Andrea Canning

And, you know, everyone feels the same, I think, in the beginning, like, oh, they're busy, you know, they'll get back to me.

And then in this case, and, you know, eventually, sadly, in a lot of these cases, they don't.

In this case, it was interesting because right off the bat,

This hit me because, you know, Miss Stephanie's birthday is July 8th, which is my dad's birthday.

And, you know, so I thought right away, I was like, you know, the first thing on my mind on July 8th when I wake up is I have to call my dad.

You know, this is a special day.

You don't ever forget your parents' birthday.

Of course.

And so, you know, it was just so understandable that a mom with a son like Jay –

Yes.

Would expect that phone call very quickly.

Mother's intuition.

Yes.

And what I love the most is Jay being gay, his father being a pastor, that he was so accepted by his family.

And I love what the dad said, "'Be who you are or nothing at all.'"

Yeah, but Blaine, you look like you're in college, so.

Yeah.

If we all could have that much confidence, you know.

That's true.

I'm sure people saw him and thought, you know, I can –