Created Mothers
mothers, grandmothers, great-
grandmothers, godmothers and
all who mother us, He was into the
sixth day of "overtime" when the
angel appeared and said, "Your
doing a lot of fiddling around on
this one."
And the Lord said, "Have you seen
the specs on this order?"
"She has to completely washable,
but not plastic; Have 180 moveable
parts...all replaceable; Run on black
coffee and leftovers; Have a lap
that disapears when she stands up;
A kiss that cure anything from a
broken leg to a disappointed love
affair; And six pairs of hands."
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."
"Thats 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.
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 when he goofs up and say
'I understand and I love you' without
so much as uttering a word."
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 is sick... can feed a family
of six on one pound of hamburger...
and can get a nine year old to stand
under the shower."
The angel circled the mother very
slowly. "It's to soft," she sighed.
"But tough!" said the Lord excitedly.
"You cannot imagine what this
mother can do or endure."
"Not only think, but it can reason
and compromise," said the Creator.
Finally, the angel bent over and ran
her finger across a cheek. "Theres
a leak," she pronounced. "I told you, you were trying to put to much
in this model." "It's not a leak,"
said the Lord, It's a tear."
"What's it for?" "It's for joy, sadness, disappointment, pain, loneliness and pride."
"Your a genius!" said the angel.
The Lord looked somber. "I didn't
put it there."
