AIR MATA IBU / MOTHERS TEARS

Rasanya masih belum terlewat untuk mama mengucapkan selamat hari ibu buat ibu2 di dunia ini.... xspecially my mommy ang my MIL.... Ilove u both.....

Kerana aku juga seorang ibu....... 

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"Mengapa ibu menangis?" anak kecil itu bertanyakan ibunya

"Kerana aku seorang wanita," kata ibunya.

"Aku tidak faham," anak itu berkata

Ibu itu memeluknya, seraya berkata,
"Dan kau mungkin tidak, tapi tak mengapa....'

Kemudian anak itu bertanya kepada ayahnya,
"Mengapa Ibu menangis tanpa apa2 sebab?"
"Semua wanita menangis tanpa sebab," itu saja yang ayahnya dapat berkata.................

Anak kecil itu membesar, menjadi dewasa,
dan masih tertanya mengapa wanita menangis.

Agaknya .......................

"Semasa dicipta Wanita,
Dia jadikan istimewa.
Bahunya dibuat cukup kuat
untuk menanggung beban dunia, tetapi
dijadikan tangannya lembut untuk memberi (ke) selesa (an) . ....

Dia diberi kekuatan dalaman
untuk menahan sakit semasa kelahiran
dan penolakan yang datang berkali-kali
termasuk daripada anak2nya.

Dia diberi ketabahan yang membolehkan dia meneruskan kehidupan, menjaga keluarga dan kawan2,
walaupun apabila semua orang telah berputus asa,
dia mengharungi kesakitan dan kepenatan tanpa aduan....

Diberi kepadanya perasaan yang halus untuk menyayangi anak2nya dalam apa jua keadaan, walau pun anaknya telah amat melukakan perasaannya.....

Dia mempunyai keupayaan yang sangat istimewa yang dapat membuat kanak2 yang membuat kesilapan merasa selesa,
dan memadamkan perasaan gelisah dan takut anak remaja...

Dia diberi kekuatan untuk menjaga suaminya,
yang walaupun bermasalah
dan dibentukkan dia dari tulang rusuk lelaki untuk melindungi hatinya.....

Dia diberi kebijaksanaan untuk mengetahui
bahawa seorang suami yang baik tidak menyakiti isterinya, cuma kadangkala uji kekuatan dan kekentalannya untuk berdiri disebelahnya tanpa apa2 keraguan.....

Untuk semua tugas yang berat ini,
Dia diberikan airmata untuk dititiskan.
Itu adalah haknya
untuk digunakan bila perlu, dan
itu sahaja kelemahannya......

Bila kau lihat dia menangis,
beritahulah kepadanya betapa kamu menyayanginya,
dan apa jua yang dia lakukan untuk semua,
dan walau pun dia akan terus menangis,
kau telah membuat hatinya gembira.

Dia istimewa!

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Why are you crying, a young boy 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, but that's O.K.".......

Later the little boy asked his father,
"Why does Mom 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.

(If he could give a call to God and ask, "God, why do women cry so easily?"
GOD would probably have answered...... )

"When I made woman,
I decided she had to be special.
I made her shoulders strong enough
to carry the weight of the world, yet,
made her arms gentle enough to give comfort...

I gave her the inner strength
to endure childbirth
and the rejection
that many times will come
even from her own children.

I gave her a hardness that allows her
to keep going and take care of her family and friends,
even when everyone else gives up,
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 badly....

She has the very special power to make a child's boo-boo feel better and to quell a teenager's anxieties and fears....

I gave her strength to care for her husband, despite faults
and I 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....

For all of this hard work,
I also gave her a tear to shed.
It is hers to use
whenever needed and
it is her only weakness....
When you see her cry,
tell her how much you love her,
and all she does for everyone,
and even though she may still cry,
you will have made her heart feel good.

She is special!

Please send this to women you know, and those with mothers, sisters, and special women in their lives.

But, also send this to men so they will understand about what a
wonderful thing a woman is.

Each day is a mountain that must be climbed;
with courage, each step gets easier.

Love your Mother Always and keep her Smiling

(Italicised words above are alterations to the poet’s original poem.)
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