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31 Good Things that Happened in December (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 December to you!

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1) This guy met a friend he made online

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2) After a family lost both of their dogs in the same weekend, this dog food company paid tribute

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3) These besties hung out

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4) This guy got accepted into Harvard

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5) This boy collected over 1000 toys for kids in Puerto Rico

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6) This doctor went the extra mile

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7) This girl hilariously interviewed her cat

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8) This man continued his pursuit to become the first one handed professional football player

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9) This woman helped a fellow runner finish a marathon

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10) This man made working on the Tarmac a little more exciting

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11) This dog met the Internet

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13) This police officer adopted a homeless mother’s opioid addicted baby

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14) This family was reunited with their dog

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15) When this little boy saw someone wrestling with his sister, he came to the rescue!

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16) This Grandma learned to use Google Home

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17) This little guy read 100 books

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18) These girls asked Santa for their dad to come home and he delivered

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19) This man left a generous tip at a restaurant

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20) This couple came full circle

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21) This boy got rewarded for his giving heart

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22) This dog got a new pair of wheels

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23) Texas Rangers’ pitcher, Cole Hamels, and his wife donated a $20,000 mansion to charity

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24) These puppies were saved from freezing to death

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25) In honor of the release of the new Star Wars film, these people gave their best Chewbacca impressions

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26) This guy took to Twitter to highlight some good things from 2017

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27) This woman got an amazing surprise on Christmas morning

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28) This Dad’s carpet Instagram went viral

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29) This dad shaved his head

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30) These flight attendants made a flight delay festive

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31) And finally, the holidays! Whichever one you celebrate, I hope it was wonderful and filled with love, family, food and everything in between.

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Can you believe 2017 is already over?! When I first posted 31 Good Things that Happened in January, I wasn’t sure if it would work out quite like I pictured, but it’s been so much more than that. Every month I was so genuinely excited to put the “All the Good Things” posts together and I’m happy that you guys have been loving the result as much as I have.

I will definitely be continuing this series going into 2018 and I can only hope that the vast number of good things happening in our world will continue to surprise and inspire us all.

Happy New Year, everyone! I can’t wait to see what 2018 brings.

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30 Good Things that Happened in November (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 November to you!

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1) The Dodgers took out a full-page ad in the Houston newspaper to congratulate the Astros on their World Series win

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2) These childhood sweethearts got engaged

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3) Lin Manuel Miranda’s son saw the first act of Hamilton

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4) These sisters perfectly showcased what it’s like being sisters

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5) This dog liked his new carpet

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6) This stepson gave his stepdad an amazing surprise

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7) Actress Gabby Sidibe responded to a nasty Instagram comment in the best way

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8) This police trio got warmed up

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9) This homeless man got the ultimate payback after a helping a woman with his last $20

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10) This boy gave out some great encouragement at the New York Marathon

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11) These passengers turned a delayed flight into a party.

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12) This 102 year old man met the nephew he never knew he had

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13) This cartoonist created a series that reminds us to be thankful

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14) This boy saw clearly for the first time

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15) Australia voted YES

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16) This Australian man proposed to his boyfriend using his water polo team

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17) This mom wrote a beautiful letter to her nurse

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18) This cop went above and beyond the call of duty

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19) This man danced his heart out

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20) This chef offered some help to a customer

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21) The lead singer of Imagine Dragons posted this great reminder

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22) This boy got some camera time during his mom’s yoga video

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23) Thanksgiving

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24) After accidentally inviting the wrong teen to Thanksgiving last year, this grandma invited him—and he accepted—to spend the holiday with her family anyways. This year, she invited him again and he brought his girlfriend.

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25) This man spent his Black Friday paying it forward

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26) This puppy made a new best friend

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27) This girl got flowers from her dad

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28) These Indian women who are victims of acid attacks walked in a fashion show

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29) This woman became the first contest with Down Syndrome to compete in the Miss Minnesota pageant

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30) This woman got an amazing surprise from her grandmother

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Wanna know the best part? There is SO much I didn’t include.

I can’t wait to see what December brings!

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31 Good Things That Happened in October (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 October to you!

