To the editor:
Choudrant has been teaching a lesson for 22 years, and it is worth learning far beyond Lincoln Parish.
In 2004, a few neighbors noticed that hardly anyone nearby was honoring veterans, so they started. This year the tradition is still
growing: high school seniors serve lunch to the veterans, then sit down at the tables and talk with them. Kindergartners sing. Churches take turns hosting. The oldest and youngest in town end up in the same room, on purpose.
That is formation, and it does not happen by accident. We are always being formed, like it or not — by what we practice, year after year, until it becomes who we are. A town that practices gratitude for 22 years raises young people who know how to show it.
Information fills a program. Formation fills a room like that one.
Mark A. Wittenborn
Campbell Hill, Illinois
