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Hot Treats and a Valentine Heartbreaker: Feedback Friday

Here's what your neighbors said about the week in Mokena news.

Story of the Week

I'm not going to pick a "Story of the Week" in every Feedback Friday, but this week there was a clear winner.

In "A 56-Year Valentine: Mokena Man Shares the Life of the Love of his Life," a Mokena man wrote about the girl he first met in second grade and the life they shared together. First Communion, a Baby Ruth passed from one to the other in eighth grade, then marriage, children, retirement and a heartbreaking twist.

Read the story first, as the comments are going to reveal the ending.

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Lora Brown Bless you and your wife on this Valentine's Day and hope you have many, many more. What a beautiful story!!!

Janet Virva Although the story has a sad ending, I am reminded of the old "glass-is-half-full" adage: Do not cry for what it is now, thank God for what you've enjoyed all these years! I hope your wife's chemotherapy will give her the added years to make both your lives fully complete, and I will pray that she makes a full recovery. You can still have that candlelight dinner!!

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Kirsten Such a beautiful story, thank you for sharing. I hope your wife's chemotherapy treatments are successful in fighting the evil that is cancer.

Overheard on Facebook

First of all, a big hello to all the new Facebook fans who joined this week. Hello. Let's keep this train rolling by clicking "like" on the Mokena Patch Facebook page at facebook.com/mokena.patch.

I'm really personally pleased that the post that got the most "likes" this week was when I mentioned my cousin Kat had her baby. (They live in New Orleans and it's really near Mardi Gras, so that kid is going to have some legendary birthday parties in his 20s.)

The biggest talker of the week was The Sweet Company's chocolate-dipped jalapeño and serrano peppers. We did a story (complete with video of me and New Lenox Patch Editor Michael Sewall downing the hyper-hot treats) to celebrate WGN TV naming them one of Chicago's Best.

Therese Murphy Dydo I'm not sure I'm that adventurous! However, I may get one for my hubby! I'll let you know how that goes! lol

Darlene Kruse yes thank you. We stopped to get some after I saw your post also. (Since I missed it on tv) Figured my hubby would get a "kick" out of them! :)

Not all the posts were positive.

Laurie Reilly Cerle We were disappointed. Chicago's Best showed the jalapeños were injected with peanut butter but they were not. They were coated in peanut butter, then chocolate. They were okay but I think they would have been better if they really were injected. Kind of a let down.

My favorite comment of the week came from fellow Meat Loaf fan Melissa Faith Evans-Madorma, who responded after I posted a couple videos of Mr. Loaf performing duets with Mokena native Karla DeVito, a back-up singer during the 1977 Bat Out of Hell tour. You can find the videos on the Facebook page.

Melissa Faith Evans-Madorma Serious Meat Loaf fan here. He is so under-rated in the states!

Meat Loaf rocks, Melissa. It's time we let the world know.

Thanks everyone for your continued readership and support!


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