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1) Ellen kicked off October with her own list of good things

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2) The cast of Mean Girls turned the attention to those who need it

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3) Eric Church wrote a song in light of the Vegas shooting

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5) This little girl started reading Harry Potter for the first time

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6) This high school runner gave up his race to carry his teammate across the finish line

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7) Everything went pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

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8) This football team continued an amazing tradition

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9) We finally found out what Nickelodeon slime was made out of

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10) This dog was recsued from a well

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11) This little guy got to be a pilot for a day

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12) This girl sang her new rescue dog a lullaby

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13) Burger King released a creative anti-bullying ad

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14) This woman got pulled over for “suspected DUI” but quickly found out it was part of something much bigger

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15) Contestants on Miss Peru, took a stand against gender violence. 

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16) This therapy dog contined bringing joy to veterans

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17) The #MeToo campaign on social media brought light to millions of victims of sexual assault and formed a united front determined to finally put an end to it.

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18) This dad helped his son get through his first round of shots (and vice versa)

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19) This man took makeup lessons so he can help his wife who is going blind

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20) This dad turned his son’s wheelchair into a Game of Thrones dragon

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21) This high school football player with cerebral palsy scored an 80 yard touchdown

 

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22) Hailey, a girl from a previous good things post, threw out the first pitch at the World Series

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23) This boy met his little brother for the first time

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24) This police officer helped an 8 year old boy celebrate his birthday after no one picked him up from school.

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25) The man behind “Haircuts for the Homeless” was gifted a barbershop by a stranger

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26) This 82 year old man hiked the entire (2,190 mile) Appalachian Trail

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27) This nurse sang to her dying patient

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28) This little girl laid down the law

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29) Season 2 of Stranger Things was released!

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30) This couple brainstormed their Halloween costumes…

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31) …And then this weatherman won Halloween

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Wanna know the best part? There is SO much I didn’t include.

I can’t wait to see what November brings!

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30 Good Things That Happened in September (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 September to you!

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1) This boy reminded us that everyone is different

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2) This girl became the 19th member of her family to wear this dress on her first day of Kindergarden

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3) This girl got responses from MLB teams to help make her dream come true

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4) This toddler tried to feed her baby sister

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5) This woman had a bouquet of donuts at her wedding

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6) This woman offered to give away her wedding dress to the victims of Hurricane Irma, with a great condition

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7) This man and this woman shared a dance

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8) Chance the Rapper organized an awards show for educators that will premiere next year.

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9) In the wake of Hurricane Irman, this Florida man gave a woman the last generator at Lowe’s

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10) This bug loving little girl got her first publication in a scientific journal

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11) Jessica Biel danced into Ellen the only way you ever should

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12) This organization provided photo shoots for children and families struggling with cancer

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13) This family bought their dad glasses so he could see color for the first time

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14) This organization set a new world record…with border collies

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15) After watching from the sidelines for 2 years, this police officer got to lead his favorite cheer

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16) This man founded a knitting group to help connect with the homeless

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17) This dog made it home

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18) This bride surprised her grandmother by wearing her old wedding dress

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19) This police department threw their 18 year old horse a retirement party

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20) These guys cleaned the ocean through the sale of bracelets

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21) This dog saved over 50 people after the Mexico earthquake

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22) This family created the ultimate domino effect to find out the gender of their baby

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23) This 2 year old got $20 from a stranger for a very special reason

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24) These girls got teddy bears with a special surprise inside

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25) Stephen Colbert & Nick Kroll raised money for Puerto Rico by asking celebrities to share awkward photos from puberty

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26) This girl did a backflip

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27) This little girl held her dad’s hand

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28) This mom reminded us how thankful we should all be for teachers

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29) Andy Samberg shared his new experiences with being a dad

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30) After a long journey of fertility issues, this mom told her kids she was pregnant

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Wanna know the best part? There is SO much I didn’t include.

I can’t wait to see what October brings!

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31 Good Things That Happened in August (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 August to you!

