A long time ago, in a Kingdom very near, God created the heavens and the earth. He had almost finished making everything, but he was taking a long time on the very last thing, so a curious angel said, “You seem to be having trouble with this one Lord.”

“Yes …” said God, “It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done, but I want to get it just right.  She’s to have hundreds of moving parts, endless energy, and run on leftovers and cold coffee. She needs to be able to encourage her husband and her children no matter how she is feeling. She will be expected to know everything and have an answer to every question her children ask. She will be expected to know the whereabouts of everything that everyone else has lost, and give her family what they want when they want it.”

“Wow!” exclaimed the angel. “That’s a tough job.”

“Yes”, said God. “And she has to have a kiss that cures anything from skinned knees to broken hearts.  Oh, and she will need hands that are able to do six things at once”

“No way!” the angel said.

“Tricky isn’t it?” said God. “She can even become invisible.”

“Invisible?” said the angel

“Yes” said God. “She will be able to move around her family helping them in all kinds of ways, and they won’t even see her doing it.”

The angel said, “I can understand now why you are finding it so hard. Why don’t you take a break.” 

“I can’t,” God said. “I’m so close to creating something so like Myself. Already she can heal herself when she’s sick, feed a family on whatever she finds in the cupboard, and get a nine-year-old to stand under a shower!”

Touching her cheek, the angel said, “She’s so soft!”