I'm working this weekend. Today I was sent to cover Special Olympics. The photo intern and I decided the best thing to cover would be a softball game. Amy hung out by the field gate and shot whatever she shot, and I talked to some players and coaches. I was a skosh worried. Luckily, most of them were reasonably communicative.

I approached one coach and asked if I could talk to his players. He pointed me to Ben. Ben is 25 and very clearly developmentally disabled. I reached out to shake his hand and introduce myself. He smiled and said, "You're nice!" and folded me into a gargantuan hug.

So we chatted for a little bit, and I went to shake his hand and say thank you. He grinned and said "You're nice!" He looked at his mom and pointed at me and said "She's really nice!" And then he gave me another gargantuan hug.

In 5 minutes, he made my day and taught me a helluva lot. I hope it's a good while before I forget it.

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