An essay? Perhaps. When our three girls were in sixth grade they were each selected to read their winning essay at the Memorial Day celebration, titled What Memorial Day Means to Me. It struck me this week, with the visits of those three treasures that Chester is still welcoming and beautiful. Supporting the Whiting Library with the Sharon doll and producing a community winner was special for me. Kelly bought a couple tickets and Kate and Mike bought some books at the library book sale. To walk around Chester where they were immediately recognized and greeted was very cool. To get hugs from Lonnie Lisai was tops. Kelly was given a food tour and Mike was invited to cut the pork for our tacos
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