65 Photos That Prove 2015 Wasn’t The Worst Year After All

2015 is over, and while many in the media have focused on the negative, readers of A&D know that there were many good things that happened this year. Yes, politicians continue to start new wars, but it’s up to us, regular, everyday people to make the world a better place, and we believe that the stories below prove this to be true.

So take a look back at some of the touching stories that we covered in 2015. Which one was your favorite? Vote below, or if you think we’ve missed a story, upload a photo and brief description below! (H/T: Bored Panda)

01. Entire Neighbourhood Secretly Learns Sign Language To Surprise Deaf Neighbor source 02. Man Buys Turtles From Food Market And Releases Them Back To The Sea source 03. McDonald’s Employee Helped Elderly Disabled Man With His Food source 04. Turkish Bride & Groom Spend Their Wedding Day Feeding 4,000 Refugees source 05. Heart Surgeon Calms Weeping 2-Year-Old Girl Before Heart Operation source 06. Donkey Smiles From Ear To Ear After Being Rescued From Flood In Ireland source 07. The Young Guy Sitting Down Was Struggling With His Tie When The Older Gentleman Moved Without Hesitation And Gave Him A Step-By-Step Tutorial source 08. Mom Adopts All 4 Of Her Best Friend’s Daughters After She Died Of Brain Cancer source 09. This Guy Has This Dog, And She Can’t Walk Anymore. So He Takes Her Out For A Walk Every Day In A Wheelchair source 10. When A Student’s Baby Started Crying In Class, This Professor Had The Best Response Ever source 11. This Coffee Shop Lets Stray Dogs Sleep Inside Every Night When The Customers Leave source 12. Man Has Heart Attack While Mowing Lawn; Firefighters Finish Mowing Lawn After Saving Him source 13. These Kids In Canada Tied Coats To Street Poles To Help Homeless Prepare For Winter source 14. Anonymous Spiderman Feeds Homeless At Night, Shows Everyone Can Be A Hero source 15. Hungarians Bring Their Shoes To The Budapest Train Station For Arriving Migrants source 16. Baby Deer Refuses To Leave The Human Who Saved Her Life source 17. Soaked Dad Protecting His Schoolboy From Rain Shows What Parenting Is source 18. 9-Year-Old Girl Builds Shelters For The Homeless And Grows Food For Them, Too source 19. 92-Year-Old Meets Her 2-Day-Old Great-Granddaughter For The First Time source 20. 80-Year-Old Man Builds A Dog Train To Take Rescued Stray Dogs On Adventures source 21. Bride’s Dad Stops Wedding To Invite Her Stepfather To Walk Down The Aisle With Them source 22. 97-Year-Old Cries Tears Of Joy After She Finally Gets Her High School Diploma source 23. This Shop Owner Who Promised To Help Those In Need source 24. Barber Goes Extra Mile To Conquer Autistic Boy’s Fear Of Haircuts source 25. Quincy’s Been Waiting All Week To Show The Garbage Men His Garbage Truck. But, In The Moment, He Was Overwhelmed In The Presence Of His Heroes source 26. This 8-Year-Old Boy Was Bullied For 2 Years While Growing His Hair Long To Make Wigs For Kids With Cancer source 27. Family ‘Resurrects’ Frozen Kitten They Found Under The Snow, Named Him ‘Lazarus’ source 28. Boy Wanted To Be Elsa For Halloween And His Dad Had The Best Response Possible source 29. This Boy Offering A Bottle Of Water To A Policeman During A Hot Day In Baltimore source 30. This Customer Who Tipped A Waitress $200 On A $9.00 Meal After He Overheard Her Talking Quietly To A Coworker About Missing Her Son source 31. Hospital Makes Exception And Allows Couple Married 68 Years To Be Together In Same Room source 32. An Elderly Man In My Neighborhood Had A Heart Attack While Shoveling His Driveway. Paramedics Took Him To The Hospital, Then Returned To Finish Shoveling His Driveway For Him source 33. Badass Barber Gives Free Haircuts To Homeless While Battling His Own Addiction source 34. Dad Gets Tattoo So His 6-year-old Daughter Wouldn’t Feel Different source 35. Unwanted Cat Becomes This Little Boy’s Guardian, Following Him Everywhere source 36. Son With No Arms Spoon-Feeds His Paralyzed Mom Using His Teeth source 37. This Muslim Woman Donates $1 For Every Hate Tweet She Receives source 38. Teen Shaved Head To Surprise His Date Battling Cancer When She Came Back From Hospital source 39. 103-Year-Old Celebrates Birthday By Dressing Up As Wonder Woman And Volunteering At Senior Center source 40. Dutch Guy Was Annoyed By The Trash On His Way To Work So He Cleaned Up A Heavily Polluted Waterfront source 41. Man Takes His Taxi Driver To The Theme Park With Him Since He(the Driver)had Never Been To One 42. Celebrating First Day As Father And Son After Adoption source 43. This Restaurant Will Give Free Food To Lonely People On Thanksgiving source 44. Loving Husband Lists All The Reasons He Loves His Wife Who Is Battling Depression source 45. Man Built Custom Kayak So He Could Take His Dogs On Adventures source 46. Girl Surprised To Receive 3D-Printed Arm From Designer Who Is Also Missing His Left Arm source 47. Alden Kain, 16 Y.o., Invented A Stroller Wheelchair For A Mom-to-be Whose Legs Were Paralyzed. 48. Man With Down Syndrome Fulfills His Dream By Becoming A Body-Builder source 49. Woman Knits Tiny Sweaters For Rescued Chickens To Keep Them Warm source 50. Someone Hung These Around My City source 51. I Saved A Dog From Euthanasia And Now She Happily Runs In A Wheelchair source 52. 18 Year Old Madeline Stuart, A Model With Down Syndrome, Got To Walk The Runway At Fashion Week 53. This Man Proposed To His Boyfriend In Their Church As They Weren’t Allowed To Get Married Inside. They Were Greeted With Standing Ovations source 54. Mom Makes Disney Princess Wigs For Kids With Cancer source 55. Parents Tattoo Their Legs With Daughter’s Birthmark So She Won’t Feel Different source 56. Bikers Patrol Flood-hit Yorkshire Towns To Deter Looters, And Bring Groceries To The Elderly. 57. Mom Updated Her Tattoo To Support Transgender Son source 58. Koko The Gorilla Gets Two New Kittens Of Her Own 59. Woman Quit Her Job To Knit Sweaters For Cold Abandoned Greyhounds source 60. The 62-Year-Old Repairman Spends Almost 40% Of His Income To Feed Parakeets From His Home source 61. 3 Old Greek Ladies In Lesvos, Feed, Sooth And Sing To Crying Refugee Baby, While Mother Smiles 62. My 12 Year Old Son Ran A Cake Stall To Raise Money For Cancer Research. He Raised £79. 63. This Baseball Coach Offered His Own Kidney To Save His Littlest Player’s Life. 64. St. George, Ontario Celebrates Christmas Early For 7 Year Old Boy With Terminal Braion Cancer. source 65. These Retired Builders Volunteer Their Time To Build Homes For Washington Wildfire Survivors.

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