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1) This baby and this dog made us all jealous with their friendship

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2) This girl turned her skin disease into art

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3) This boy scored a touchdown

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4) These couples played a life size version of Hungry Hungry Hippos at a marriage retreat

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5) Phil Lewis a.k.a Mr. Moseby from The Suite Life of Zack & Cody got to reminisce

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6) This man proved that size truly does not define strength

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7) Taylor Swift went to court to stand up for sexual assault victims everywhere

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8) This father and son connected

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9) This daughter was reminded how much mother’s care

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10) David Beckham showcased a dad’s love by staying up late building a Disney Lego castleFullSizeRender

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11) After sending a text to the wrong number, this guy got an amazing response

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12) This woman adopted a dog who has waited patiently for a home

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13) Delish introduced us to s’mores sushi

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14) This girl posted an amazing Tinder bio

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15) This girl continued to inspire the world with her story

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16) This bird found a new passion

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17) These Tough Mudder competitors displayed the true definition of a team

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18) This woman showed us her incredible dog

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19) These boys gave their grandpa one last gift (via Love What Matters)

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“My grandfather was in the hospital last week and while admitted he was having intermittent episodes of confusion. Some of it was related to his mild dementia and some of it was the pain medicine. At one point, he asked, ‘Have they given me the go ahead to play?’ I said, ‘The go ahead to play?’ He said, ‘Yes, did the doctor give me my permit to play?’ I said, ‘Play what??’ He said, (in a somewhat annoyed tone) ‘Lindsay, I want to play ball with the boys.’ He was referring to my two sons. They are 11 and 8. Choking back tears, I just smiled and said, ‘Of course you can play.’ Now, here we are exactly one week later. My grandfather was cremated this morning at 10am. All on their own my sweet boys decided to put this in the casket with him. It says “Come play anytime. Love, Chase and Trav.”

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20) The solar eclipse brought some wonder to the world…

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21) …and served up some grade-A puns

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22) Neighbors and strangers alike came together to help one another

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23) JJ Watt, defensive end for the Houston Texans, started a campaign to raise $200,000 for victims of hurricane Harvey…and has currently raised almost 10 million dollars!! (You can donate here)

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24) John Cena was surprised by a few of his fans

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25) Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo donated money to a cause close to his heart

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26) Rapper Logic released and performed his new song “1-800-273-6255”—the number for the National Suicide Prevention Line—on the VMA’s, and the organization saw a huge influx in calls. (via Buzzfeed)

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27) This couple achieved their dream of visiting every Cracker Barrel in the US

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28) This cartoonist captured what it’s like for parents to watch their kids grow up fast (via Huffington Post)

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29) This sister shared some serious love

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30) This mom & son started school (via Huffington Post)

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31) This important reminder was shared

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Wanna know the best part? There is SO much I didn’t include.

I can’t wait to see what September brings!

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31 Good Things that Happened in July (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 July to you!

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1) This woman did a sexy photoshoot as a surprise for her fiance…dressed as a dinosaur

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2) Nickelodeon released information about the new Hey Arnold! movie

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3) This husband gave his wife of 30 years a very special gift for their anniversary

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4) The 4th of July

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5) Kelly Clarkson had an amazing response to an internet troll

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6) This man started a new job

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7) This man received a much deserved dose of humanity

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8) This guy proposed to his girlfriend/dance partner in the middle of a dance

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9) This man got a surprise birthday party from his favorite breakfast restaurant

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10) This police officer attended a birthday tea party for the first baby he ever delivered

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11) This little girl learned her second word

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12)  This man combed his sick wife’s hair

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It doesn't get any cuter than this. ❤️

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13) This kind police officer found way to help a woman he was called to arrest

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14) This mom shared a hilarious story about farting during yoga.

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15) With some divine intervention, this woman got the surprise of a lifetime

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16) One Country gave us this recipe for Oreo-stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies

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17) San Diego Comic Con released some much appreciated nerd-out material. (Including this trailer for the new season of Stranger Things!)

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18) This woman got to meet Luke Bryan

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20) This dog made people smile

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21) This man found a way around sitting in rush hour traffic

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22) This girl made eye shadow a nostalgic art

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23) This dad took a dance class with his daughter

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24) It was announced that Mean Girls: The Musical is officially a thing!

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25) The Vancouver Aquarium introduced the world to this baby sea otter

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26) This guy found out he was going to be a dad…

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27) …and then found out it is a boy!

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28) This guy gave a baby some encouragement

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29) After being told to “move to the batters’ box” Adrian Beltre moved the batter’s box to him, resulting in one of baseball’s most hilarious rejections

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30) This man found an amazing display of love

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31) And these guys brought their groceries in the only way you ever should (#onetrip)

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Wanna know the best part? There is SO much I didn’t include.

I can’t wait to see what August brings!

