<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><b style="color: rgb(41, 41, 41); font-family: sohne, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">What Life Should Be</b><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(41, 41, 41); letter-spacing: -0.05pt; background-color: white;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(41, 41, 41); letter-spacing: -0.05pt; background-color: white;">by Pat Fleming</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(41, 41, 41); letter-spacing: -0.05pt; background-color: white;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(41, 41, 41); letter-spacing: -0.05pt; background-color: white;">To learn while still a child</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(41, 41, 41); letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"><br><span style="background-color: white;">What this life is meant to be.</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">To know it goes beyond myself,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">It’s so much more than me.</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">To overcome the tragedies,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">To survive the hardest times.</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">To face those moments filled with pain,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">And still, manage to be kind.</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">To fight for those who can’t themselves,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">To always share my light.</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">With those who wander in the dark,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">To love with all my might.</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">To still stand up with courage,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Though standing on my own.</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">To still get up and face each day,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Even when I feel alone.</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">To try to understand the ones</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">That no one cares to know.</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">And make them feel some value</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">When the world has let them go.</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">To be an anchor, strong and true,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">That person loyal to the end.</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">To be a constant source of hope</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">To my family and my friends.</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">To live a life of decency,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">To share my heart and soul.</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">To always say I’m sorry</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">When I’ve harmed both friend and foe.</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">To be proud of whom I’ve tried to be,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">And this life I chose to live.</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">To make the most of every day</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">By giving all I have to give.</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">To me, that’s what this life should be,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">To me, that’s what it’s for.</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">To take what God has given me</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">And make it so much more</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">To live a life that matters,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">To be someone of great worth.</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">To love and be loved in return</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">And make my mark on Earth.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br></div>————————————————-<br><br><div dir="ltr"><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><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></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><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. 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