A couple of weeks ago, I received a breathless text and photo from my Dad: “TAJ SHOWED UP THIS MORNING TO SURPRISE A GIRL SHE CORRESPONDED WITH. Remarkable.” He was referring, of course, to center Taj McWilliams-Franklin, fresh off winning a WNBA Championship with the Minnesota Lynx. And she’d driven all the way to Ortonville just to visit a high school sophomore she’d been writing back and forth with. No cameras. No reporters. No fanfare or publicity – just a visit.

I am not a very good reporter, but even I knew that this is one of those stories that doesn’t need much work to become really good. And so I forwarded the details I had on to my friend Michael Rand. Meanwhile, Dad was writing a very nice letter to the Lynx about the visit. The team was as surprised as anyone – they didn’t know any more about McWilliams-Franklin’s plan than anyone else.

Eventually, Rand tracked down the letter, and published it on RandBall. If you missed it before, go read it now. And not just because my dad wrote it – because it’s a really good story, and you’re going to feel good about the Lynx and about McWilliams-Franklin and what a great thing she did for no reason at all other than because she’s awesome.