Someone told me that I was their role model today.

Someone told me that I was their role model today. I feel honored and humbled. Today I spoke to a teenager outside my speech therapist office. He saw my veteran hat, and asked me how I did it while having a stutter. I explained to him that with a stutter, I've had to work harder than a majority of my speech fluent peers in order to be seen as equal. When I joined my nation's Army at 17 to become an combat medic/paratrooper. I had to endure some abuse and humiliation with a straight face and an unfazed resolve. I had to work harder than my peers to be seen as an asset and prove myself. I left the military a very decorated soldier. I then went on to college where my stutter wasn't much of an issue. People actually found it inspiring to be honest. I graduated towards the top of my class and I'm now a medical practitioner and an adjunct professor in my field. I now teach infront of 20-30 stufents a week despite my stutter. I also talked to him about D&D and told him how I dungeon master on occasion. I spoke with him for a good while before his appointment, and he even asked for my phone number while we were speaking. His mom thanked me once the therapist took him back to her office. Apparently, he doesn't have courage to speak to people often. He just texted me saying that I'm one of his new role models. I'm going to invite him for D&D sometime. I think he can flourish in the right environment.