Not All News is Bad!

With a touch of chutzpah and “a little help from God,” Braulio Rocha, a Roman Catholic Portuguese immigrant, traded in his mop for a camera.

Source: Once a Janitor, Now the Bar Mitzvah Photography King of Montreal

Quite a story.

A man in Zimbabwe saved eight passengers following a tragic accident that occurred along the Harare-Mutare Highway on Christmas Eve.

Source: Man Pulls 8 People Out Of A Burning Bus On Christmas Eve

Wow. (And yes, those are burns on his legs.)

What if bad news wasn’t the only news?

Source: 99 Good News Stories You Probably Didn’t Hear About in 2021

Always a good way to end the year and start anew.

 hristmas morning for 5-year-old Dawstin Chattin started in disappointment. Dawstin’s mother Jaclyn Chattin says his bag of gifts went missing on their way home on Christmas Eve.

Source: Child’s lost Christmas gifts returned after being found on side of road

Nicely done.

One Virginia family received the keys to their new 3D-printed home in time for Christmas. The home is Habitat for Humanity’s first 3D-printed home in the nation, according to a Habitat news release.

Source: Virginia family gets keys to Habitat for Humanity’s first 3D-printed home in the US

Built in 12 hours? Wow!

Carl Stanojevic got a text asking him to take his Queensland neighbour’s bins out. So the 54-year-old Mackay photographer took wheelie bin number 6 for a spin around the town

Source: Australian man asked his neighbour to take the bins out – so he did, literally

Cute. Made me smile.

On Christmas Eve, a couple of pilots in Utah County used their skills to help in an unexpected way to help stranded holiday travelers get home.

Source: Utah County pilots perform unique Christmas Eve rescue

How cool.

“Will you take care of Boomer?” John Burley asked his nurse, Jennifer Smith. And she said, “Of course, John. I will find Boomer and take care of him for you.”

Source: Nurse goes beyond duty and rescues a hospitalized patient’s dog from the shelter

So cool.

“Sometimes it takes sort of a crisis, if you will, to appreciate what you have,” said store owner Dan Fraser.

Source: A beloved general store was on the verge of closing amid a worker shortage — until customers stepped in to help

What they have: community.

“They just have been coming in abundance — mostly from strangers,” UPS driver Dallen Harrell said of the gifts.

Source: A UPS driver left a kind message for a family. They put it on Instagram, and strangers showered the driver’s baby with gifts.

Merry Christmas, everyone.