The Happiness Report (11.30.21)

Woman Goes Into Labor Mid-flight, Delivers Baby On Plane

This is a flight one mom will never forget.

Liliana Castaneda Avilia gave birth to a baby girl after going into labor during a flight to Atlanta on Nov. 14.

Avilia, who said she was not due until Dec. 23, was heading back from visiting family in Mexico when she began having contractions, prompting a nurse onboard to help.

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Source: TODAY

Dad Shows Remarkable Compassion To Distraught Driver Who Hit His Daughter

It was a scene that strikes fear into the heart of every driver: A man was driving down a street in Brazil when a 10-year-old girl dashed in front of his car while chasing a ball. He slammed on the brakes but couldn’t avoid an impact. Thankfully, the child, Haghatta, was not gravely injured, but she was rushed to the hospital nevertheless. The driver watched helplessly as her small body was loaded into the ambulance, and he broke down in tears of anguish and worry. That’s when he received comfort from a very unlikely source.

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Source: Inspire More

Indianapolis Preschool Teacher Raises Money To Buy Car Seat For Students

Lindsay Gibson, a preschool teacher at Robert Lee Frost Elementary, talks how she set out to raise enough money to provide new car seats for every student in her class.

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Source: GMA

Man Stands Up In Middle Of Restaurant To Sing Original Love Song To Wife Of 43 Yrs

rnest Griggs Sr. first met his wife Lyndy when she was 16 years old. They fell in love, got married four years later, and went on to have four sons and six grandchildren together. So when the couple went to Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen in Orlando, Florida, to celebrate their 43rd wedding anniversary, Ernest had something special in mind to celebrate!

In the middle of their meal, Ernest stood up and began to sing. The entire restaurant paused to listen as he serenaded Lyndy with lyrics he wrote himself.

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Source: Inspire More

People Enjoy Surprisingly Deep Conversations With Strangers, And New Study Finds Benefits

People benefit from deep and meaningful conversations that help us forge connections with one another, but we often stick to small talk with strangers because we underestimate how much others are interested in our lives and wrongly believe that deeper conversations will be more awkward and less enjoyable than they actually are, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

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Source: Good News Network