God Created the Military Wife

The good Lord was creating a model for military
wives and was into his sixth day of overtime when an
angel appeared. She said, "Lord, you seem to be
having a lot of trouble with this one. What's the
matter with the standard model?"

The Lord replied, "Have you seen the specs on this
order? She has to be completely independent, possess
the qualities of both father and mother, be a perfect
hostess to four or fourty with an hour's notice, run on
black coffee, handle every emergency imaginable
without a manual, be able to carry on cheerfully,
even if she's pregnant and has the flu, and she must
be willing to move 10 times in 17 years. And oh, yes,
she must have six pairs of hands."

The angel shook her head. "Six pairs of hands? No way."

The Lord continued, "Don't worry, we will make
other military wives to help her. And we will give her
an unusually strong heart so it can swell with pride
in her husbands achievements, sustain the pain of
separations, beat soundly when its over-worked and
tired, and be large enough to say, 'I understand,'
when she doesn't, and to say 'I love you,' regardless."

The angel circled the model of the military wife,
looked at it closely and sighed, "It looks fine, but it's
too soft."

"She might look soft," replied the Lord, "but she has
the strength of a lion. You would not beleive what
she can endure."

Finally, the angel bent over and ran her finger across
the cheek of the Lord's creation. "There's a leak," she
announced. "Something is wrong with the
construction. I am not surprised that it has cracked.
You are trying to put too much into this model."
The Lord appeared offended at the angel's lack of
confidence. "What you see is not a leak," he said.
"It's a tear."

"A tear? What is it there for?" asked the angel.

The Lord replied, "It's for joy, sadness, pain,
disappointment, loneliness, pride, and a dedication to
all the values that she and her husband hold dear."

"You are a genius!" exclaimed the angel.

The Lord looked puzzled and replied, "I didn't put it
there."

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