The good Lord was creating a model for military wives when an angel appeared. The angel said, "Lord, what is the matter with the standard woman model?" The Lord replied, "The military wife needs to be more than the standard woman. She has to be completely independent, posses the qualities of a mother and be able to fill in for a father, be a perfect hostess of four or forty and sometimes high ranking NCO's and OIC's with an hour's notice, run on little sleep, handle every emergency imaginable, be able to carry on cheerfully, even if she is pregnant or sick, and she must be willing to move endlessly. And oh, yes, she must have six pairs of hands."
The angel shook his head. "Six pairs of hands?" The Lord continued, "Don't worry, we shall make other military wives to help her. And we will give her an unusually strong heart so it can swell with pride in her husband's achievements, sustain the pain of separations, and it can beat soundly when it's over-worked and tired. It will be large enough to say 'I understand,' even when she does not, and put her needs aside for the sake of her husband's, children's, and even other military wives'."
The angel circled the model of the military wife, looked at it closely and sighed, "It looks fine, but it's too soft." "She might look soft," replied the Lord, "but she has the strength of a lion. You would not believe what she can endure."
Finally, the angel bent over and ran her finger across the cheek of the Lord's creation. "There's a leak," he announced. "I am not surprised that it has cracked. You are trying to put too much into this model."
The Lord appeared offended at the angel's lack of confidence. What you see is not a leak," he said. "It's a tear." "A tear? What is it there for?" asked the angel. The Lord replied, "It's for joy, sadness, pain, disappointment, loneliness, pride and a dedication to all the values that she and her husband hold dear."
"You are a genius!" exclaimed the angel.
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