Russell Tahauri hugs mom, Marvelee.
Photo By Dennis Oda, Star-Bulletin

M is for the musubi she made me
O is for the octopus she eats.
T is for Tahauri, that's her last name.
H is for homework, she puts me in pain.
E is for ever and ever that I'll love her.
R is for Russell; that's why she's a mother.

By Russell Tahauri, 9,
kindergarten-sixth grade winner
Mom is Marvelee Tahauri