Share a compliment you received many years ago that has stayed with you

[ThelmaLou]

I created a similar thread in 2013. The first post is my compliment story (now 40 years ago). The people who paid us these compliments probably had no idea that we would remember (and thank) them forever.

What is the most meaningful compliment you have ever received?

And give a little background-- who was it from, context/circumstances, why it meant so much to you, etc. This is mine: Some friends were putting on a play at a small neighborhood theater. They had been in rehearsals for several weeks. On the day the play was to open, the guy who was supposed to run the lights canceled out. The producer/director came to me that morning and asked me to fill in, as I had run lights for him once before. I had never been to even one rehearsal of this play and didn’…