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Alicia Perkins@EES
01/30/2001 08:31 AM
To: lynnperkinsmile@cs.com, jennifer.reside@enron.com, kori.loibl@enron.com
cc:  
Subject: WHY WOMEN ARE STRONG BUT CRY EASY


 WHY WOMEN ARE STRONG BUT CRY EASY
 One day, a young boy asked his Mom.
"Why are you crying?"
"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 okay."
 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.
 Finally, he put in a call to God.
 When God got back to him, he asked, 
"God, why do women cry so easily?" 
 God 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 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.  
 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, and sisters, and 
special women in their lives....