<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><div><b>“Thank You, Mama” </b>by Ritalene</div><div> </div><div>I came to this world nothing.</div><div>I thank you, Mama, for taking care of me.</div><div>I am so weak and can't stand alone.</div><div>Thank you, Mama, for helping me stand on my own.</div><div> </div><div>Oftentimes I am stubborn.</div><div>Thank you, Mama, for making me a good person.</div><div>I seldom followed your advice.</div><div>Thank you, Mama, for your great patience and reminders.</div><div> </div><div>I always stumble and fall.</div><div>Thank you, Mama, for believing me despite it all.</div><div>When I'm so down and almost ready to give up,</div><div>Thank you, Mama, for you're always there reaching out your hands.</div><div> </div><div>Even now I know you're there for me.</div><div>Thank you, Mama, for that unbounded love always.</div><div>Even now I always disappoint you.</div><div>Thank you, Mama, for understanding me that so.</div><div> </div><div>With all the sacrifices you have made,</div><div>Thank you, Mama, for I never heard you complaining.</div><div>You chose to live in this world,</div><div>Shared your big heart and even helped us heal our wounds.</div><div> </div><div>What a great mother you are to us,</div><div>Willing to give up everything just for us.</div><div>You're truly a hero for us,</div><div>A great mother, and we're lucky for that.</div><div> </div><div>Today is your day, and I made this poem for you.</div><div>I know this is not enough to say how much I love you.</div><div>Never will I be ashamed to shout my love for you,</div><div>And that will stand even till my life is through.</div></div><div><br></div><div>---------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>And for all the grade school, middle school, high school, and college students of Moscow (the one in Idaho) . . .</div><div><br></div><div><b><i><u>School's Out</u></i></b></div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Schools_Out.mp3">http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Schools_Out.mp3</a></div><div><br><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div> </div></div></div></body></html>