…that anyone has ever done for me was sing me a song. It was a cover of a tune that he’d sent before. Guster – Satellite. I’d been hassling him on and off for a while to record him singing. Finally, he either gave in or was just absolutely sick of my nagging and so obliged. We weren’t dating, I only had the slightest notion that he somewhat fancied me… I think? But it was just the best feeling to know that someone was kind enough to make my day that way. It was really sweet.

One of the other nicest things that anyone had done for my was when he apologised for hurting me after everything was said and done. It felt good knowing that someone cared enough about me to try to right any wrong that had been done regardless of fault. That someone valued me enough to honour our friendship, to straighten things out and tie up whatever loose, frayed ends remained.

I wish everyone was that nice.