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Show Memories of Mom By TOM HARALDSEN Mother's Day means different things to different people. To some, it means reflections on their own Mother's Days, to others, it means memories of those little things they did for their mothers. FOR FIVE different mothers I talked to, it always means warm thoughts of those they love. Linda Hansen of Bountiful is the mother of five children, between the ages of 8 and 18. Husband Paul is vice president of Price Savers of Salt Lake City. "I REMEMBER Mother's Day when my husband and children bring me breakfast in bed on a little tray. Then I received a hug and kiss from each of my children, and 1 always have good memories of that breakfast, each item prepared by a different child," she recalls. She continues by saying "My four boys and little girl always make me feel like a real super person, per-son, but my husband treats me like it's Mother's Day all year long." SHERYL Allen is a busy mother, working at the Davis Area Vocational Voca-tional Center in Kaysville as well as serving as president of the Davis Board of Education. She and husband hus-band John, owner of Larsen Investment In-vestment of Bountiful, have four children. "When I think of Mother's Day, 1 think of my really special parents," pa-rents," she says. "Two days before be-fore my father died it was Mother's Day, and I remember sitting next to him as he laid there near death, and crying with gratitude for all my parents pa-rents did for me." SHE ALSO has her own "mother" experiences she remembers. remem-bers. "Last year, our oldest son Todd gave me a much-wanted porcelain figurine and I was really touched because I knew he had little money and couldn't afford it. I really appreciated his effort." MARGIE Cook of Bountiful, and husband Paul, a teacher at t South Davis Junior High, are the parents of six children. "I remember the nice things my children have said about me in church," she recalls. "But perhaps even more, I think about my mother each Mother's Day, and how special she has been to me. For as long as I can remember, I've set aside one day each week to spend with my mother, and if I can just do half the things for my children chil-dren that my mother has done for me, then I will feel like I've succeeded." suc-ceeded." CAROL ANN Bahr may be the community's best-known mother. She and her husband Lee, a radiologist, have 15 children, including in-cluding triplets. "I guess my memories of Mother's Day always turn to those little things my children have done for me. My oldest son Erick, when he was young, once went out on a hillside near our home in Salt Lake City and picked me a bouquet of weeds for Mother's Day, then placed- them in a vase and gave them to me. I still have them," she remembers. SHE ALSO reflects on a tradition that oldest daughters Mary Lynn and Kathy started five years ago --serving --serving her German pancakes and fresh strawberries for breakfast in bed. She also remembers the fine tribute that Lee and her children gave her one Mother's day during a Primary presentation at her church. Cynthia Hiatt of Bountiful and husband John, an accounts manager mana-ger with Sorenson Systems Inc., have three children. She remembers remem-bers her first Mother's Day as an achievement. "ALL MY life, I'd watch Mothers stand up in Church each year and wished I could do it. So when it was finally my turn, 1 was anxious to jump up. I always thought I'd be one of the youngest to do it, but I was 23 at the time, and there were a few mothers younger." Whatever your memories, have a Happy Mother's Day. |