This is the lady who gave
birth to us 6 kids, and changed
all those diapers for so
many years!
Deanna
Pam and Cindy
Nancy and Kenny
Tim
When God Created Moms
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 spec on this one?
She has to be completely washable,
but not plastic;
have 180 moveable 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 a disappointed
love affair; and six pair of hands."
The angel shook her head
slowly and said,
"Six pairs of hands...no way."
"It's not the hands that are
causing me 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.
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."
"Lord," said the angel,
touching his sleeve gently,
"Rest for now.
Tomorrow..."I can't," said the Lord.
"I'm so close to creating
something 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 a shower."
The angel circled the model of
the mother very slowly.
"She's too soft," she sighed.
"But tough!" said the Lord excitedly.
"You cannot imagine what the
mother can do or endure."
"Can she think?"
"Not only think, but she 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, 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?"
"It's for joy, sadness, disappointment,
pain, loneliness and pride."
"You're a genius," said the angel.
The Lord looked somber,
"I didn't put it there."
by Erma Bombeck
Our parents divorced in 1974
and our mother married Robert in 1979.
Robert has been wonderful
to our mother and us kids.
Robert is her rock now
that our mother is facing her
own disease. She's determined
to fight this disease and with
prayers and a lot of faith we
all believe she will.
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."
Author Unknown
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