"THANKS MOM"

                             Mom (Pearl)- Dar on lap and big brother Dave Hanson- about 1952

                                                   Mom (Pearl) and Dar in backround

SUBMITTED BY DAR HANSON- sent for Moms birthday in 1979

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM
THANK YOU FOR:

PEGGING MY JEANS
ACCEPTING ALL MY FRIENDS
GERMAN PANCAKES FOR MY BIRTHDAY
A MILLION HUGS & SQUEEKY KISSES
HELPING PASS MY DRIVERS TEST
PLANNING LEGENDARY SLUMBER PARTIES
PLAYING THE SPINNING SONG ON THE PIANO (WHENEVER WE ASKED!)
YOUR GOOD TASTE 
CURING MY EARACHES
HOME FROM CHURCH CAMP TO A TOTALLY TRANSFORMED BEDROOM        
(EXACTLY HOW I'D DREAMED IT INCLUDING THAT PINK PRINCESS PHONE DAD HAD BEEN VETO-ING!)
ALWAYS REMINDING US KIDS TO LOVE EACH OTHER
BLUE MORNING GLORYS ON STRINGS ON THE PORCH
PULLING MY HAIR THRU THE FROSTING CAP
LATE NIGHT ICE TEAS
TEACHING ME HOMEMAKING SKILLS (REMEMBER THE YELLOW ROBE WITH THE CROOKED ARMS?)
LAUGHING TOGETHER
RUBBING MY HEAD
DRIVING US TO ENDLESS DANCES
TELLING ME I WAS SPECIAL, IMPORTANT, AND BEAUTIFUL INSIDE
LETTING DEAN BE MY BABY TOO
SPANKING THE SINK WHEN I SLIPPED AS A TODDLER AND HIT MY JAW ON IT ("BAD SINK!!")
A DEEP LOVE OF ANIMALS & NATURE
YOUR PARTY PURSES
WAITING UP LATE TIL I GOT HOME AND NEVER TELLING DAD
THE ABILITY TO LAUGH AT MYSELF
MENDING, MENDING, MENDING
UNENDING PATIENCE

MY BIG BLUE EYES
AND A MILLION OTHER THINGS...

MOM, THE BEST THING ABOUT YOU IS YOUR HEART. YOU TAUGHT ME BY EXAMPLE THAT LOVE ONLY MULTIPLIES AND JOY IS ALL AROUND. YOU'RE THE GREATEST TEACHER...HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! I LOVE YOU.  FROM YOUR FAVORITE DAUGHTER, DARLENE OXO