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M - O - T - H - E - R<br><br><br>"M" is for the million things she gave me, <br>"O" means only that she's growing old, <br>"T" is for the tears she shed to save me, <br>"H" is for her heart of purest gold; <br>"E" is for her eyes, with love-light shining, <br>"R" means right, and right she'll always be, <br> <br>ut them all together, <br>they spell "MOTHER," <br>A word that means the world to me.<br><br><br>——Howard Johnson (c. 1915)<br><br><br> |
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