our story

One day, when a seamstress was sewing while sitting close to a river, herthimble fell into the river. When she cried out, the Lord appeared andasked, "My dear child, why are you crying?"

The seamstress replied thather thimble had fallen into the water and that she needed it to help her husband in making a living for their family.

The Lord dipped His hand into the water and pulled up a golden thimble setwith sapphires."Is this your thimble?" the Lord asked, The seamstress replied, "No."The Lord again dipped into the river. He held out a golden thimble studdedwith rubies."Is this your thimble?" the Lord asked. Again, the seamstress replied,"No."The Lord reached down again and came up with a leather thimble."Is this your thimble ?" the Lord asked. The seamstress replied, "Yes."The Lord was pleased with the woman's honesty and gave her all threethimbles to keep, and the seamstress went home happy.

Some years later, the seamstress was walking with her husband along theriverbank, and her husband fell into the river and disappeared under thewater.

When she cried out, the Lord again appeared and asked her, "Why areyou crying?" "Oh Lord, my husband has fallen into the river!"The Lord went down into the water and came up with George Clooney. "Isthis your husband?" the Lord asked."Yes," cried the seamstress. The Lord was furious." You lied! That is an untruth!" The seamstress replied, "Oh, forgive me, myLord. It is a misunderstanding. You see, if I had said 'no' to GeorgeClooney, you would have come up with Brad Pitt.Then if I said 'no' to him, you would have come up with my husband. Had I then said 'yes,' you would have given me all three.Lord, I'm not in the best of health and would not be able to take care ofall three husbands, so THAT'S why I said 'yes' to George Clooney.

And so the Lord let her keep him.The moral of this story is: Whenever a woman lies, it's for a good andhonorable reason, and in the best interest of others.

That's our story, and we're sticking to it.

Signed,

All Us Women