A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
It took decades for two refugee sisters to find the mystery woman who gave them $100 on a plane the day they first arrived in the US. Reuniting with her was even more powerful than they’d imagined.
Source: Two sisters just reunited with the mystery woman who gave them $100 on a plane 23 years ago
A very cool follow up to a previous Not All News is Bad: A stranger on an airplane gave her $100 years ago and changed her life. Now she’s trying to find the mystery woman to thank her.
A woman on Fort Myers Beach found a message in a bottle from over 20 years ago, then an unexpected connection to the writer of that message.
Source: Woman finds message in a bottle during Fort Myers Beach cleanup
How cool!
The world didn’t fall apart. You just got your news from the wrong places.
Source: 99 Good News Stories From 2022
FutureCrunch is one of my sources, and they always do a fascinating year-end collection. Highly recommended.
A 90-year-old Illinois woman who returned to school in 2019 graduated with her college degree this month.
Source: Great-grandmother graduates college at 90: ‘Don’t give up’
Love stories like this.
“If anyone wants to go in on renting a bus or a van, come over!” shouted Amy Sadd in the Orlando airport.
Source: Their flight was canceled, so 13 strangers got in a van and drove 652 miles
Very cool.
A girl in the first grade wrote to Los Angeles County officials requesting “your approval if I can have a unicorn in my backyard if I can find one.”
Source: A girl asked to keep a unicorn in her yard. Animal control said yes.
Can I have one too?
An envelope full of cash was found at The Home Depot in Bellevue. But thanks to a group of determined employees the envelope has been returned to the rightful owner.
Source: Home Depot employees come together to return lost envelope full of cash
Impressive!
EPHRATA – Dustin Ehinger of Ephrata is a beloved member of the community, so much so that his community sent him to see his treasured Seattle Seahawks battle the Arizona
Nice.
“All these kids were going to the teacher asking, ‘Can I read with Mr. Herman?’” said Herman Cruse.
Source: A bus driver helped a child read. Now he tutors kids for free between routes.
I love it!
When debut author Chelsea Banning shared her disappointment over a sparsely attended book signing, bestselling authors came forward to console her with their own tales of woe.
Source: Top authors console downhearted debut novelist with their own tales of humiliation
Solidarity.