Good job with special story

To the editor:

In response to "One-in-a-million girl finds hero at home": I am the mother to the one-in-a-million little precious girl who was on the front page of the Oct. 11 Southeast Missourian. It was hard to try to sum up what our family had endured over a two-year period, yet reporter Tony Rehagen found the right words to express what was on Kristan's mind. He was able to tell the story from a 2-year-old's mind and her parent's hearts. I think he did a wonderful job, and I appreciate his doing the story. The entire Blankenship family along with our other family and friends were very excited to see the article, and we have had a lot of comments on how well it was written. Again I say thank you. It made Kristan and her siblings so happy to see themselves in the news and to see how people care enough to make a fuss over them and their story.

LEE ANN BLANKENSHIP, Scott City