I think this is one of my favorite stories of yours; truly admirable writing!

I've always been curious what the "public servant position was" - so this was fun to read about! ;-)

What you said about Dan made me think of one of my favorite quotes:

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Maya Angelou

I try to tell this to my boys as often as I can remember...it's so powerful and that's what your story was about to me.

Beautiful piece!!!!! I hope it receives the many thousands of claps and comments it deserves...thanks for sharing with us.