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Appreciating our mothers | From the Editor

Colorado Springs Gazette·Doug Fitzgerald·24 days ago
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Mother’s Day was Sunday. Did you remember her? I did. David Gates wrote the poignant and soulful song “Everything I Own” as a tribute to his late father. His band, “Bread,” recorded the haunting ballad in 1972. When I hear it, I think of Mom, whom I lost to cancer in 2001. I’d give anything for just one hour with her. “And I would give anything I own “I’d give up my life, my heart, my home “I would give everything I own “Just to have you back again” Beautiful words. Moms are beautiful. Mohandas Gandi agreed. “It may be possible to gild pure gold, but who can make his mother more beautiful?” he wrote of his mother, Putlibai. Here’s what some other notable said about mothers: “God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.” — Rudyard Kipling “When your mother asks, ‘Do you want a piece of advice?’ it’s a mere formality. It doesn’t matter if you answer yes or no.…

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