Sunday, May 8, 2011

When God Created Mothers by Erma Bombeck

When the Good Lord was creating mothers, He was into his sixth day of “overtime” when an 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 movable 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.

I was reading a fellow food blogger's page and came across this link she shared... a must read:
The following column was her Mother’s Day column for May 12, 1974. Read complete article here

3 comments:

Spice said...

can't stop laughing....but so true, my daughter when she was in KG once told her friend that my Mom have eyes on her back too....so it's standard...lol..

Ruchi M said...

It is soo true :)! I just loved it when I read it and had to post it for all my readers...

Plateful said...

lol...that's such a delightful read. Serious food for thought too, if I might add...:)