A Mother's Tear
~ A Mother's Tear ~
"Why are you crying?" he asked his mom.

"Because I'm your 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 asked God, "Why do mothers cry?"

His prayer was answered and he learned:

When God made mothers, they had to be special.

He made their shoulders strong enough to carry

the weight of the world, yet gentle enough

to give comfort.

He gave them an inner strength to endure childbirth

and the rejection that many times comes from

their children.

He gave them 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.

He 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.

He gave them a tear to shed.

It's theirs exclusively to use whenever it is needed.

It is a tear for mankind...

~ Stanley E. Fitzgerald ~
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