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This note links Mother’s Day with gratitude, but also with the harder work some mothers do after loss. It can be taken to mean that honoring mothers includes recognizing courage, advocacy, and the way private grief can be turned outward into public change. It lands when remembrance and civic purpose meet in the same tribute.
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About John Hickenlooper
American politician, geologist, and businessman
John Wright Hickenlooper Jr. is an American politician, geologist, and businessman. He has served as the junior United States senator from Colorado since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he also served as the 42nd governor of Colorado and the 43rd mayor of Denver. Before entering the Senate, Hickenlooper was governor from 2011 to 2019 and mayor of Denver from 2003 to 2011. His public career spans local, state, and federal office, with a background that also includes geology and business.
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