I came across this article while surfing the net. Reading it gives me a positive feeling about myself being a mum. The article goes like this...
"Why are you crying?" a son asked his mom.
"Because I'm a mother," she told him.
"I don't understand," he said.
His mom just hugged him and said, "You never will!"
Later the little boy asked his father why Mother seemed to cry 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 put in a call to God and when God got on the phone the man said, "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 come from their children.
I gave them a hardiness that allows them to keep going 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's needed. It's their only weakness.
It's a tear for mankind."
The part about crying is so, so true, at least for me, because I am one mum who tears easily...
I tear when my kids misunderstood the way I disciplined them as a form of dislike for them.
I tear when they are sick.
I tear when I see that they are emotionally hurt by friends.
I tear when they are judged and labelled "naughty" when the world doesn't even know them well enough.
I tear when they tried to comfort and cheer me up on days when I feel down.
I tear when they remembered my advices and things which I have taught.
Basically, I tear over every slightest things, be it a happy occasion or a sad one.
