Story Worth Sharing

It appears that there is nothing going on in the duck world so I decided to share a story I ran across today while dreaming about duck hunting a work.  It has absolutely nothing to do with hunting but a lot to do with the University of Nebraska and how far the program has come since SP and BC departed, and TO is calling the shots as AD.

There is a couple who recently had their 2nd child about 6 months ago.  Their new baby boy has "flat spots" on his head and they recently visited the experts at Children's Hospital and they recommended a helmet.  We've all seen kids with these from time to time.  They are pressure helmets that re-shape the soft head of a baby and allow proper growth of the brain and proper shape development of the head.  Being a Husker fan they ordered the helmet all white and figured they could find a red "N" to put on the sides of the helmet.  He was searching and searching for a Red Husker "N" to put on both sides of the helmet.  He searched the Internet, made numerous phone calls and just wasn't coming up with it.  You could get some "N"'s but they all had writing across them or numbers or something else they just didn't want.  As a last ditch effort, he looked up the athletic department phone number at the University of Nebraska.  He called there simply to ask where they got them and was hoping to get a store or website or something.  The person on the other end of the phone asked him why he was looking for one and he explained the story.  After hearing the story, she threw him the best 12 to 6 curve-ball anyone could have ever imagined.  She told him that they would be glad to send him a couple if he would just draft a small letter explaining the story and send it to them.  He was asked to send a self addressed stamped envelope with the letter and she would make sure they sent the "N"'s out as soon as she got the letter. 

A few years back when the program was run like a business, and was, what I would say in the "crapper" far as all of us were concerned, that would have never happened.  I wonder how many top 10 college programs across the country would've extended this gesture to one of their fans?   I would bet not many!  Kudos to the woman on the other end of the line that took 2 minutes out of her day to extend courtesy and listen to a dad wanting to make light of an awkward situation.  Let's face it, do any of us really want our kids wearing helmets?  She took the time to listen and made a dad's day.   She will never read this blog and will never know the affects of her kindness.  "People" really do make a difference.

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