31 Good Things That Happened in May (2017)

I have good news and good news. I have only good news!

As mentioned in this blog post, at the end of every month I’m going to highlight all the good things that happened in that 30-day (or so) span, to give ourselves a break from the well known bad.

You can find last month’s here .

Happy May to you!

1) Since she couldn’t accept his invitation to prom, Emma Stone sent this teen and his date a corsage.

2) This dad got an amazing birthday surprise

3) This music video took us back to the 90s

4) This author announced her new book in the best way

Can't believe my little book baby was born one week ago today. 1 lb. 4 oz., 234 healthy pages! Mama loves you 👩‍👧📖💕 pic.twitter.com/LhBSLRiAec

— erin chack (@ErinChack) May 2, 2017

5) This guy made a fool of himself for a good cause

6) Nicki Minaj helped a bunch of students pay for college

7) This little girl had something to brag about

Anu is seven and goes to school in Birmingham. Look what happened when she showed her friends her new sports blade. It's just gorgeous!🏃‍♀️ pic.twitter.com/Aa1UlnhlQy

— BBC Midlands Today (@bbcmtd) May 3, 2017

8) After realizing he made a mistake, Chris Pratt made up for it in a great way

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Instagram does this thing where it mutes all the videos it shows and forces you to turn on the volume in order to hear them. (maybe because most people are watching those videos at work when they should be working and don't want to get caught. I know that's when I do it. 😬) So when I made a video recently with subtitles, and requested that people turn up the volume and not just "read the subtitles" it was so people wouldn't scroll past the video on mute, thus watching and digesting the information in the video. HOWEVER, I realize now doing so was incredibly insensitive to the many folks out there who depend on subtitles. More than 38 million Americans live with some sort of hearing disability. So I want to apologize. I have people in my life who are hearing-impaired, and the last thing in the world I would want to do is offend them or anybody who suffers from hearing loss or any other disability. So truly from the bottom of my heart I apologize. Thanks for pointing this out to me. In the future I'll try to be a little less ignorant about it. Now… I know some of you are going to say, "Hey! Chris only apologized because his publicist made him!" Well. That is not the case. As always I control my social media. Nobody else. And I am doing this because I'm actually really sorry. Apologies are powerful. I don't dole them out Willy-Nilly. This is one of those moments where I screwed up and here's me begging your pardon. I hope you accept my apology. And on that note. Why doesn't Instagram have some kind of technology to automatically add subtitles to its videos? Or at least the option. I did a little exploring and it seems lacking in that area. Shouldn't there be an option for closed captioning or something? I've made them lord knows how much money with my videos and pictures. Essentially sharing myself for free. I know they profit. So… GET ON IT INSTAGRAM!!! Put closed captioning on your app. #CCinstaNow

A post shared by chris pratt (@prattprattpratt) on May 4, 2017 at 5:59am PDT

9) This wedding photographer captured some real love

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Tonight I was photographing Adrian & Roslyn at sunset. I was setting up those grand sunset scenes… you know the ones… the little people in a big scene… I love those kinda shots… but tonight that just didn't seem enough. Just as the light became amazing I scrapped everything I knew and I walked up to them and said, "guys, stop posing. Just enjoy your first sunset together as husband and wife". They then held each other in the most beautiful way… It was so much more beautiful than anything I could ever set up. Then I said to Adrian, "I have a question for you, but I want you to tell the answer to Roslyn and not me." I continued, "Out of the billions of people on the planet, you've chosen to spend the rest of your life with Roslyn. Can you tell her why?" In a matter of moments I could start seeing Roslyn's eyes glisten, then the most beautiful tears streamed down her face. Then I found myself crying. Oh Love, You are oh so precious.

A post shared by James Day (@jamesdayweddings) on Apr 30, 2017 at 4:45am PDT

10) This guy got into college!

11) This man embodied perseverance

12) These moms wrote encouraging letters to other moms

13) This little girl snuck her pet cow inside the house

14) This little girl took a picture with a potato

'Mummy can you take a picture of me holding this potato'

me: 'yeh sure' pic.twitter.com/cUsOQoF5ny

— _ (@sumaiyyahhh) May 9, 2017

15) Mother’s Day

16) This mom and son inspired everyone with their graduation photo

17) Oreo opened the best contest EVER

18) This deployed soldier got to be a part of his wife’s pregnancy shoot

19) In the wake of something unimaginably terrible, kindness, love and bravery showed up again…

20) …and again

21) …and again

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A post shared by Ariana Grande (@arianagrande) on May 30, 2017 at 8:29am PDT

22) This little boy wrote a touching letter to Nintendo about his favorite game

23) This dog taught his brother how to sit.

24) This guy continued to make progress

5 years ago I was involved in a roll over car accident that left me paralyzed from the shoulders down. This is my progress today.. ♿️🚶🏾 pic.twitter.com/gMY131Lrik

— Tyler Wesley (@T_Wes44) May 21, 2017

25) This service dog snagged a spot in his owner’s school yearbook

Just a boy and his (service) dog pic.twitter.com/uM5f9P9X3V

— AJ (@t1dfighter_aj) May 18, 2017

26) This guy showed off his talent

Make him go viral pic.twitter.com/cIfzwpISWw

— Eddy Lopez (@Eddy_Lopez_5) May 17, 2017

27) Kaley Cuoco adopted a dwarf mini horse named Shmushy

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Welcome to the squad, miss Shmushy !!!! Thank you @mylittlepeepers foundation for helping us adopt this little lady.. we are so in love!!!! #minidwarfpony #bigbaycity #mascot #braidsfordays 🎀

A post shared by Kaley Cuoco (@kaleycuoco) on May 21, 2017 at 7:51am PDT