January 8, 2022 About a year and a half ago, my husband and I half-jokingly started a new tradition. Life was getting tough, and we would take little walks in the woods behind our house every afternoon to blow off steam. I would ask two questions: "What's one thing you accomplished today?" and, "What's one thing you're grateful for?" Of course, there were days when neither of us really felt like answering. Maybe we had been slugabeds that day (thank you, mom, for that wonderful terminology). Maybe we weren't feeling very good about things at all. But gamely, we'd answer anyway, and it went from being an ironic little exercise to, well, a really precious one. Life has brought more unimaginable hardship since, but still, most days, in the comfortable silence of the evening, one of us will turn to the other and ask those two little questions. Even on the gloomiest days, we still take the time to think. And we still manage to find a good answer. If there's something you'd like to see here, shoot us an email. Know someone who could use a little Good Stuff? Send them a copy! We hope you love it as much as we do. Our favorites this week Get going with some of our most popular good news stories of the week The long way home A hero in more ways than one
Two of a kind AND one of a kind Sponsor Content by ButcherBox Eating Quality Meat Is Easier Than Ever With ButcherBox ButcherBox partners with the best farmers & fishers to ship delicious meat to your door each month. Join ButcherBox now to receive 2lbs of ground beef, 3lbs of chicken and a 3+Ibs of pork for FREE in your first box. A round of applause for... Nadia Popovici, a Seattle Kraken fan who made a life-saving play when she alerted a staff member of an opposing hockey team to a dangerous skin lesion. Popovici was sitting by the ice during a game in October and noticed a suspicious mole on the neck of Vancouver Canucks assistant equipment manager Brian "Red" Hamilton. Unsure if he knew about it, she knocked on the glass and showed him a typed message on her phone. He went and got it checked out, and it was indeed a malignant melanoma that was thankfully treated. Hamilton and the team were so grateful, they knew they had to find her. "To this woman I am trying to find, you changed my life, and now I want to find you to say THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH," Hamilton wrote in a social media post. This whole story is so great and you should read it, but they did end up finding her and now, the Canucks and the Kraken have joined forces to give Popovici a $10,000 scholarship for medical school. A bright idea Did you know scientists can now literally pull DNA from thin air? All living organisms, including humans, leach genetic material known as eDNA into the environment when they excrete waste, bleed, and shed skin or fur. With some groundbreaking new technology, researchers may be able to use airborne eDNA to detect different animal species. This could change the way endangered animals are studied and protected. Conservation scientists have already used waterborne eDNA to track some species, like the UK's great crested newt population. Airborne DNA is harder to track, because it's more diluted, but early findings are promising: Two recent studies showed research teams successfully identified airborne DNA from different animals around two zoos -- including some animals who didn't even live there! You gotta see this When Katelyn Sutherland took some photos of her little daughter Jalayne in a top-tier Halloween outfit, she never expected she would actually get a letter from Windsor Castle! Jalayne looked so adorable in her pearls and flanked by her family's corgis, Rascal and Jack, that Sutherland's friends encouraged her to send a picture to Queen Elizabeth herself. So, for fun, she mailed a note across the pond with an enclosed photo. Imagine her surprise when, in late December, she got a response. The letter read, "Her Majesty thought it kind of you to write to her, and The Queen was pleased to see the photograph of your daughter, Jalayne, in her splendid outfit." It was signed by Mary Morrison, a female personal assistant to the court. The Sutherlands plan to frame the letter, which they know will be an all-time keepsake as their daughter gets older. Hear, hear! “A person doesn't have to change who he is to become better.” To your health New Year's resolutions can be understandably fraught for a lot of people, but there's nothing wrong with trying to get healthier or more active. Here are six unique ways you can keep yourself motivated and excited for a new fitness routine at any level -- because after all, it should be enjoyable! My favorite tips from this list inject a little playfulness into things, like drawing a shape on your GPS with your daily walk, or trying a dance workout. Bonus: There are lots of great, free dance workouts on YouTube, which is great if you're like me and can't dance your way out of a paper bag. It's still fun to try! (But that doesn't mean anyone has to see.) Rec of the week
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