The grandkids dressed as T-rexes to surprise Grandma at the airport. Grandma had her own plan.

The girl on the left is my friend, whom we'll call Rosa for privacy. We've been sitting next to each other ever since I've been new at our high school, last year. She's a silver girlie and I'm a gold girlie, she's very sweet, her smile is adorable when she laughs at my jokes. She loves horses, she even has a necklace with the name of her childhood horse (also shown in my drawings). In conclusion, my friend is awesome.

My husband has been sitting next to me rubbing my back while I sob after watching the new Avatar movie. I welled up with tears the second the movie started and was fighting crying the whole time, but by the end I lost it. I felt like a little kid again, sitting too close to the tv watching the magic of bending. What an incredible movie. Maybe this isn’t the best subreddit for this post and I’m sorry if that’s the case, but I don’t know where else to put it, I just felt the wonders of being a child again for 90 minutes. I miss when the world was magic and I felt it again.

Winnie the Pooh's birthday was a few days ago.

I lost him when I was younger so I regretted that I couldn't wish him personally.

But I still had Tiger so I posted her on my status wishing Winnie a Happy Birthday (My Tiger is female btw, don't question 🙂), apologizing to Winnie that I lost him.

My friend saw this and went to look for her own Winnie bear and snapped him, sending him to me, saying Winnie appreciates the wishes.

This brought a glint to my eyes and a smile to my face

Just wanted to share this moment that made me happy

my daughter was born last year at 36w1d and spent 18 days in the NICU. on the left is an outfit we put her in fairly regularly when she was newborn and the right is the outfit im sending her to daycare in today at 18 months old. seeing glimpses of the fragile, little baby i met in the NICU is so bittersweet. every day is a gift because there was a time we didnt know if she’d come home but she didn’t have to get so big so fast :,)

So almost 1,5y ago I made this post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/wholesome/s/EUyY7a80fk

Telling how much I loved my boyfriend of 9 months.

Now almost 1,5 years later and we've been together for almost 2 years at this point 🥰

And everything I said in this post is still the same, he's my biggest support, I've gone through a life changing surgery almost 11 months ago, where I was once overweight and the girl he fell in love with I am now on a normal weight and he still loves me the same even tho ive changed a lot physically.

We even got our first home together 4 months ago ❤️ and life has just been getting better and better. We've had a lot of trips together and been through a lot with his side of the family (let's just say his younger brother is a narcissist) which led us to moving out and thank God we found a rental apartment together ❤️‍🩹

So now we've been together for 1 year and 11 months now. Next month is our 2 year anniversary.

And we're also currently trying for a baby ❤️

Life is great, and I would never want anyone else, just waiting for that ring now that we've been talking about 🤭💍

Moral of the story, true love does exist even tho I tought I would never find it again ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

Just wanted to get this of my chest because the love I still have for this man and the love he gives me back is just so overwhelming still after these 2 years ❤️❤️❤️❤️

I know this isn't normal what's posted to this subreddit but...

My husband and I don't have kids and don't want them, but our very close friends have a 6-year-old and we are his honorary Auntie and Uncle and omg, I love it so so so much.

He stayed at our place this weekend while his parents had a relaxing trip for their anniversary, and it was SO fun. We went to the trampoline park, the Mall and the playground, we baked cookies, we played quiz games and raced Matchbox cars... and we just had a silly, goofy, giggly wonderful time together. It was AWESOME!

And then this morning, my 14 year old niece (husband's brother's kid) was messaging me telling me all about her art projects at school, and omg she's so smart and interesting and creative and empathic and I just absolutely adore her. Her younger sister is awesome and hilarious too, and we all went on vacation together this summer and I enjoyed every moment I got to hang out with those kiddos.

I just wanted to post here to gush about how much being an Auntie absolutely ROCKS! I think it's a really important role and I love my nieces and nephews so much.

I'm in college, disabled, suffering through extreme depression. I could really use some reassurance right now. I don't have many friends and these days I can't concentrate on preparing for papers. I turn to the internet to make things a little lighter for me. I posted a few completely inoffensive, innocuous jokes after making an account. People were just so mean for no reason. I was on discord too and I just feel like I become a target of barrages of internet hate for absolutely nothing. I can't really count on my friends in real life, it's very clear I'm the least of their priorities. They never make time for me. And I don't know how to tell people I am actually a genuine person who just wants that energy back. I feel like everything I do is so grossly misinterpreted and no one gives me kindness or grace when I need it the most. And I don't understand why we should be so so unbearably and unreasonably unkind to people when they could be going through the worst time in their lives. Please try your best to make someone's day a little brighter. You might be the one thing that pulls them off the edge. You might be the one person they think about for years to come, like I did about the stranger who wished me well on Christmas and hoped things would get better for me when i was crying at a bookstore. You might have changed someone's life in the smallest most beautiful way without even knowing them.

