WHY MOTHERS CRY

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

So he finally put in a call to God and when God got

“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 come from their

children.

“I gave them a hardiness that allows them to keep

going when everyone else gives up,

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’s needed.

It’s their only weakness.

It’s a tear for mankind.”