cheek.
"THERE'S A LEAK!" she pronounced. "I told you, you were trying to hard to
put to much into this model! You can't ignore the stress factor."
The Lord moved in for a closer look and gently lifted the drop of moisture
to His finger where it glistened and sparkled in the light.
"It's not a leak," He said. "It's a tear"
"A tear?" asked the angel. "What's it for?"
"It's for Joy, Sadness, Disappointment, Compassion, Pain, Loneliness, and
Pride."
And the angel exclaimed, "You're a genius!"
The Lord looked somber and replied,..."I didn't put it there.
<Author Unknown>
overtime. Then an angel appeared and said, "You're doing a lot of fiddling
around on this one!"
And the Lord said, "Have you read the specification on this order? She has
to be completely washable but not plastic....Have 180 movable parts, all
replaceable...Run on black coffee and leftovers...have a lap that disappears
when she stands up...and a kiss that can cure anything from a broken leg to
a disappointed love affair. Plus she has to have six pairs of hands!" The
angel shook her head slowly and said, "Six pairs of hands!!?? Not possible!"
"Oh, it's not the hands that are causing me the problem," 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 when she asks,
'What are you 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 ones here in front that can look at a child and
reflect, I understand, and I love you' without so much as saying a word."
"Lord," said the angel touching His sleeve gently, "Get some rest. Finish
this tomorrow."
"I can't" answered the Lord. "I am so close to creating something so close
to Myself. Already I have one that heals herself when she is sick...can feed
a family of six on one pound of hamburger...and can get a five year old to
stand under a shower."
The angel circled the model of the Mother very slowly and sighed, "But it's
to soft!"
"And yet she's tough" said the Lord excitedly. "You cannot imagine what the
mother can handle or do!"
"Can it think?" asked the angel.
"Not only can it think, but it can reason and compromise!" answered the
Creator.
Finally the angel bent over and ran her finger across the Mothers cheek.
"THERE'S A LEAK!" she pronounced. "I told you, you were trying to hard to
put to much into this model! You can't ignore the stress factor."
The Lord moved in for a closer look and gently lifted the drop of moisture
to His finger where it glistened and sparkled in the light.
"It's not a leak," He said. "It's a tear"
"A tear?" asked the angel. "What's it for?"
"It's for Joy, Sadness, Disappointment, Compassion, Pain, Loneliness, and
Pride."
And the angel exclaimed, "You're a genius!"
The Lord looked somber and replied,..."I didn't put it there.
<Author Unknown>