Why   Mothers Cry

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 come 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's needed.

It's their only weakness.

It's a tear for mankind."

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