God Bless America

A former teacher at Evan's preschool is going through chemotherapy to treat breast cancer. This week, a large number of her former students and their parents, coworkers, and friends gathered along her street to show their support and love for Meredith (whom Evan used to call "America").

This morning's Lincoln Journal Star featured the story and pictures on the front page. We're keeping Meredith, her husband Christian, and their daughter, Campbell in our thoughts.

Community rallies around cancer patient, (Lincoln Journal Star)

Meredith Petrick pulled onto Randolph Street on Tuesday morning, headed for a second round of chemotherapy. Seeing all the cars parked along Mulder Street, she wondered if there was big garage sale. But it was a strange time of the week for that. Then she saw the pink balloons and a banner with M-E-R-E — the beginning of her name . . .