John visits Esther Earl and her Nerdfighter friends in Boston (July 2010)
story · status: told 3× · last event: retold (2020-09-29)
In July 2010 John spent a day in Boston with Esther Earl and her Nerdfighter friends, brought together by her Make-A-Wish; he retold that day in 2017 and 2020.
Told alongside: John visits Esther Earl's grave with her family during NerdCon: Nerdfighteria in Boston (2017) · Death of Nerdfighter Esther Earl, John's friend (2010)
About: Esther Earl, Boston, Make-A-Wish Foundation
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-07-05 | told | John tells of his day in Boston with Esther and her Nerdfighter friends: volleyball questions, Harry Potter characters, a puff fight and a hunt for espresso and gelato. | With Esther 00:00:14 |
| 2017-02-28 | retold | John and Esther met in Boston, where her Make-A-Wish brought him and some of her Nerdfighter friends; now they were there again, dancing and singing to songs Esther loved. | You Are Here 00:00:25 |
| 2020-09-29 (happened 2010) | retold | John remembers a walk ten years ago with his friend Esther: for her Make-A-Wish she gathered Nerdfighter friends and invited him, and on the way to gelato they had to cross a bridge. | How 'bout Yours? 00:00:29 |
What is said about it
4 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2010-07-05 · With Esther — John: This weekend a group of Esther's friends visited her in Boston, and John spent a day with them: 'an amazing day of amazing'. — 00:00:14
- 2010-07-05 · With Esther — John: They wrote silly questions on a volleyball to throw and answer, picked a Harry Potter character for Esther, had a puff fight, and hunted Boston for espresso and gelato. (playful) — 00:00:31
- 2010-07-05 · With Esther — John spent the night thinking how grateful he is to know Esther and how to give thanks for their weird, internet-based, cross-generational friendship. — 00:01:34
- 2020-09-29 · How 'bout Yours? — John: The bridge had a see-through floor and John dislikes heights and bridges; Esther noticed, said they were almost across and offered him her wheelchair to push and hold on to. — 00:01:05