WHEN GOD CREATED MOTHERS,
GRANDMOTHERS, GREAT GRANDMOTHERS,
GODMOTHERS.![](https://www.angelfire.com/ga2/myfavoritethings/new/motherslove.gif)
by Erma Bombeck
When the good Lord was creating
mothers,grandmothers,
great-grandmothers, godmothers and all
who mother us,
he was into the sixth
day of "overtime"
when the angel
appeared and said,
"You're doing a
lot of fiddling around on this one."
And the Lord said,
"Have you seen
the specs on this order?"
"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 pairs of hands."
The angel shook her head slowly 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."
" 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 infront
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,
"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 model of the
mother very slowly.
"It's too soft,"
she sighed.
"But tough!" said the Lord
excitedly.
"You cannot imagine what
this mother can do or endure."
"Can it think?"
"Not only think, but it can reason and
comprimise," 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
s 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."
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