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For
Mothers

"Why are your 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, "And 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 comes 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 is needed. It's their only weakness.
It's a tear for mankind


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