They say the hardest job in the Navy is being a Navy Wife … Well here’s a good one for all the ladies … and husbands I suppose, who had to hold down the fort while their loved one was off gallivanting the Seven Seas!!!
The Lord was creating a model for
military wives and was into His sixth day of overtime when an angel appeared.
The angel said, "Lord, you seem to be having a lot of trouble with this
one, what's wrong with the standard model? The Lord replied, "Have you seen
the specs on this order? This isn't a regular military wife I have been tasked
to make. This order is for a Navy wife. She
is going to have to be some kind of phenomenal creation."
"She has to be completely
independent... possess the qualities of both father and mother... be a perfect
hostess to four or forty-four at a moment's notice. Run-on black coffee...
handle every emergency imaginable without a manual. Be able to carry on
cheerfully whether pregnant or down with the flu... and be willing to move to a
new location ten times in a twenty-year career... and, she must have six pair
of hands."
The angel shook her head and
exclaimed "Six pair of hands? Impossible."
The Lord continued, by saying,
"Don't worry! I will give her an unusually
large heart... that can swell with pride brought through her husband's
achievements, capable of saying "I understand" when it really doesn't
and "I love you" in the bleakest of circumstances. It has to be an
unusually strong heart also, to sustain the pain of separations and to beat
soundly when it is overworked and tired."
"Lord," said the angel,
touching His arm gently, "Go to bed and get some rest, you can finish this
project another day." "I can't stop now," said the Lord. "I
am so close to the finished product. Already this model heals herself when she
is sick, can play gracious hostess to as many as six unexpected weekend guests,
and wave good-bye to her husband from the pier, airport, or depot, without
totally understanding why it is that he must go."
The angel circled the model of the
Navy Wife, looked at her 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 and announced "There's a
leak. Something is wrong with this model. It is not surprising that it has
cracked. You are trying to put too much into this." The Lord appeared
offended at the angel's lack of confidence. "What you see is not a leak...
it's called 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 dedication to all the values that she and her husband hold
dear." "You are a genius!" exclaimed the angel. The Lord looked
puzzled and replied, "I didn't put that tear there."
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That is a good discerption of the girl I married over 52 years ago!
ReplyDeleteArmy wives are the very same. My mother, rest her soul, endured 20 years of military life and another 20 years of civilian life before Dad finally retired.
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