"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
"All mothers cry for no reason," was all his dad could say.
The little boy grew up and became a man, still wondering why
God said, "You see son, when I made mothers they had to be
"I gave them a hardiness that allows them to keep going when
"I gave them the sensitivity to love their children under all
This same sensitivity helps them to make a child's boo-boo feel
"I gave them a tear to shed. It's theirs exclusively to use whenever
seemed to cry for no reason.
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."
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.
everyone else gives up, and to take care of their families
through sickness and fatigue without complaining.
circumstances, even when their child has hurt them very badly.
better and helps them share a teenager's anxieties and fears.
it's needed. It's their only weakness. It's a tear for mankind."
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