From:	ENGR::BAUERLE      "Ron Bauerle"  8-FEB-2000 23:07:27.41
To:	@THEOS,FAC
CC:	BAUERLE
Subj:	Why women cry

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>Subject: Fw: Why are you crying???

>>"Why are you crying?" a son asked his mom.
>>
>>"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 answered, the man said, 
>>"GOD, why do women cry so easily?"
>>
>>GOD said.......
>>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 complaint.
>>
>>I gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all 
>>circumstances, even when her child has hurt her very badly.  
>>This same sensitivity helps her to make a child's boo-boo feel better
>>and shares in her teenager's anxieties and fears.
>>
>>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, 

RDB note: I'd add "intentionally"...

>>but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him 
>>unfalteringly.
>>
>>I gave her a tear to shed.  It's hers exclusively to use whenever 
>>it is needed.  It's her only weakness.  It's a tear for mankind.

RDB note: I'm reminded of that Erma Bombeck column about "when God made 
mothers" that ends with an assistant angel noticing a tear and wondering 
where it came from; God's reply: "I didn't put it there..."

>>=====
>>"My friend is someone never very far away
>>Because my friend is someone I keep
>>In my heart and in my thoughts
>>And in so many of my memories."
>>
>>-- from an AmericanGreetings card
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