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How This Amazing Day Care Center for Adults Is Helping Fight One of the Worst...

  Bruce Faciane of Baton Rogue, Louisiana, had always been a sweet, quiet man. But starting in 2006, his wife, Pam, started to notice things seemed off. He would hide soda from their kids, refuse to...

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32 Signs You Live in the Nicest Place in America

Nobody suffers alone When Paige and Tate Lombard found out their baby was having heart trouble in the womb, they knew they had many, many hospital visits ahead of them. Not wanting expensive bills to...

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How the World Is Rallying to Support Manchester After Devastating Attack

A suicide bombing in Manchester that left 22 dead, including an eight-year-old girl, has devastated the country—and the world. But amid the tragedy, acts of kindness prove to be a symbol of hope....

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Need Some Faith Restored? Consider This the Act-Of-Kindness Story You Need to...

Ever since an injury in August 2008, Joey Heredero had been having leg problems, reaching the point where he couldn’t straighten his knee anymore. After months of misdiagnosis, the 21-year-old got the...

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A Whole Town Rallies to Help the Family of a Cancer Patient Whose House...

Casey Butler thought a cancer diagnosis was the worst of her troubles. Then her family of six lost everything in a house fire, and weren’t sure how they would recover. Luckily, their small town of...

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The Next Time Someone Criticizes You, Let Them—Then Write Down Every Word

When I was in the seventh grade I had an enemy, a girl whose mission in life seemed to be pointing out my shortcomings. Week by week her catalogue grew: I was skinny, I wasn’t a good student, I was a...

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When Your Spouse Doesn’t Like Your BFFs, It’s the Marriage That Suffers, Says...

Remember those days when you first met your spouse and everything felt like springtime? Those initial months were full of all the best firsts—first dates, first smooches, first adventures, and of...

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Think Small Donations Don’t Mean Much? This Story Will Change Your Mind

In May 2015, drenching rains created flash flooding in and around Austin, Texas. Outside the city, the Blanco River hit a record 43 feet—30 feet over its flood stage—and waters barreled by 2.5 times...

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10 Tips to Help You Quit Your Day Job and Pursue Your Dream

Figure out how much money you need to get your business off the ground As a career coach, I often have a client to come to me with a great idea for a business that they can run from the comfort of...

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The Remarkable Story of How a Town of 1,000 People Raised $45,000 to Save a...

One cancer diagnosis can be devastating, but having three cancer patients in the same household can turn a whole family upside-down. Michelle Bruce had breast cancer; her husband, Jeremy, had thyroid...

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In Her Final Weeks of Pregnancy, This Surgeon Didn’t Know She Had a...

Mary Dillhoff is used to long hours in the operating room as a surgical oncologist, but she never imagined she would miss a potentially life-threatening condition herself during her second pregnancy....

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The Hero Who Risked His Life to Save 32 Tourists from Burning Bus

Olav Hylland should already have left for an appointment. But his wife had taken the family car and although an employee had offered his, Olav couldn’t find it. I don’t really have time for this, the...

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How One Session of Hypnotherapy Finally Ended This Woman’s Debilitating Fear...

Like many phobias, Clearwater, Florida-based general surgeon Jamie Daniel’s fear of spiders began after a traumatic event. While she was sleeping, a Jumping Spider had made a nest in a fold of the...

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This Life-Changing Act of Kindness Made Everyone Cry—and You’re Next

Brooke, a mother of three young children, suffers from a rare disease that often puts her in so much pain that she can’t get out of bed. When this happens, her husband Jeremy has to take a day off work...

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Meet the Modern Dr. Dolittle, Who Creates Prosthetics for Animals

Back in 2005, Derrick Campana was making prosthetics for humans when a unique customer came in: A vet asked the team to make a device for her dog. Campana’s boss was supposed to take on the furry...

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A Entire City Follows the Sweetest Nightly Ritual to Cheer Up Sick Kids in...

Head to East Providence, Rhode Island, on a Wednesday night, and you’ll see a blinding display of police lights near the river. No, the officers aren’t out for arrests. They’re actually lighting the...

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This Mom Attended Every Class with Her Quadriplegic Son—So The School...

When her quadriplegic son decided to get his MBA, Judy O’Connor attended every class with him to help him write and participate. So when her son, Marty O’Connor, graduated, he planned a surprise to...

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Walt Disney Left Behind a Mysterious Note When He Died—and It Changed the World

There’s no question that Walt Disney’s life changed the world. As the mastermind behind Mickey Mouse and the entire Disney enterprise, his life’s work has inspired children and adults alike for...

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This Dog Miraculously Survived an Accident 1,400 Miles from Home—and Managed...

Trucker Robert Benjamin “Benny” Gerlock traveled hundreds of thousands of miles with his dog, Holly, who came with him on every route—including his last one. While driving near Dallas, Texas, on the...

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20 Dads Share the Sweetest, Most Heartwarming Father’s Day Gifts They’ve Ever...

Channel your inner fanboy “My son loves Darth Vader (despite the fact that he’s never seen any Star Wars‘ movies). Every week for a month when we would go grocery shopping, he would stop by the rack...

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