I was on the family couch in my usual spot when I caught news that we lost great American treasure and folk singer John Prine to complications from COVID-19. He was 73 and certainly not ready to go yet, with tour dates lined up for the coming year. His unique talent for storytelling cannot be replaced but will be remembered and shared, certainly in this way we can pay honor to his legacy.

When I think of John Prine, I think of Mike and Maureen Moore— dear family friends and owners of Saddleback Chocolates and Kizmet Chocolates in O’Fallon, IL. I’ve always really loved their personal touch and hand poured, small batch chocolates (yum!!), but recently they’ve used their company as a platform to do something quite amazing. The two took the lyrics of Prine’s 1971 song “Hello in There” to heart and saw it as inspiration to make a difference…