When the Good Lord was creating mothers,
He was into His sixth day of “overtime” when the angel appeared and said.
“You’re doing a lot of fiddling around on this one.”
And God said, “Have you read 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 me
problems,” God remarked, “it’s the three pairs of eyes that mothers have to
have.”
That’s on the standard model?” asked the
angel. God 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 in front 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.”
God,” said the angel touching his sleeve
gently, “Get some rest tomorrow….”
I can’t,” said God, “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 a shower.”
The angel circled the model of a mother
very slowly. “It’s too soft,” she sighed.
But tough!” said God excitedly. “You can
imagine what this mother can do or endure.”
Can it think?”
Not only can it think, but it can reason
and compromise,” said the Creator.
Finally, the angel bent over and ran her
finger across the cheek.
There’s a leak,” she pronounced. “I told
You that You were trying to put too much into this model.”
It’s not a leak,” said the Lord, “It’s a
tear.”
What’s it for?”
It’s for joy, sadness, disappointment,
pain, loneliness, and pride.”
You are a genius, ” said the
angel.
Somberly, God said, “I didn’t put it
there.”
ERMA BOMBECK
2 comments:
That's right! It must be Mother's Day in the UK and some of the old empire countries like India. I had almost forgotten that from days of yor' traveling in the U.S. Navy. Thanks for kickstarting my memory Sven.
And just think, you can re-use Erma for the U.S. Canada and etc. in May again. So you'll now only have to find 295 more articles for the blog up until the end of the year instead of 296!
God Bless good mothers everywhere!
Daryl Lach
USA Central
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