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The woman who inspired it all.

In 2012, on a beautiful day in NYC, a hipster co-worker walked into Mike Matthews' office and broke down in tears over a recent break-up. Mike was completely caught off guard as he'd never seen this cool co-worker so vulnerable.

Struggling to say the right things, Mike had an impression to connect her with his 96 year-old grandma, Eileen, who lived in Samammish, WA.

Mike slid a piece of paper across his desk and said, "I know this sounds crazy, but here's my grandma's landline number. If you feel up to it, she's pretty incredible to talk to." 

The co-worker replied, "yes, that IS crazy! You want me to call your grandma whom I've never met, and talk about a breakup?"...