WHEN GOD MADE MUMS
By the time the Lord made mothers, he was into his sixth day of working overtime. The Angel foreman appeared and said, "Lord, why are you spending so much time on this one?"
And the Lord answered and said, "Have you seen the spec sheet on her? A mother 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.
The Lord replied, "Oh, it’s not the hands that are the problem. It’s the three pairs of eyes that all mothers must have!"
"And that’s just on the standard model?" the Angel asked, incredulously.
The Lord nodded in agreement, "Oh, yes, one pair of eyes are to see through the closed door as she asks her children, "What are you doing?" even though she already knows. Another pair of eyes, those in the back of her head, is to see what she needs to know even though no one thinks she can. And the third pair is 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 the Lord. "This is WAY too much work for one day. At least wait until tomorrow to finish."
"But I can’t!" the Lord protested, "I am so close to finishing this creation and this creation is so close to my own heart. Imagine this! A mother already heals herself when she is sick, can feed a family of six on a pound of hamburger, AND can get a nine year old boy to take a shower!"
Beginning to think the Lord might know what he was doing, the Angel moved closer and tentatively 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 mothers 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, far better than the man I first created."
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", the Lord objected. "That’s a tear!"
"What’s the tear for?" the Angel asked.
The Lord 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!"
