A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
As we look back on 2022, we wanted to share a few of our favorite moments of joy from the year to bring a bit of hope, whimsy and humor to the end of the year.
Source: The weird, wild and wonderful stories you might have missed this year
Some fun stories in this collection.
A group of Wisconsin residents banded together to rescue a lost horse who fell through an icy lake.
Source: Horse rescued from frozen lake waters by good Samaritans
Well done!
“Finding plastic bottles is his focus and passion,” said Yvonne Faulkner-Grant, adding that he drops them at her feet during walks so she can recycle them.
Source: This dog has collected more than 1,000 littered plastic bottles
Good boy!
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!