when dan helped me with my anxiety

One of my most cherished memories of Dan was when I was really struggling with my anxiety around Emerie's first birthday. Dan had reached out to Alex a couple of times asking him how I was doing, which on its own, I felt was so selfless of him to worry or think about me at all.

I had made a post on social media about Emerie's first birthday. I just talked about how sweet she is, how happy she is, and I said something like "I don't know what I did to deserve her, but I am so lucky to have her and to get to be her mom".

Dan made a point to message me about it - first sending some hearts and saying Happy Birthday to Emerie. But then, he sent me the sweetest message, that I don't think he could ever know just how much it meant to me at the time because of how much I was struggling, but he just told me simply that I wasn't the only lucky one. He said that Emerie was lucky to have me too. It was so genuine, it made me cry because it meant so much to me to hear those words at that time. I will never forget how good he made me feel in that moment and even now, when I feel like I am doubting myself, I remember those words from him.