Inspiring

February 14, 2017

147-Year-Old Great-Great-Grandmother’s Wedding Dress Lost by Dry Cleaners, Found by Internet

As bride-to-be Tess Newall prepared for her big day, she knew that wedding dress shopping was one task she could scratch off her to-do list. Rather than purchase a new gown, Newall planned to wear her great-great-grandmother's handmade dress. At 147 years old, the garment was an irreplaceable family heirloom, and Newall was honored to wear it on her wedding day. Afterward, she brought the dress to Kleen Cleaners in Edinburgh, Scotland, to be dry cleaned.

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February 9, 2017

Elderly Widower Finds a Fishing Partner After Posting a Tearjerking Classified Ad

Two weeks ago, Ray Johnstone, an elderly man living alone in South Australia, posted a classified ad in search of a friend. Specifically, he was on the hunt for a fishing partner, as he no longer had anyone to share his hobby with. “I'm a widowed pensioner who is looking for a fishing mate,” he wrote on Gumtree. “My previous fishing mate is now deceased. I am a land based fisherman.

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February 7, 2017

Man Who Saved 669 Children During the Holocaust Has a Surprise Reunion 50 Years Later

Sir Nicholas Winton is a name that you might not have read about in the history books, but his contribution to the world was beyond extraordinary. On the eve of World War II, the young British stockbroker arranged for trains that carried Jewish children out of then-Czechoslovakia during the Holocaust. Essentially, this ordinary man rescued a staggering 669 children destined for Nazi concentration camps, saving them from an almost certain peril.

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January 31, 2017

Powerful Portraits of People Wearing Their Insecurities on Their Skin

In his powerful project titled What I Be, photographer Steve Rosenfield captures individuals as they reveal their innermost insecurities. In each raw portrait, the subjects' skin is scribbled with the doubts, fears, and needs that plague them. The subjects of the What I Be series represent a diverse group of people struggling with self-esteem, self-acceptance, anxiety, and other afflictions.

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