I sometimes lose faith in humanity. But I think maybe it's not all hopeless. I still see kind people on the internet. If you're one of them, thank you and so many people appreciate you.

If this don't make you smile...

Life’s been tough! Was kicked out of my apartment this year, lost both my soul dogs and I have to move to a homeless shelter.

I manager to secure a studio apartment over a month ago, and yesterday I bought an actual dress that is not thrifted and it actually fits me! I also ate something that is not a ramen!

Im saving up now to get a mattress and kitchenwares! I’m finally seeing the light and I’m starting to become optimistic!

Prices were so low that police had to come out and shut down traffic on Marietta Street in Powder Springs, Ga.

I have a friend who only has 7% vision (He can play some games using giant screens and things). We have been playing Minecraft together and he tried to take a selfie to show me his cool armor and he got photo bombed by a cow. But he didn't realise till after he took it because he couldn't see the cow.

An 18-year-old high school graduate in Arizona spotted an elderly man walking through a Walgreens car park in a pair of badly worn shoes.

Jordan Hope was on his way to the bank when he saw the man, drove past, then felt compelled to turn around and go back. He ended up taking the slides off his own feet and giving them to the stranger.

But the story didn't end there.

After driving away, Jordan returned to check on him and found the man inside Walgreens trying to buy some sweets. Jordan bought them for him, then took him to lunch at Culver's.

During their conversation, he learned the man had lost his wife just two weeks earlier.

"That honestly broke my heart," Jordan said. "I just think he needed a friend."

Since then, Jordan has reportedly stayed in touch and checks in with him by phone every day. A fundraiser launched on the man's behalf has also raised money to help cover groceries and expenses.

There were no clips on the Internet that had all of these things together, so I decided to put together a few different clips to make this video myself. Sorry if it bothers anyone.

This was just adorable haha.

Let me start this off by saying I have the best mom out there. She's been my best friend forever, she showed up to my dance competition a few days after surgery, and she even payed for me to do college during the summer semesters of high school. I aspire to be like her. It makes me so happy to hear that I look like my mom, because in my eyes, there is no higher compliment.

Now, these last few weeks, I have been under a lot of stress. I havent had time to really look at myself and have been jumping from place to place for work. Today I got to look in the mirror and noticed my normally very brown hair has red in it. I was literally so happy, because it reminds me so much of my mom. I thought I lost my chance of having red hair after the age of 13, but i guess not. I just needed to share this. Can't tell my mom yet because shes sleeping and I dont want to wake her.​

I am currently living in a hotel away from home, and there is this housekeeping guy who cleans my room almost every day.

He barely speaks English, so we can barely communicate, but man, he is genuinely one of the sweetest people I have ever met.

Every time he cleans my room, I can tell he puts his heart into it. He always tries his absolute best to make me comfortable, and I genuinely love coming back to my room after he has cleaned it.

About two weeks ago, he put this little air freshener in my room that made it smell absolutely AMAZING.

The next day when I saw him, I told him how much I loved it and how happy it made me. He was really happy seeing me appreciate it.

I even told him about my friend, and he went and put one in his room too.

And today I asked if I could get another one, he told me that the hotel does not provide them and he doesn't have one and was sorry about it, I was really confused and asked where it was from, he said it was from the supermarket right next to the hotel.

And I went and bought one and it was actually not cheap, then I realized something that genuinely made me want to cry.

This man had been buying these air fresheners with his own hard earned money, just to make sure he could make me as comfortable as he could.

And what really saddens is that he probably does not earn much to begin with. Yet he is spending his own money on something he absolutely does not have to, just to make someone else happy.

He never told me he bought them himself. Never mentioned the money. Never asked for anything in return.

He just saw how happy it made me, and that seemed to make him happy too.

I usually leave him tips whenever I see him, and I swear every single time, he reacts like I have just bought him a car.

He is genuinely the most appreciative person I have ever met. His reaction always makes me want to give him even more.

I even tell my mom about him and how happy he gets whenever I tip him.

But today, finding out that he had been spending his own money on these little things for me genuinely brought tears to my eyes.

it is not really about the air freshener, it is about someone who works hard every single day, probably earning far less than he deserves, and still finding it in his heart to spend some of that money just to make a stranger feel comfortable.

I am living away from my family, and coming back to a clean, comfortable room after a long day means more to me than he probably realizes.

We barely speak the same language, but somehow this man has made me feel more at home than he could ever imagine.

I have been thinking about him all morning. I genuinely wish I could do more for him. I am definitely going to give him a little extra next time I see him, and I want to make sure his management knows just how wonderful he is.

