{"id":40553,"date":"2022-08-20T19:21:08","date_gmt":"2022-08-20T09:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=40553"},"modified":"2022-08-20T19:21:08","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T09:21:08","slug":"woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=40553","title":{"rendered":"WOMAN. . . . . . . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"m8h3af8h l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf n3t5jt4f\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Author unknown<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">When God created woman he was working late on the 6th day&#8230;&#8230;.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">An angel came by and asked, &#8220;Why spend so much time on her?&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The lord answered. &#8220;Have you seen all the specifications I have to meet to shape her?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">She must function on all kinds of situations,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">She must be able to embrace several kids at the same time,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Have a hug that can heal anything from a bruised knee to a broken heart,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">She must do all this with only two hands,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">She cures herself when sick and can work 18 hours a day&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">THE ANGEL was impressed, &#8220;Just two hands&#8230;..impossible!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">And this is the standard model?&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Angel came closer and touched the woman.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;But you have made her so soft, Lord&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;She is soft&#8221;, said the Lord,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;But I have made her strong. You can&#8217;t imagine what she can endure and overcome.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Can she think?&#8221; The Angel asked&#8230;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Lord answered. &#8220;Not only can she think, she can reason and negotiate.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Angel touched her cheeks&#8230;.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Lord, it seems this creation is leaking! You have put too many burdens on her.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;She is not leaking&#8230;it is a tear.&#8221; The Lord corrected the Angel\u2026<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;What&#8217;s it for?&#8221; Asked the Angel&#8230;.. .<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Lord said. &#8220;Tears are her way of expressing her grief, her doubts, her love, her loneliness, her suffering and her pride.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">This made a big impression on the Angel,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Lord, you are a genius. You thought of everything.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">A woman is indeed marvelous.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Lord said, &#8220;Indeed she is.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">She has strength that amazes a man.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">She can handle trouble and carry heavy burdens.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">She holds happiness, love and opinions.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">She smiles when she feels like screaming.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">She sings when she feels like crying, cries when happy and laughs when afraid.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">She fights for what she believes in.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Her love is unconditional.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Her heart is broken when a next-of-kin or a friend dies but she finds strength to get on with life.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Angel asked: &#8220;So she is a perfect being?&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The lord replied: &#8220;No. She has just one drawback<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">She often forgets what she is worth.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author unknown When God created woman he was working late on the 6th day&#8230;&#8230;. An angel came by and asked, &#8220;Why spend so much time on her?&#8221; The lord answered. &#8220;Have you seen all the specifications I have to meet to shape her? She must function on all kinds of situations, She must be able &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=40553\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;WOMAN. . . . . . . . .&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-inspiration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40553"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40554,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40553\/revisions\/40554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}