Later the little boy asked his father,

"Why does mother seem to cry

for no reason?"

"All women cry for no reason"

was all his dad could say.

The little boy grew up and became a man,

still wondering why women cry.

Finally He put in a call to GOD; when

GOD got on the phone, the man asked,

"GOD, why do women cry so easily?"

GOD said, "When I made woman she

had to be special. I made her shoulders

strong enough to carry the weight of the

world; yet gentle enough to give comfort.

I gave her an inner strength to endure

childbirth and the rejection that many

times comes from her children.

I gave her a hardness that allows her to

keep going when everyone else gives

up and take care of her family through

sickness and fatigue without complaining.

I gave her sensitivity to love her children

under any and all circumstances, even

when her child has hurt her badly.

This same sensitivity helps her make a child's

boo-boo feel better and share in her

teenagers anxieties and fears.

I gave her strength to carry her husband

through his faults and fashioned her from

his rib to protect his heart.

I gave her wisdom to know that a good

husband never hurts his wife, but sometimes

test her strengths and her resolve to stand

beside him unfalteringly.

And finally, I gave her a tear to shed.

This is hers exclusively to use whenever

it is needed." "The beauty of a woman

in not in her clothes she wears, the figure

that she carries, or the way she combs

her hair. The beauty of a woman must be

seen in her eyes, because that is the

doorway to her heart, the place

where love resides."