A Mother's Greeting For My Family

Erma Bombeck has been one of my favorite authors... actually the first book I ever recieved was called "Motherhood; The Second Oldest Profession" and it was given to me by Annie (I still have it)... In the book there are many little stories and several of them became my favorites... and today Mother's Day I present the mothers of my family with this story called "When The Lord Created Mothers."

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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 the Lord 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," said the Lord.



"It's the three pairs of eyes that mothers

have to have."

"That's on the standard model?"

asked the angel.


The Lord 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."




"Lord," said the angel, touching

His sleeve gently,

"Come to bed. Tomorrow . . ."




"I can't," said the Lord,

"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 The Lord excitedly.



"You cannot imagine what

this mother can do or endure."

The angel asked, "Can it think?"



"Not only 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 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?" asked the angel.

"It's for joy, sadness, disappointment,

pain, loneliness and pride,"

The Lord replied.

"You are a genius," said the angel.

The Lord looked somber.

"I didn't put it there," he said.

May you all have a wonderful Mother's Day ... Hugs Joanne....