<p dir="ltr">I always enjoy the poetry you share. Thank you, Tom!</p>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 21, 2017 7:06 AM, "Tom Hansen" <<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div><div id="m_1428345164513526408AppleMailSignature"><b>“Lessons For Living” </b>by Alora M Knight</div><div id="m_1428345164513526408AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="m_1428345164513526408AppleMailSignature">I see you looking at your children,</div><div id="m_1428345164513526408AppleMailSignature">Wondering what their lives will be.</div><div id="m_1428345164513526408AppleMailSignature">If you verify some answers</div><div id="m_1428345164513526408AppleMailSignature">Then their future you might see.</div><div id="m_1428345164513526408AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="m_1428345164513526408AppleMailSignature">Have you taught them to be truthful?</div><div id="m_1428345164513526408AppleMailSignature">Have you taught them to be kind?</div><div id="m_1428345164513526408AppleMailSignature">Have you given them the wisdom</div><div id="m_1428345164513526408AppleMailSignature">Needed to be color blind?</div><div id="m_1428345164513526408AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="m_1428345164513526408AppleMailSignature">Have you taught them to be caring</div><div id="m_1428345164513526408AppleMailSignature">For those handicapped some way?</div><div id="m_1428345164513526408AppleMailSignature">Do you read to them at bedtime?</div><div id="m_1428345164513526408AppleMailSignature">Have you taught them how to pray?</div><div id="m_1428345164513526408AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="m_1428345164513526408AppleMailSignature">Have you taken time to tell them</div><div id="m_1428345164513526408AppleMailSignature">What a miracle life is?</div><div id="m_1428345164513526408AppleMailSignature">How to be aware of nature,</div><div id="m_1428345164513526408AppleMailSignature">Share the beauty that it gives?</div><div id="m_1428345164513526408AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="m_1428345164513526408AppleMailSignature">Have you taught them how important</div><div id="m_1428345164513526408AppleMailSignature">It is to have respect for one another?</div><div id="m_1428345164513526408AppleMailSignature">To be grateful, not be prideful</div><div id="m_1428345164513526408AppleMailSignature">When good fortune you discover?</div><div id="m_1428345164513526408AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="m_1428345164513526408AppleMailSignature">Do you let them know you love them</div><div id="m_1428345164513526408AppleMailSignature">In a way that leaves no doubt,</div><div id="m_1428345164513526408AppleMailSignature">So they know that is one thing</div><div id="m_1428345164513526408AppleMailSignature">That they will never be without?</div><div id="m_1428345164513526408AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="m_1428345164513526408AppleMailSignature">We like to think we've done our best.</div><div id="m_1428345164513526408AppleMailSignature">Sometimes that's very true.</div><div id="m_1428345164513526408AppleMailSignature">Can you say 'yes' to all my questions?</div><div id="m_1428345164513526408AppleMailSignature">I will leave that up to you.</div><div id="m_1428345164513526408AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="m_1428345164513526408AppleMailSignature">I hope your answer is affirmative,</div><div id="m_1428345164513526408AppleMailSignature">For then I know that you will see</div><div id="m_1428345164513526408AppleMailSignature">A future filled with happiness</div><div id="m_1428345164513526408AppleMailSignature">Like it's supposed to be.</div><div><br></div></div><div id="m_1428345164513526408AppleMailSignature">------------------------------<wbr>--<br><br><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)" target="_blank"><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><br>==============================<wbr>=========================<br>
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