If you could invite three people to coffee, who would it be and why?

My son Jacob was filling out his RA(resident assistant) application for college and this was one of the questions.

•   If you could invite three people to coffee, who would it be and why?   

          If I could have coffee with three people it would be my father, his father, and Jesus Christ. I would like to mention that this coffee meeting would last an exceedingly long time. First, I would want to invite my father, because he is very much like myself. He is like me, but has a vast amount of experience which allows him to understand things far better than me. Second, would be my grandfather, whom I never met, but am named after. From everything I have heard about him, he was a great man, a man I want to be like. I would like to see the love, joy, strength, and faith in him that I hear so much about. Lastly, I would invite Jesus. Yes, this is cliché, but I want to be with Jesus and my father and grandfather. Jesus would say things both simple and complex and I would try to understand and apply them, but my father and grandfather would be able to see things I had never thought about. I would be a student to all three. More importantly, I would be a son to all of them. I would feel the love radiate off of the three of them and would feel whole, complete, and loved.

   Jake had asked Holly to proof it before he turned it in and she texted me and told me to check my email so I could see it. I was at work when I opened it up. I was completely overcome with emotion. Better described as undone. It was everything I could do from the moment I put my eyes on it to stay composed. I actually didn't even finish it, I couldn't. I knew if I read it all I would be unable to do my job for a bit.

   I was so blown away by his answer. I have struggled deeply with the loss of my dad, Donald James Bancroft, Oct 1993. I have always felt robbed and cheated by his death and never really explored how FUBAR'ed I really was. Holly anchored us through some very difficult years. In fact Jacob (of whom this post started) was born just about 2 months after my dad's death on Dec 9th, Jacob Donald James Bancroft.
  Thanks Jake for bringing me back to a place in my heart that I walled off. A place I need to spend some time. Love you Bud