A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
This is the story of how American Sign Language became the second tongue now spoken on one end of Islington Road in Newton.
What a lovely neighborhood.
It’s as if your grandmother has come to lead you down the cold hallway, fetch your dressing gown, offer a blanket and even hold your hand as you await a
Inspiring.
These sweet new BBFs are a perfect example of how friendship can go beyond race, age, and politics.
Yep. It’s the kind of world I want as well…
Officer Kenesha Carnegie in Bronson, Fla., filmed the three young men helping an 89-year-old woman and her 100-year-old husband get into their car.
Source: 3 young men help elderly woman in viral video
Excellent role models.
Candice Payne impulsively charged 20 hotel rooms on her credit card, and it snowballed into a lifesaving effort by a group of strangers
Quite an impressive “impulse”.
The vigil, which involved nearly 1,000 ministers, came to an end after politicians pledged that a family inside the church no longer faced immediate deportation.
Source: 96 Days Later, Nonstop Church Service to Protect Refugees Finally Ends – The New York Times
And you thought your church’s services were long.
A woman running in a Thailand marathon came across a lost puppy and ended up carrying the dog while running the last 19 miles of the race.
Source: Watch: Marathon participant carries puppy for 19 miles – UPI.com
As if completing a marathon wasn’t enough. 🙂
With temperatures in the danger zone and snow blocking driveways, a Michigan pharmacist got creative in delivering prescriptions to her customers.
Source: Pharmacist uses snowmobile to deliver medicine for snowed-in customers – CNN
Going above and beyond.
Creating a connection with his deaf niece motivated 25-year-old Kenyan innovator Roy Allela to invent a set of smart gloves, named Sign-IO, which converts sign language movements into audio speech in real time.
Source: Kenya: Roy Allela invents glove that translates sign language to speech – This Is Africa
I find this both exciting and fascinating. I think it holds a lot of promise for the future.
Pacific Garden Mission, 1458 S. Canal St., normally doesn’t accept short-term visitors, but tossed protocol out the window this week to save lives.
Source: City’s largest shelter breaks protocol, takes in 800 overnight | Chicago Sun-Times
I expect we’ll hear more positive stories in the coming days — the worst truly brings out the best.