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ACT OF KINDNESS – “I WAS RAISED BY A QUEEN”

One Ontario man’s tiny act of kindness is making a huge impact on social media.

Only in Hamilton

 

Godfrey Cuotto, a 21-year-old student in Hamilton, Ont., was photographed holding hands with a man named Robert with special needs on a local bus earlier this week. The photo, which was later posted on the Facebook page “Only In Hamilton” on Tuesday by a stranger, has now gone viral.

Cuotto says he was coming home from a burrito joint downtown when he entered a packed bus, and a man sitting near the front wanted to shake his hand. A little taken aback at first, the McMaster student says he then shook Robert’s hand.

“He kept holding my hand,” he told the Huffington Post Canada. “I thought I was getting pranked at first, but he just needed comfort.”
Over the 30-minute bus ride, Cuotto says the man held his hand, leaned on him, hugged him and also kissed his hands throughout the ride.

“I just allowed it, like what am I going to do?” Cuotto says. “Sometimes you just have to be selfless and put someone else’s needs above yours.”

Robert’s family member later contacted Cuotto on Facebook and thanked him for comforting their uncle. They also told him Robert suffered from cerebral palsy and was deaf.

On Thursday, Cuotto told Toronto radio station Kiss 92.5 he stayed with Robert until the final stop, and also attributes his kindness to his mom: “I was raised by a queen.”

See story:      http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/10/08/hamilton-man-bus-holding-hands_n_8265558.html

 

LAURA AND HOWARD’S LOVE STORY

Oh my goodness – what a lovely story.  Thank you to their family for sharing such a personal moment of love.

Click on the link to see Howard’s serenade You’ll Never Know

Erin Solari, their granddaughter, captured the video: “This video is pretty awesome because she’s almost completely blind and he’s fairly deaf, so it’s difficult for them to communicate,” Solari said. “This kind of thing between them, singing to each other, wasn’t uncommon in our family. They were always singing and dancing and they’d be very vibrant in that way.”

After being told the video had gone viral, Laura remarked:

“I told you Howard that I’d make you famous.”

How lucky they are to have shared over 70 years of love!

Canadian pilot diverts plane to save dog from freezing to death

This story touched me as I’m sure it will all pet owners.  Click on the link below to read the story.

Pilot Diverts Plane to Save Dog from Freezing