i want to get to a couple of things that you shared that really struck you. this picture of you with a woman i think it was the first woman that you said came up to you. what was that like? what was that about? i traveled down there with my friend denna hayes with the organization freemomhugs.org. when i had seen her rsvp to the event, some i first thought was, well, if you have 100 moms and 100 dads presented with a child that identified with this population, my thought was, my assumption was, the moms overall would be more accepting. so possibly dad hugs could be even more needed. so grabbed a shirt and went down with denna. the parade hadn t started yet. it was a joyous festival. i turned around and there was this young woman with tears in her eyes. she threw her arms around me and