1. Pen Pals Meet for the First Time After 51 Years of Friendship.
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| Credits: Kimberly Johnson |
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Debbie Houschild and Jane Bean have been pen pals since the 70s. Debbie was just 11 years old, living in Oceanport, N.J., and Jane was from England.
The two of them were big fans of a 70s half-hour show that encouraged children in one episode to write and request a pen pal.
Debbie decided to send a letter when she was paired with Jane, a young girl from England. The two bonded quickly through their letters, sharing the changes in their lives, from being teenagers, to getting jobs, to getting married. Years later, when letters were replaced by phones and social media, they transitioned to Facebook and WhatsApp to stay in touch.
Last year, the pair reached their “golden anniversary” of friendship, when Debbie decided to fly to England with her daughters to meet her lifelong pal.
Debbie finally travelled to London on August 26, 2025, where she met Jane for the first time in person. Her 29-year-old daughter recorded the meeting, and in an interview with People, she highlighted how incredible it was that they had been friends for over five decades but were only just meeting in real life.
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| Source: Hazel's Obituary & Leonard's Obituary |
Leonard Cherry, 95, lived in hospice care at St. Catherine Center in Waco, while his wife, Hazel Cherry, 93, lived in an assisted living facility just next door. Both of them were high school sweethearts, as that’s where their story began. They married in January 1942, and in 1949, after World War II, Leonard opened an auto shop.
Leonard died on Oct. 27 around 1 p.m., followed by Hazel just 10 hours later.
David Cherry, the couple's son, shared his thoughts with KWTX, stating: "The more I think about it, I begin to smile because of how much they loved each other. There’s no question in my mind my grandmother was waiting for him in heaven with open arms."
He continued: "I feel blessed that Daddy's suffering is over, and I feel blessed that Mom is with him and that she didn't have to live alone."
Their story is a simple reminder of two people loving and being with each other for such a long period of time.
Frustrated by the lack of accessibility that made it difficult even to enter or leave her home, she decided to take matters into her own hands, quite literally. Rita began building wheelchair ramps out of Lego bricks. At first, she needed around 1,000 pieces just to get started. She turned to social media for help, and soon, a kind donor sent her two huge boxes of Lego, giving her project the boost it needed.
Rita, who had previously beaten cancer and had been married three times, began designing ramps, each decorated with different colors and figures. Today, her ramps have even become a tourist attraction in Germany. “Teenagers lie next to ramps and take pictures for Instagram,” she said.
Her motto is that no situation is entirely bad. We all need to find a tiny good part in the negative circumstances ourselves. She is also known as Lego Oma on the internet today.
In 2012, 67-year-old Ellen Grossman ran into Jay-Z in a subway, capturing hearts of people. After noticing the security around her while sitting next to Jay-Z, she asked him, "Are you famous? To which, he replied, "Not very famous, you don't know me."
"Yes," he replied. "Not very famous. You don't know me. But I'll get there someday."
"My name is Jay. What's your name?" he continued.
"Ellen. What do you do?"
"I make music," he replied.
"Did you just do a performance?" she asked. "Already?"
"This is the last show," he replied.
"Fabulous," she said.
"I'm on my way to performance in Brooklyn," he continued. "At the new Brooklyn arena."
"Yes," replied.
"I'm proud of you," she said. "Say your name again, just so I get it."
"Oh you're Jay-Z! I know about Jay-Z," she laughs.
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| Joey Romano |
In 2018, a college senior named Joey Romano was skateboarding when an unfortunate incident occurred. In an attempt to avoid getting hit by a car, he slammed into a ditch, breaking his wrist.
Joey revealed to Today that he didn't have very good insurance and therefore was worried about the cost. So he decided to call an Uber instead of an ambulance.
When Beni Lukumu arrived in his Uber, he saw Joey lying on the ground and immediately got out of the car to help him. Beni reclined the passenger seat to minimize the movement and pain. Then he rushed Joey to urgent care, where it was found that Joey needed to head to the emergency room given the seriousness of his injury.
The Uber driver even went ahead and stayed by Joey's side every day from 2 to 8 p.m., signed him into the ER, and declined Joey’s attempt to pay his Uber fare.
"That one act of kindness helped me see the good in the world again," says Joey. "Having him spend his entire day with me, a complete stranger, for no reason other than the goodness of his heart, helped me to put things into perspective. Beni absolutely changed my life."
It's been years since the incident, and the two of them are still in touch and check in with each other a couple of times a year.
"The world is so divided right now. What we need is love and kindness," said Joey.