FROM OUR FAMILY TO YOURS
I normally use this letter each year to show appreciation for the good fortune we have had and to thank the many customers that make our business possible. This year I wanted to make a special tribute to my mother. My mother passed away recently at the age of 99. She would have turned 100 this November. Always quick witted and ready with a joke, she was a larger- than-life- personality. My father treated her as a Queen, and she held onto that until the very end. My parents taught me about thrift and having a good work ethic, two things that were instrumental in how our business started and still operates today. I remember in the 1970’s we invested everything we had in our business and scrimped and saved to make it work. Even today after becoming successful, I still live by those values my mother and father instilled in me — to work hard, use common sense and speak the truth. My mother was one of the greatest Chicago Cubs fans ever, having attended nearly every single spring training game and watching every regular season game on television over the last 30 years. When the Kansas City Royals played in the World Series in 2014 and 2015, our family made sure my mother was there in- person to experience these games. We flipped a coin to see who had the honor. A son-in-law won the toss and took her. The game we attended lasted 14 innings and she stayed the entire time. When we arrived home at 2:30 a.m., I asked her if she realized she had a curfew. Her team, the Chicago Cubs, at the time had a 107 year drought of never winning the World Series, which is still the longest on record. She had resigned she would never attend a World Series game. It turned out to be amazing and I cannot put a value on the experience with her. She will be greatly missed.
Carol Meierotto
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