I just wanted to share this because sometimes the smallest gestures can touch your heart in ways you would never expect.

I do not think I will ever forget this man.

And I really, really hope life treats him with the same kindness he has shown me.

Saw it in his room along with two other drawings also of another dish and a bird

He’s fished all of his life and can’t really do it anymore due to his inabilities from aging

He never was an artist and nobody knew he had talent like this and he was so chill about, I’m so amazed and impressed, it’s not even because of his age or the dementia it’s just so unexpected from him and it’s so wholesome to see him showing his hidden talents to pass the time!

I just absolutely love how much character is in this drawing and if he’ll let me I’d love to keep it after he’s gone, it’s fantastic.

Just wanted to share with you all

My best friend and I have been best friends for eight years. Last year, we finally realized that maybe we were meant for each other, so we decided to give our relationship a chance and live together.

For those eight years, he was simply my best friend. Someone I trusted and cherished so much because he had always been there since college. To the point that our friends started calling him my “watermark” because wherever I was, chances were he was there, too. 😭 Despite being super close, we always maintained healthy boundaries and respected each other’s relationships. We never did anything that crossed the boundaries of our friendship. I was with my ex for 3.5 years before we broke up in late 2024, while his last relationship ended in 2022 after 11 months.

The funny thing is, back then being with him felt completely normal. I loved having him around, but I never felt any romantic feelings for him. He was genuinely just my best friend. But now, everything feels so different. Whenever we play games together, when he cooks while I clean, exercise or even when we’re simply together doing our own thing, I get this indescribable feeling in my chest. It’s like something in my heart is making me have difficulty in breathing but is a good feeling. I can’t quite explain, sorry 😭 Whenever I hug him now, I feel so complete and I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be.

The other day, he went grocery shopping for us and bought me a guyabano (soursop) which is my favorite. When he got home, I was still working because I was trying to meet my deadline before Monday. He put away the groceries and made me a cup of coffee. It’s something we used to do for our other friends too before, so it wasn’t even anything I can consider extraordinary before. But damn, I wanted to cry because I genuinely feel I found my person:(( He just stayed beside me, playing something on his phone while I worked. Then, when he noticed I was getting ready for bed, he put his phone away, too.

And I just sat there thinking, how did I get so lucky to be loved by someone who has been part of my life for so long? Ever since we got together, I’ve also found myself wanting to become a better person. I want to grow in my career, take better care of myself, improve my lifestyle, and make wiser financial decisions. But here’s the frustrating part. I keep finding myself looking for more ways to show him how much I love him.

We spent eight years being best friends. I know him and I can say I’ve seen so many different versions of him throughout the years. But now that he’s my boyfriend, it feels like I’m discovering an entirely new way of loving him.

I got my partner a Japanese omamori! It’s a traditional good-luck charm, and there are different ones for different purposes. The one I got him is specifically for exams and academic success.

For context, he’s moving to Japan next year for a master’s program. The admission process for the specific university he applied to is a little lengthy, and right now he’s working through a lot of complex math for an entrance exam. He told me they care more about understanding the concepts than getting the actual numbers right.

It’s definitely been stressing him out. He’s been waking up early (around 6:30 a.m.) to work out and study math before work, and then he comes home and does more math from around 4–5 p.m. until 10:30 p.m. His exam is sometime between October 27–29, but he doesn’t know the exact date yet.
Traditionally, the charm is meant to provide its protection for about a year, but I figured it could become a little memento after that. Neither of us is religious, so it’s not really about that. I just liked the idea of giving him something meaningful that he can keep with him.

The fact that we’ll eventually have to end our relationship has honestly been hard for both of us. I’m not going with him, and I don’t have any plans to move to Japan anytime soon. He’s also determined to make this program his absolute number one priority, which I completely understand, even though it hurts sometimes.

We both love each other and enjoy each other’s company so much that we decided we want to keep seeing each other until he leaves. Some days, my ADHD brain decides to spiral a little, and I get sad thinking about things eventually ending. I’ve definitely been more open about how much I wish things could be different.

But I’ve also seen how much this dream means to him. When we first met, he told me that studying in Japan had been a dream of his for a long time. I’ve seen how hard he works toward it, how much effort he puts into preparing, and how he still makes time for me whenever he can, even with everything else going on.

Seeing all of that has made me want to do something to show him that I support him and that I’m proud of him. I want him to know that even though the situation is bittersweet for me, I genuinely want to see him succeed at something he’s worked so hard for.

I just can’t wait to give it to him! I’m planning to give it to him before his exam in a couple of weeks, and I have a feeling he’ll really appreciate it. We’re both the kind of people who love gifts that have a lot of thought and sentimental meaning behind them, rather than just receiving something random.

Anyway, I just needed to tell someone because I can’t tell him yet lol