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Everyone's Best Friend
Mitch Dillon can make the grumpiest person like him.
Mitch Dillon's glasses make him look intelligent, which he is. But if you guess his age to be eight, like I did, you'd be wrong, like I was. Mitch, 11, is a fifth grader at Clayton Elementary School. From heart surgeries to vision issues, he's had his share of struggles. You'd never know it from his energy level. Mitch loves his friends, jumping on the trampoline and music of any kind. More than all that, he loves people. Whenever he is in public, he makes at least one new friend. He is blissfully unself-conscious, and will approach the grouchiest person in the room and before they know what happened, have them beaming and laughing and—Mitch has made another new best friend. He and his sister followed me into the barista area where I make …
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James "Sid" Cavallo
12:01 pm on Friday, February 18, 2011
I remember spending a Thanksgiving with the Dillons, and meeting Mitch for the first time. He and his sister are wonderful, great family takes care of itself and creates happy children. Mitch is amazing, truly fun, truly happy. Beautiful. Thanks for taking the time and writing about such a wonderful creation... Sid more ›