Why Women Cry
I've read this before, but thought I'd share. It's nice reading it again.
Why Women CryA little boy asked his mother, 'Why are you crying?' 'Because I'm a woman,' she told him..
'I don't understand,' he said. His Mom just hugged him and said, 'And you never will.'
Later the little boy asked his father, 'Why does mother seem to cry for 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 women cry.
Finally he put in a call to God. 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 husband through his faults and fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart.
I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts his wife, but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him unfalteringly.
And finally, I gave her a tear to shed. This is hers exclusively to use whenever it is needed. '
'You see my son,' said God, 'the beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair..
The beauty of a woman must be seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart - the place where love resides.'
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This is great,Shirley.Thanks!
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so this is why i'm just a friggin' mess???? lol
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that made me cry. it was beautiful. thanks, shirley.
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Dearest Shirley,
This is so very special. It motivates me to be this kind of woman even more. Thankfully I cry anyway, in spite of my imperfections.. I'm going to print this out to hang up, as a reminder of you whom I envision fits this well and of womanhood in general.
Love you Shirley. Thanks so very much for this holiday gift.
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Shirley,
I just saw this... It is beautiful!! Thanks for sharing!Merry Christmas!
Harley
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Shirley,
Very touching. I loved it. Thank you for sharing.
xoxo
Lisa
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Shirley,
Thanks for sharing this reminder that we are the embodiment of 'love'...and that crying is so good for cleansing the soul and reminding us that without pain and sadness, we can not fully appreciate the gentleness and puirty of love. Yin and Yang...black and white....without the two opposites of life...there is no whole experience.
Life is Good.
SIS(Sister in Survival)
Kimberly -
Thank you, ladies. I'm glad you enjoyed it. AND IT'S TRUE!!!!
Tender, you ARE too kind. Boy, have I got you snowed!
Oops, I didn't mean to use that little angel Graemlin.
Shirley
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