Posts by Anna Gragert

Art
February 25, 2016

6-Year-Old Painting Prodigy and Her Therapy Cat Continue to Inspire with Their Creative Memoir

6-year-old Iris Grace copes with autism by expressing herself through painting, but she's also received a heartwarming amount of help from her therapy cat Thula. “Ever since we came home with Thula, this precious, magical kitten has cast a spell over Iris,” Arabella Carter-Johnson, Iris' photographer mom, reveals. “They sit beside each other as Iris paints, and new doorways to communication have been opened, doors we had previously feared might be locked forever.

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Photography
February 24, 2016

Adorable Baby Bunny Uses Tiny Skateboard Wheelchair to Get Around

At upstate New York's Overlook Acres farm, there lives a baby bunny named Wheelz. Sadly, the young rabbit became paralyzed after being bitten by an aggressive adult bunny. Jason Ambrosino and his wife found him, hours later, off to the side in his nest box and he was nearly frozen. “My wife went in there, scooped him up, and wasn't sure if he was still alive,” Ambrosino told BuzzFeed. “Then she saw his nose move.

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Photography
February 23, 2016

Kindergartner Dresses Up as a 100-Year-Old to Celebrate 100th Day of School

When Jacob Martin‘s 5-year-old daughter was told to dress the part for her 100th day of school, she went above and beyond. To celebrate this momentous occasion, the kindergartener's Germany-based school told her entire class to costume themselves as centenarians. “This was a part of her unit she was working on in kindergarten where they are working up towards counting to 100,” Martin explained on Reddit.

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Animals
February 22, 2016

Everyone Is Falling in Love with This Cat with the Most Beautiful Eyes

Coby The Cat has given new meaning to the phrase “cat-eye.” With his gorgeous baby blues, the British shorthair manages to entrance his many (274K!) Instagram followers with each and every snapshot. Aside from the oceanic color of his iris, Coby's eyes have a thick, black line around them with a slight flick at the outer corners–making it look as though the cat's an eyeliner expert!

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My Modern Met

Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.