Kevin Van Valkenburg@KVanValkenburg
Here is a good example of why I love the @NoLayingUp community. This year, we decided to give people a shoe horn as part of our Nest member gift. A lot of people were like “WTF? A shoe horn? Are you fcking kidding me?” But shoe horns have special meaning to me, and I shared a story about my grandfather and the shoehorn I used on my wedding day. The community was like “Not gonna lie, that may have flipped it at the bottom. I am now *in* on shoe horns.” Then Jake, who is currently kicking cancer’s ass, asked if he could write a song using my short story about my grandfather as the framing. And then he did. Long live shoe horns and friends who listen.