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The
Lord Created Mothers
Dedicated to
my Mother
I Love You Mother
When the good Lord
was creating Mothers,
He was into His
sixth day of"overtime"
when an angel appeared
and said,
"You're doing a
lot of
fiddling
around on this one."
And
the Lord said,
"
Have you read the specs on this order?
She
has to be completely washable,
but
have no plastic;
have
180 moving parts...all replaceable;
run
on black coffee and leftovers;
have
a lap that disappears
when
she stands up;
a
kiss that can cure anything from a broken leg to
disappointed
love and have 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 the problems,"
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 kids doing in there?",
when
she already knows. *smile*
Another
pair, here in the back of her head
that
sees what she shouldn't,
but
.... what she has to know, and of course, the
pair
here in front so that she can look at a child
when
they goof off and says,
"
I understand and love you"
without
so much as uttering a word."
"Lord,"
said the angel touching His sleeve gently,
"Come to bed ...... Tomorrow......"
"I
can't," said the Lord.
"I'm
so close to creating something so close to myself.
Already
I have one who heals herself when she's sick, can feed a
family
of six on one pound of hamburger,
and
can get a 9-year-old to stand
under
a shower...."
The angel
circled the model of a Mother very slowly.
"It's
too soft," she sighed .
"But
tough!" said the Lord excitedly.
"You
cannot imagine what this
Mother
can do or endure.
"Can
it think?" asked the angel.
"Not
only think,
but
it can reason and compromise,"
said
the Creator.
Finally,
the angel bent over
and ran
her finger across the cheek.
"There's a leak," she pronounced.
"I told
you that you were trying to put too much into this model."
"It's
not a leak," said the Lord, "It's a tear."
"What's
it for?" asked the angel.
"It's
for joy, sadness, disappointment,
pain,
loneliness, and pride."
"You're
a genius!" said the angel.
The
Lord looked somber, and replied...
"I
didn't put it there."
Song: "M-O-T-H-E-R"
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