When it came time to writing a book,Ben Higginscould have easily penned aBachelortell-all.
“Everybody that’s in that process has a really crazy cool story to tell.
A lot of them are very successful … " he began.
“All of them are good looking in their own way and they’re charismatic.
I was sitting there as a kid from Denver.”
And the result of his brutal honesty was something he never expected.
“I got an outpouring of people saying, ‘Hey, I can relate,'” Ben said.
“Really heavy messages like, ‘I have had mental illness.
I struggle with feeling I have any value and purpose here.’
And I mean thousands of messages, which was surprising.”
Ben met Avery after a children’s hospital invited him to spend an afternoon visiting with patients.
At the time, Avery was a high school senior and was actuallylivingin the hospital.
Although he usually turned down visits from celebrities, when he heard theBachelorwas stopping by, his attitude changed.
“Like Peyton [Manning] came through and he’s like, ‘Yeah, whatever.
I’ll take a picture with Peyton.’
And then I come through …
