Woman, 88, waved to students from her window for years.
May 8, 2019 9:36 PM Subscribe
They gathered outside her home for one final goodbye. Tinney Davidson gave her neighborhood 12 years of warm hellos. And now that she is moving to an assisted living facility, they got together to give her the sweetest surprise goodbye. [Watch the short video for an even better "this is great" level boost!]
I hope they all visit her at assisted living too!
posted by octopodiatrist at 10:08 PM on May 8, 2019 [5 favorites]
posted by octopodiatrist at 10:08 PM on May 8, 2019 [5 favorites]
The post-Millennials I know are all the sort who would actually do that.
posted by hippybear at 10:09 PM on May 8, 2019
posted by hippybear at 10:09 PM on May 8, 2019
Great story. I guess bad, toxic news sells, but I would pay for a site that posted feel good stories regularly. There are a lot out there, these stories, but rarely reported.
My mother who passed away this year used to volunteer to read books to a local kindergarten class. She did it for about 10 or 11 years. She loved the love she got back from the students and would love to tell me about the ones who would come back and stop in to say hello. Young teens who would insist on coming into school to say hello and listen to a book one more time or who would write her letters.
posted by AugustWest at 10:27 PM on May 8, 2019 [13 favorites]
My mother who passed away this year used to volunteer to read books to a local kindergarten class. She did it for about 10 or 11 years. She loved the love she got back from the students and would love to tell me about the ones who would come back and stop in to say hello. Young teens who would insist on coming into school to say hello and listen to a book one more time or who would write her letters.
posted by AugustWest at 10:27 PM on May 8, 2019 [13 favorites]
There are a lot out there, these stories, but rarely reported.
Find them, and make MetaFilter the site you want to see by posting them. Down with OutrageFilter, up with FeelGoodFilter
posted by hippybear at 10:32 PM on May 8, 2019 [44 favorites]
Find them, and make MetaFilter the site you want to see by posting them. Down with OutrageFilter, up with FeelGoodFilter
posted by hippybear at 10:32 PM on May 8, 2019 [44 favorites]
Beautiful. I love this—thank you for posting it!
(Oddly enough, I am knitting right now with yarn spun by a woman who lives in Comox!)
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 11:55 PM on May 8, 2019 [2 favorites]
(Oddly enough, I am knitting right now with yarn spun by a woman who lives in Comox!)
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 11:55 PM on May 8, 2019 [2 favorites]
Great story. I guess bad, toxic news sells, but I would pay for a site that posted feel good stories regularly. There are a lot out there, these stories, but rarely reported.
Just want to plug the podcast Wonderful! which is a husband and wife team who each bring 2 things each week for which they wish to share their enthusiasm. It's a pretty great palate cleanser to politics podcasts too.
posted by lazaruslong at 6:41 AM on May 9, 2019 [10 favorites]
Just want to plug the podcast Wonderful! which is a husband and wife team who each bring 2 things each week for which they wish to share their enthusiasm. It's a pretty great palate cleanser to politics podcasts too.
posted by lazaruslong at 6:41 AM on May 9, 2019 [10 favorites]
Love this! There is an older gentleman who lives in a house on the rural road I use to commute to work. In fine weather, he likes to sit out on his porch. Over the last few years, we've taken to waving at each other, as he knows my car now. He started this fun communication, and now my kids join in too. The weather is warming up here, so looking forward again to a little bright moment every morning.
posted by recklessbrother at 8:10 AM on May 9, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by recklessbrother at 8:10 AM on May 9, 2019 [1 favorite]
Yes to hippybear, yes to lazaruslong - five minutes into a randomly selected episode of Wonderful! and I am singularly delighted by their positivity and enthusiasm.
posted by Molesome at 8:11 AM on May 9, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by Molesome at 8:11 AM on May 9, 2019 [2 favorites]
For some reason, I am having trouble seeing out of my glasses at present - must be a problem with the lenses. What a heartwarming story.
posted by tallmiddleagedgeek at 9:10 AM on May 9, 2019
posted by tallmiddleagedgeek at 9:10 AM on May 9, 2019
Great story. I guess bad, toxic news sells, but I would pay for a site that posted feel good stories regularly. There are a lot out there, these stories, but rarely reported.
Wapo does a weekly newsletter called The Optimist you can subscribe to. It's a lot more fun than most of their other newsletters
posted by DigDoug at 10:02 AM on May 9, 2019 [2 favorites]
Wapo does a weekly newsletter called The Optimist you can subscribe to. It's a lot more fun than most of their other newsletters
posted by DigDoug at 10:02 AM on May 9, 2019 [2 favorites]
There's also Good News From the Resistance, and Celebrate Small Victories political feelgood stories for people who are against Trump etc.
posted by the agents of KAOS at 2:41 PM on May 9, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by the agents of KAOS at 2:41 PM on May 9, 2019 [1 favorite]
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