"Why are you crying?" he asked his Mom.
"Because I am a mother" she told him.

"I don't understand" he said.
His Mom hugged him and said, "You never will"

Later, the little boy asked his father
why mother cried 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,
"God, why do mothers cry so easily?"

God said,"You see son,
when I made mothers, they had to be special.

I made their shoulders strong enough
to carry the weight of the world,
yet gentle enough to give comfort.

I gave them an inner strength to
endure childbirth and the rejection
that many times comes from their children.

I gave them a hardiness that allows
them to keep going on when everyone else gives up,
and to take care of their families through sickness
and fatigue without complaining.

I 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.

I gave them a tear to shed,
It's theirs exclusively to use whenever it is needed.

It is their only weakness.

It is a tear for mankind."