Andrew Briedis hated playing baseball as a kid, but his mom loved it. She coached his little league team for years, and week after week, the team won. Andrew readily admits he wasn’t the best player on the team, and was likely the worst, but he stuck it out for one final season in 1993. That year, his mom recruited one heck of a team, and they won the league championship. Andrew’s mom presented her son with the game ball following the final pitch. It’s what she wrote that changed his life.

“She wrote on it, ‘June 26, 1993. Game ball for our championship season. First Place presented to Andrew. For without him, I wouldn’t be coach. Congratulations, Mommy,’” Andrew read. “This is the favorite thing that I have.”

The story touched so many.

“She only loved being a coach because of how much she loved spending time with you. You’re so loved,” a comment reads.

“You’re so lucky to have had a strong and beautiful mother who cared so deeply for you. It sounds like you were everything to her. I’m sorry your time together was cut short. Thank you for sharing, I wish you joy until you see her again,” another person added.

Andrew Briedis adored his mother because she poured herself into making him happy. When baseball didn’t pan out, she helped him get involved in theatre, where he shone. But in Andrew’s heart, his mother will always be the biggest star.