Bryan Kett

And every time I got a kid's tent set up and they got inside to avoid the rain, to beat the rain, they did so without a thank you.

And I set up like a dozen tents.

And everyone got settled, and everyone was cozy and warm, and then I went to the bus, and I got my gear, and I went to the far corner of the campsite.

And right when I started setting up mine, the skies just opened up, and it was just torrential.

And I was in the dark, I couldn't see a thing, and I was just reeling, okay?

Because my hands were so wet, and they were so cold, and I couldn't even, like, get the tent frame together, and I just had a bit of a meltdown there by myself.

I was so angry.

I was angry at Shelby.

I was angry at the kids.

I was angry at the whole situation with myself for thinking that this would somehow like be restorative at all because I was cold and I was wet and I was tired and I was like less appreciated than ever.

And as I was just, like, spinning out out there in the corner by myself, in the dark, couldn't see a thing, suddenly, everything around me became illuminated.

And I turned around to find a dozen kids standing in the rain, smiling with their headlamps on.

And I was just so taken aback.

And they all just moved forward.

And they all started working together to assemble my tent.

I just kind of watched this happen.

I looked over at Shelby, and Shelby said, this was all their idea.

And so instead of staying warm and dry and everything, they had come to help, just the kindness of their hearts.

And that served as such a turning point for me.

It served as such an important reminder that it's not important about getting the thank you.