"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
comes from their children."
"I gave them a hardiness that allows them to
keep going 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 is needed.
It's their only weakness. It's a tear for mankind."
