Good news

When the school year ends, students usually start thinking about how they can spend their summer vacation. Well, some high schoolers decided to focus on how someone very needy could spend it.

I'm by no means an expert on cancer research, but I'd definitely call this a miracle. Terminally-ill teenager Stephen Sutton experienced a slight cough which grew to become more severe, leading to labored breathing and the eventual expulsion of what his doctors agree must be a tumor...

Here we have a heartwarming video featuring a family's favorite uncle who happens to be hearing and speech-impaired. Prepare yourself for some feels.

You see this young man? Well what you might not know is this young man has Down Syndrome.  He is a senior at his high school, and has served as water boy for the team.

Videos like these give me hope in humanity:  kids go around putting notes on stray dogs that say things like "pet me", "don't leave me", and "scratch me".  Although the dogs look well-fed, people offer them food and a nice scratch behind the ear....

After all the ugliness from this past week, this is a great story to remind us just how great people can be.

We probably imagine what it would be like to one day win the lottery, whether it's a scratch off or the big prize drawings like Lotto or Powerball. But do you ever imagine what it would be like to win it twice in the same day?