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30 Good Things that Happened in June (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 June to you!

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1) The One Love Manchester concert donated all of its proceeds to the victims of the Manchester attack.

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2) This guy found out he was having a son.

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3) Wonder Woman was released!

 

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4) National Donut Day

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5) Jennie Finch surprised this softball player with the Gatorade player of the year award.

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6) This girl proved you should never give up on your dreams.

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7) This dentist remixed Despacito.

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8) Florence & the Machine gave the performance of a lifetime.

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9) Ben Platt gave this inspirational speech at the Tony’s.

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10) Pride!

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11) This group of friends ordered at a drive thru with a song.

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12) This couple figured out a creative way to track (and share) the growth of their baby.

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13) Gal Gadot’s husband marveled at the fact that he is married to Wonder Woman.

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14) Father’s Day

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15) This dad biked over 1,000 miles to hear his daughter’s heartbeat.

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16) This bride helped plan a surprise proposal for her best friend at her wedding.

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17) This woman disguised her hospitalized grandmother’s dog as a baby so she could sneak it in for a visit.

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18) This little girl mistook a bride for an actual princess.

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19) This guy served as “flower man” at his cousin’s wedding.

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20) Gina Rodriguez started the #iCanChallenge to inspire both herself and others to challenge themselves.

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21) Artist @MightyMooseArt created this important piece.

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22) This couple celebrated their anniversary in the best way ever.

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23) This nana showed off her flowers.

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24) Sophia Bush made this great comment about body confidence.

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“Even people who you think have perfect bodies are insecure about their bodies. We’re all in this together. If you want to have a bikini body, put on a bikini and boom! You have a bikini body! We need to let ourselves up off the mat a little bit. All bodies are beautiful. We’re all good.”

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25) Taylor James gave the speech of the year.

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26) After walking 3 miles to and from work every day, this man got the surprise of a lifetime.

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27) Shania Twain released her first song in 15 years.

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28) This dog snagged the best seat in the house.

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29) The Harry Potter series turned 20.

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30) A nonprofit showed this boy his true identity: a hero.

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Wanna know the best part? There is SO much I didn’t include.

I can’t wait to see what July brings!

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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!

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

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2) This dad got an amazing birthday surprise

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

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

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

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

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7) This little girl had something to brag about

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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

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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.

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10) This guy got into college!

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11) This man embodied perseverance

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12) These moms wrote encouraging letters to other moms

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

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14) This little girl took a picture with a potato

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

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17) Oreo opened the best contest EVER

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

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

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20) …and again

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21) …and again

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

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23) This dog taught his brother how to sit.

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24) This guy continued to make progress

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

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26) This guy showed off his talent

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27) Kaley Cuoco adopted a dwarf mini horse named Shmushy

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28) Memorial Day honored life’s true superheroes

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29) This 92 year old Marine Corp sergeant achieved one of his biggest goals

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30) This girl got an amazing surprise

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31) Jennifer Lopez & James Corden took some dance lessons

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Wanna know the best part? There is SO much I didn’t include.

I can’t wait to see what June brings!

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30 Good Things That Happened in April (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 April to you!

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1) Pink posted this reminder about weight, especially post-baby weight

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2) This article was posted about the proven benefits of baking for others

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3) This otter learned to swim

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4) National Burrito Day

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5) This girl got into all 8 Ivy League schools

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6) Pioneer Woman (a.k.a Rae Drummond) released this recipe for Triple Layer Confetti Cake

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7) This puppy got moving

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8) This girl celebrated Crazy Hair Day in the best way

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9) Chrissy Teigen paid this woman’s tuition for esthetician school

cruzanchoklate: “Something absolutely amazing happened last night. Many of you know how much I love skin care and my plans to attend esthetician school next month. Last night I posted my tuition fundraiser on twitter and something I never in my wildest dreams happened. My paypal alert went off, and as I looked at my phone, there was amount of $5605. I thought it was a glitch. I then look at my email and realized it came from my fundraiser. @chrissyteigen donated my entire tuition money for school. I have been crying all night and I cried in the office this morning as I paid my down payment for esthetician school. I haven’t been this happy in a very long time. Thank you Chrissy and thank you to everyone else who voted or rtd my link or have supported me this entire time. It means more to me than you’ll ever know.”

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10) This dad finally got to meet his son

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11) After his daughter had an accident at school, this dad picked up her in the best way.

