By the time the Lord made mothers,
He was into the sixth day working overtime. An
Angel appeared and said "Why are you spending so
much time on this one?"
And the Lord answered and said, "Have you read
the spec sheet on her?
She has to be completely washable,
but not elastic; have 200 movable parts, all
replaceable; run on black coffee and leftovers;
have a lap that can hold three children at one
time and that disappears when she stands up;
have a kiss that can cure anything from a
scraped knee to a broken heart; and have six
pairs of hands."
The Angel was astounded at the requirements for
this one. "Six pairs of hands! No way!" said the
Angel.
The Lord replied, "Oh, it's not the hands that
are the problem. It's the three pairs of eyes
that mothers must have!"
"And that's on the standard model?" the Angel
asked.
The Lord nodded in agreement, "Yep, one pair of
eyes are to see through the closed door as she
asks her children what they are doing even
though she already knows.
Another pair in the back of
her head are to see what she needs to know even
though no one thinks she can.
And the third pair are here in the
front of her head. They are for looking at an
errant child and saying that she understands and
loves him or her without even saying a single
word."
The Angel tried to stop the Lord "This is too
much work for one day. Wait until tomorrow to
finish."
"But I can't!" The Lord
protested, "I am so close to finishing this
creation that is so close to my own heart. 
She already heals herself when she
is sick AND can feed a family of six on a pound
of hamburger and can get a nine year old to
stand in the shower."
The Angel moved closer and touched the woman,
"But you have made her so soft, Lord."
"She is soft," the Lord agreed, "but I have also
made her tough. You have no idea what she can
endure or accomplish."
"Will she be able to think?" asked the Angel.
The Lord replied, "Not only will she be able to
think, she will be able to reason, and
negotiate."
The Angel then noticed something and reached out
and touched the woman's cheek. "Oops, it looks
like You have a leak with this model.
I told You that You were
trying to put too much into this one."
"That's not a leak." the Lord objected. "That's
a tear!"
"What's the tear for?" the Angel asked.
The Lord said, "The tear is her way of
expressing her joy, her sorrow, her
disappointment, her pain, her loneliness, her
grief, and her pride."
The Angel was impressed. "You are a genius,
Lord. You thought of everything for this one.
You even created the tear!"
The Lord looked at the Angel and smiled and
said, "I'm afraid you are wrong again. I created
the woman; but she created the tear!"
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