<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">. . . <b><i>Mothers’ Day</i></b></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="width: calc((100% + 20px) + 20px); margin-left: -20px;"><img src="cid:7AE6C1AD-CCDA-4149-84CA-1C36065922B4" alt="image1.jpeg" id="A91E7AC3-0370-4066-BB3C-C9478AC80437" _mf_state="2" title="null" class="x-apple-edge-to-edge" action="null" style="width: calc((100% + 20px) + 20px); margin-left: -20px;"></span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/Moscowcares/Songs/Mothers_Day/Mothers_Day.jpg">http://www.tomandrodna.com/Moscowcares/Songs/Mothers_Day/Mothers_Day.jpg</a><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"A Song for Mama"</b></div><div><font color="#000000" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Songs/Mothers_Day/A_Song_for_Mama.mp3" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Songs/Mothers_Day/A_Song_for_Mama.mp3</a></font></div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>"Mama"</b> by BJ Thomas</span></div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Songs/Mothers_Day/Mama.mp3">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Songs/Mothers_Day/Mama.mp3</a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>"My Mom"</b> by Tony Bennett</span></div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Songs/Mothers_Day/My_Mom.mp3">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Songs/Mothers_Day/My_Mom.mp3</a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><i style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A tribute to my mom, Margaret "Peggy" Hansen</i></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kPDK1vjT8g&sns=em" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kPDK1vjT8g&sns=em</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This photo of my mom and me was taken during the spring of 1991 when she and dad came up to visit us in the Silver Valley. We went for a ride up the Coeur d'Alene River and stopped in Murray for lunch.</span></div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Songs/Mothers_Day/Mom_Tom_Murray_Idaho_080590.jpg" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Songs/Mothers_Day/Mom_Tom_Murray_Idaho_080590.jpg</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">————-</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><div><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Never Enough” </b></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">(author unknown)</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);">Sometimes I know the words to say to give thanks for all you've done,</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">but then they fly up and away as quickly as they come.</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);">How could I possibly thank you enough, the one who makes me whole,</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">the one to whom I owe my life, the forming of my soul?</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);">The one who tucked me in at night, the one who stopped my crying, </span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">the one who was the expert at picking up when I was lying.</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);">The one who saw me off to school and spent sad days alone, </span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">yet magically produced a smile as soon as I came home.</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);">The one who makes such sacrifices to always put me first, </span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">who lets me test my broken wings, in spite of how it hurts.</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);">Who paints the world a rainbow when it's filled with broken dreams, </span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">who explains it all so clearly when nothing is what it seems.</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);">Are there really any words for this? I find this question tough.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Anything I want to say just doesn't seem enough.</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);">What way is there to thank you for your heart, your sweat, your tears, </span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">for ten thousand things you've done for oh so many years.</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);">For changing with me as I changed, accepting all my flaws, </span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">not loving 'cause you had to, but loving just 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);">For never giving up on me when your wits had reached its end, </span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">for always being proud of me, for being my best friend.</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);">And so I come to realize, the only way to say, </span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">the only thank you that's enough is clear in just one way.</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);">Look at me before you see what I've become.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Do you see yourself in me, the job that you have done?</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);">All your hopes and all your dreams, the strength that no one sees, </span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">a transfer over many years, your best was to pass me.</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);">Thank you for the gifts you give, for everything you do, </span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">but thank you, Mom, most of all for making dreams come true.</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">——————————————-</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><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"</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Only mothers can think of the future because they give birth to it in their children.” </span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">- Maxim Grosky</span></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>