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When April Capone Almon, the 35-year-old mayor of East Haven, Connecticut, saw Carlos Sanchez’s Facebook update about needing a kidney, she immediately knew what to do. Capone recalled reaching out to Sanchez on Facebook: “I sent him a private message and just said, ‘Hey, I’ll try. I’ll get tested…I really felt from the very beginning…

William Shakespeare, everyone’s favorite poet and playwright, may have been born today on April 23, 1564.***  What better way to celebrate National Poetry Month than with a William Shakespeare sonnet?  Before you continue reading, watch a video of actor Matthew Macfadyen (aka. Mr. Darcy in the 2005 version of “Pride & Prejudice”) reciting Sonnet 29.  The poem is about a man who’s discouraged…

“Cancer Sucks…Life Is Good…Choose Joy” is the motto of a man from Springfield, Oregon.  Aaron Jamison, a comedian and musician, has terminal cancer and is expected to have 3-9 months to live.  Jamison hands out purple bracelets printed with the above words to encourage others to smile and look on the brighter side of what life hands you. …

In her personal story for RealSimple.com, “I Wrote a Stranger’s Love Letter,” Julianna Baggott shares how she keeps the love alive with her husband: by being open to others and learning their life stories to share with her husband.  She discovers herself connecting on a deeper emotional and social level with different people she meets while…
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