Seeking Balance One Tuesday at a Time
Free Gifts for Health Care Workers
Free vacations, crocs, and free rides are some of the gifts companies are donating to health care workers. For example, JetBlue is giving away 100K pairs of roundtrip airline tickets to healthcare heroes. You can read more about the gifts here.
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Cities Around the World Make More Roads Car-Free
Bogota, Budapest, Paris, Milan and Seattle are among the cities designating more car-free roads and pathways for biking and walking and making many of these initiatives permanent. Read more about these “eco-silver linings” at the Good News Network .
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Bella’s Back Home
Australian Shepherd Bella woke her family up the night of the tornado, but they couldn’t get her to come into the bathtub with them for safety. Maybe she was hiding under the bed. After the tornado, Bella was nowhere to be found. After 50 days, a church friend and dog rescuer spotted her in an alley and put out some really good food which led to the family reunion. Watch this video for details about Bella.
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You Are My Sunshine
For mother’s day, a family sang “You Are My Sunshine” to their 87-year-old grandmother from outside her assisted living apartment. Other residents came out and joined in from their balconies.
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Got good news?
Please share in the comments!
*Update: Please see the link in Maggie’s comment below about portable sinks for people experiencing homelessness.
May 19, 2020 at 10:38 am
I have often thought about those who cannot wash their hands so this story caught my eye.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/good-news/man-brings-portable-sinks-to-homeless-to-help-curb-coronavirus/vi-BB14fGto
May 19, 2020 at 9:13 pm
Thank you so much for sharing this story, Maggie! I take so much for granted. This is something we all need to think about. But Terence Lester and his team did much more than think about it.
May 19, 2020 at 1:03 pm
Aww! love that last story.
May 19, 2020 at 9:44 pm
Thanks, Damyanti. “You are my Sunshine” is one of the first songs I sang to my children, so it has sweet roots for me. Glad you enjoyed it!
May 20, 2020 at 11:03 am
You are my sunshine was my favourite today
May 20, 2020 at 9:15 pm
I’m so glad. I added almost as an afterthought, because it tugged at my heart.
May 20, 2020 at 5:51 pm
All good stories, but my favourite, predictably, was Bella’s!!! Thanks for the good news, my friend!
May 20, 2020 at 9:17 pm
You are welcome! I love how the community and a friend worked so diligently to find her. Thanks for reading!
July 15, 2020 at 3:27 am
👍🙂grt
My thoughts on health care industry:
https://healthjaagran.com/2020/06/24/health-care-industry-growth/
July 15, 2020 at 7:40 pm
Thank you for these thoughts, many of which I agree with. Hopefully we can learn to re-align our priorities with nature and living healthy lifestyles.
July 16, 2020 at 12:12 am
🙂thnx to feel it.