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a little boy asked his mother "why are you crying?"
"because i'm a woman," she told him.
"i don't understand," he said.
his mum just hugged him and said, "and you never will"
later the little boy asked his father, "why does mother
seem to cryfor no reason?"
"all women cry for no reason," was all his dad could say.
the little boy grew up and became a man, still wondering
why womencry.
finally he put in a call to god; and when god got on the phone, he
asked, "god, why do women cry so easily?"
god said: "when i made the woman she had to be special. i made her
shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world; yet, gentle
enough to give comfort"
"i gave her an inner strength to endure childbirth and the
rejection that many times comes from her children"
"i gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone
else gives up, and take care of her family through sickness and
fatigue without complaining "
"i gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and
all circumstances, even when her child has hurt her very badly"
"i gave her strength to carry her |
