When God Made Mothers
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By the time God made mothers, he was into his sixth day of working overtime. An Angel appeared and said "Why are you spending so much time on this one?"
And God answered and said, "Have you seen the spec sheet on her? She has to be completely washable, but not plastic, have 200 movable parts, all replaceable, run on black coffee and leftovers, have a lap that can hold three children at one time and that disappears when she stands up, have a kiss that can cure anything from a scraped knee to a broken heart, and have six pairs of hands."
The Angel was astounded at the requirements for this one. "Six pairs of hands! No Way!" said the Angel. God replied, "Oh, it's not the hands that are the problem, It's the three pairs of eyes that mothers must have!" And that's just on the standard model?" the Angel asked.
God nodded in agreement, "Yep, one pair of eyes are to see through the closed door as she asks her children what they are doing, even though she already knows. Another pair in the back of her head are to see what she needs to know even though no one thinks she can. And the third pair are here in the front of her head. They are for looking at an errant child and saying that she understands and loves him or her without even saying a single word."
The Angel tried to stop God. "This is too much work for one day. Wait until tomorrow to finish.."
"But I can't," God protested. "I am so close to finishing this creation that is so close to my own heart. She already heals herself when she is sick and can feed a family of six on a pound of hamburger and can get a nine year old to stand in the shower!" The Angel moved closer and touched the woman. "But you have made her so soft, Lord."
"She is soft", the Lord agreed, "but I have also made her tough. You have no idea what she can endure or accomplish."
"Will she be able to think?", asked the Angel.
The Lord replied, "Not only will she be able to think, she will be able to reason, and negotiate."
The Angel then noticed something and reached out and touched the woman's cheek. "Oops, it looks like you have a leak with this model. I told you that you were trying to put too much into this one."
"That's not a leak", God said, "That's a tear!"
"What's the tear for?" the Angel asked.
God said, "The tear is her way of expressing her joy, her sorrow, her disappointment, her pain, her loneliness, her grief, and her pride."
The Angel was impressed. "You are a genius, Lord. You thought of everything. WOMEN are truly amazing!" -
i dun usually read forwarded mails.....but this one touched somewhere deep inside....
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ha. fabulous story.
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Sweet.
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Woman r really fantastic and amazing...
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Indeed! I actually felt tears welling in my eyes when i read this...It's a beautiful passage.Originally posted by ratinacage:i dun usually read forwarded mails.....but this one touched somewhere deep inside.... -
sometimes its the small things that tug at our hearts.....Originally posted by on tenterhooks:Indeed! I actually felt tears welling in my eyes when i read this...It's a beautiful passage.
i din feel a thing watching passion of christ....
but i always tear listening to suicide is painless..... -
talking about watching the passion of christ...Originally posted by ratinacage:sometimes its the small things that tug at our hearts.....
i din feel a thing watching passion of christ....
but i always tear listening to suicide is painless.....
the strange thing was....what made me teared was not seeing jesus going thru those endless scorning and scourging on the way to golgotha...but it was each time the movie showed mary's look....the pain of a mother seeing her son being tortured...Goodness, such a heart wrenching look...
hence, you're very right...its indeed the small things that so tug our hearts sometimes...haiz.... -
and its these small things that escape our eyes everyday......rite below our noses.....sad aint it??Originally posted by on tenterhooks:talking about watching the passion of christ...
the strange thing was....what made me teared was not seeing jesus going thru those endless scorning and scourging on the way to golgotha...but it was each time the movie showed mary's look....the pain of a mother seeing her son being tortured...Goodness, such a heart wrenching look...
hence, you're very right...its indeed the small things that so tug our hearts sometimes...haiz.... -
Indeed. Such a tragic.Originally posted by ratinacage:and its these small things that escape our eyes everyday......rite below our noses.....sad aint it?? -
what do you mean when you say " listening to suicide is painless"?Originally posted by ratinacage:sometimes its the small things that tug at our hearts.....
i din feel a thing watching passion of christ....
but i always tear listening to suicide is painless..... -
its a song by nick drake, covered by manson. go listen, its really good.Originally posted by on tenterhooks:what do you mean when you say " listening to suicide is painless"? -
sometimes...
for i have seen mothers who are irresponsible, are terrible, self-centred, and an absolute horror..
which makes the betrayal even worse than imaginable.. because they are mothers...
and a few of them don't even know of their own terrible behaviour....
makes one even more thankful for the wonderful ones