This week Julian finds an essay about the small graces extended by strangers. In this divorced father's essay he talks about his difficult childhood, his early life homelessness, his history of bullying and a moment of thoughtless kindness or "lollipop moment" that helped him in a moment of need. 

Today's song was "Farewell" by Reeder licensed under Creative Commons 3.0 Share-alike License. Today's featured song is from their album "It is the Nature of Dreams to End". Find Reeder on Twitter. Find this song and all their albums on their Bandcamp here.