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12) This baby had a bunch of great mornings

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13) This boy became the first person with his type of heart condition to complete a marathon.

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14) This pilot went above and beyond the call of duty.

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15) This girl’s whole family showed up for her game

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16) This easter egg hunt ended with one student learning he received a scholarship

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17) This husband found a way to keep his wife company during her isolation cancer treatment

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18) This grandpa saw color for the first time

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19) This girl found a really great stick she wanted to share with the world

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20) This guy set a new World Record by bowling the fastest 300 game ever

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21) This three year old packed the lunch of his dreams

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22) This marathon runner gave up his own race to help a fellow athlete finish

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23) This little girl tried whipped cream for the first time

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24) This brother put together a surprise princess photoshoot for his 5-year-old sister

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25) This little boy was mesmerized by his mommy

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26) These dogs hugged it out.

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27) This little boy gave his Nintendo Wii to the officers at his local police station

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28) Johnny Depp, dressed as Jack Sparrow, surprised Pirates of Caribbean riders at Disneyland

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29) This boy got to meet his hero, John Cena

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30) April the giraffe had her baby! (which you can vote to name here!)

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Wanna know the best part? There is SO much I didn’t include.

I can’t wait to see what May brings!

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31 Good Things That Happened in March (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, to give ourselves a break from the well known bad.

You can find last month’s here.

Happy March to you!

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1) Chrissy Teigen opened up about her postpartum Depression

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“I [just] didn’t think it could happen to me. I have a great life. I have all the help I could need: John, my mother (who lives with us), a nanny. But postpartum does not discriminate. I couldn’t control it.”

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2) International Women’s Day

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3) The cast of Hamilton donated their night’s salaries to an amazing women’s charity.

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4) This girl sent a crying classmate flowers

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5) This dog filled in as a zoo mommy

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6) This cat was overtaken by the piano

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7) Delish released a recipe for Pizza Grilled Cheese

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8) This little boy found out he was getting a new heart

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9) This runner made a great statement about body confidence. (via mileposts Instagram)

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“…Both of these race photos were taken on the same day at the same race. In one I looked happy and strong and in the other I was left questioning if there was a part of my body that didn’t have cellulite. This race at some points sucked for me – I got sick – threw up before crossing the finish line and had possibly my slowest 13.1 time ever – but post race the sucky feelings faded and I remember the day being fun – drinking wine with friends after, joking how wine cures all. If you had asked me after if I had a good time I would have said YES!! I still felt that way in the days following the race UNTIL I saw the photo on the left and then insecurity set in and I thought about how that day was not fun. But that’s silly, because it was fun…A race photo is ONE SINGLE moment in time and I let one of them steal joy from me. Most times we don’t look great while we run, but that’s not why we run anyways, we run to FEEL like I look in the photo on the right – HAPPY. Don’t let a photo steal joy – you are worth so much more than one split second – moment in time.”

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10) A pregnant woman gave this man a “Decent Dude” trophy for being the first man–throughout two pregnancies–to offer her his seat on the subway.

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11) Beauty and the Beast was released in theaters!

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12) Internet personality Jerome Jarre started a petition online to get help to Somalia…

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13)…and it worked!

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14) And with the help of people around the world, Somalia is receiving the help it needs!

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15) These boys tried to fool their teacher

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16) These police officers helped a woman get out of her driveway

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17) This service dog did his job

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18) This woman stopped to help

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19) This boy melted hearts with his cheesy prom-posal

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20) And this guy pulled off an adorable Up-themed prom-posal

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21) This mom knew just what to say to her daughter

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22) This IHOP waiter took the time to hand feed one of his customers

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(image via Keshia Dotson Facebook)

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23) This chicken was reunited with its favorite human

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24) National Puppy Day

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25) An 8 year old girl realized she could do whatever she wants

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26) This little girl got a doll worthy of a superhero

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27) This little guy got to hug his hero

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28) Lego & Nasa announced they will team up to release a collection to celebrate the women of Nasa

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29) This mermaid spent her night babysitting…another mermaid

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30) This flower company gave out 10,000 flowers for International Day of Happiness

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31) This little girl made a new friend out of a broken water heater.

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Wanna know the best part? There is SO much I didn’t include.

I can’t wait to see what April brings!

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