TwitterRichard Deitsch asked an innocent question and ended up with more awesome answers than he could have ever expected.
"How many of you have a photograph of the single best moment of your life? If so, what a gift. (HT: @sports_casters for thought)," the Sports Illustrated writer-reporter tweeted earlier this week after being touched by a pic posted to the Twitter account of Steven Bennett, who hosts a podcast out of Buffalo, N.Y.
Bennett had shared a photo of himself celebrating his younger brother's NCAA hockey championship at Yale.
And neither were prepared for what happened next.
Since Deitsch's first inquiry, a flood of people have taken to Twitter to share photos capturing what they considered to be one of the greatest moments of their lives, whether they knew it at the time or had figured it out in hindsight.
"I'm off to bed. Apologies for clogging timelines but hundreds of people kept asking for more photos of the most memorable moment of a life," Deitsch tweeted on July 8, not knowing how many more would continue to come in throughout the week.
"Thanks for reminding me of every day humanity," he added. "Easy the best thing I've ever done on Twitter."
Thanks to Deitsch and Bennett, here are a sampling of, frankly, some of life's best moments:
@troygoal: "@richarddeitsch First day my daughters went to school together. #GrowingUpFast"
@MRISK1231: "@richarddeitsch @Sports_Casters Seeing my hubby for the1st time in 8 months after his 2nd deployment to Afganistan"
@RyanKaltenbach: "The day my wife woke up after her double-lung/heart transplant."
@JesseSanchezMLB: "I think about Mom every day, @richarddeitsch. We danced at my wedding. She passed in March when I was in PR for WBC"
Nolimit184: "@richarddeitsch @Sports_Casters celebrating a state title with my dad"
@BradMSmith: "@richarddeitsch A high moment when she said, 'Yes!' Last summer. @Sports_Casters"
@Roxstar Roseanne: "@richarddeitsch @Sports_Casters Holding my baby for 1st time while battling breast cancer...#joy"
@angb1978: "At 34-years-old & two children, I became the first in my family to graduate college. @richarddeitsch @Sports_Casters"
@anniercameron: "@richarddeitsch the best and most joyfully surprising moment of my life -- reeled in a keeper! #isaidyes"
@loloslp: "@richarddeitsch the day my grandparents met their first great granddaughter"
Crushnumber41: "@richarddeitsch @Sports_Casters finishing my marathon with my friends who ran the relay just to run with me"
And, from Steven Bennett, aka @Sports_Casters: "I am super excited about all of the great pictures people have shared with RD and I tonight. One more from me."