CINCINNATI — On her very first day, Grace Flannery set out to be the friendliest mail carrier in Greater Cincinnati.

“I’m going to say my name,” she said, “and I’ll shake their hand and look and talk to them in the eyes.”

Flannery joined the postal team at the Westwood Post Office Tuesday morning to fulfill her dream of being a mail carrier for a day. The 21-year-old with Down syndrome has always wanted to deliver the mail, according to her father Michael.

“She had an internship at Children’s Hospital where she was delivering mail,” Michael Flannery said, ”and it just made it even more of a dream.”

Dressed in a postal service uniform with shorts handmade by her grandmother, Grace helped sort the mail before hitting the streets with letter carrier Melissa Tilton.

Grace did more than deliver the mail on Tuesday. She served as an inspiration to others, including her boss for the day, Cincinnati Postmaster Karen Garber. More at WCPO