After fall was marked by tragedy, we asked you to share your stories about Stockton: Where you remember happiness. Where you seek help. Where you find peace. The ideas in this essay were among the many we received. What’s your Stockton story? Tell us here.
I spent much of my life in Stockton reading about strangers.
I began my career here as a library assistant, then became a children’s librarian. Some children I met were voracious readers. Others were just learning. Every chance I got, I would read aloud to them — books with characters from different places or with different ideas…