The idea behind feel-good stories is that it's important to counteract the negativity of bad news.

Of course, there will always be skeptics who say maintaining optimism in the long run is impossible and that every attempt to prove otherwise is just a form of escapism, but every now and then something happens that puts a smile on your face and makes you believe that we're all going to be OK.

So we at Bored Panda put together a new collection of such moments to remind you that there's still good in this world. Whether it's someone beating an illness or caring for an animal in need, we people are strong and have an endless capacity to love, and we can't forget that.

Continue scrolling to check out the list and if you need more positivity, fire up our earlier publications of the series here, here, and here.

#1 That's Amazing

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#2 The Breathtaking Bravery Of Russian Citizens Who Know They’ll Be Arrested For Protesting The War And Do It Anyway

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#3 My Son Is Autistic And Loves Cats, So For The Past 4 Years He Has Volunteered To Socialize The Cats And Kittens At Our Local Animal Shelter To Help Get Them Adopted

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#4 This Is The Way

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#5 I Volunteer At The Humane Society And Fell In Love With This Girl. I Cried When I Found Out She Had Been Adopted. Two Weeks Later And She Was Returned For Being “Too Lazy”

Took her straight home to her new couch where she is the cutest potato. Don’t know her name yet but just look at that face.

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#6 This Dad Has One Great Son

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#7 The First Portrait I Ever Did Back In 2011 vs. The Most Recent Portrait From 2021, It's Been A Long Journey

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#8 12-Year-Old Kid Is Adopted By The Family Of His Best Friend

We don’t know which is sweeter: Andrew and Joc’s love of KelloggsUS PopTarts, or the bond these two share! We are thrilled that Andrew has found his forever family with his best friend and new brother, Joc, and the Gill family

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#9 I Made My Own Wedding Dress. I Feel Just Okay About It, But I Thought I'd Share Anyway

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#10 I Can Finally Stand With No Hands

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#11 I’m Opening A Brewery/Taproom And Modified The Men/Women Restrooms To All Gender

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#12 An 80-Year-Old Who Showed Up To Join The Ukrainian Army, Carrying With Him A Small Case With 2 T-Shirts, A Pair Of Extra Pants, A Toothbrush And A Few Sandwiches For Lunch

He said he was doing it for his grandkids.

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#13 A Ukrainian Man With Down Syndrome Bakes Bread To Feed Ukrainian Soldiers Fighting The War

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#14 During The Memorial Day Siren, An Holocaust Survivor Is Being Honored By Her Granddaughter

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#15 An Incredible Turnaround

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#16 This Man Spoke With Every Parent In Uvalde, Texas To Build Personalized Caskets For All 19 Children Who Were Shot. His Name Is Trey Ganem

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#17 Had Me At The First Part For Sure

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#18 One Year Ago They Gave Me A 30% Chance Of Survival. Today I'm Still Standing Through My Last Day Of Chemo

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#19 Ukrainian Soldier And A Rescued Dog

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#20 This Goose At My Hospital Laid Eggs And Is Nesting In A Large Planter, One Of Our Maintenance Guys Built This Umbrella For Her And Set Her Up With Nearby Water

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#21 I’m A Father! My Wife Didn’t Want Me To Share Any Pictures With Family Yet But I Can’t Hold It In. He Is Perfect And Since None Of You Are Family, I’m Just Hoping I Can Spread My Joy

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#22 Blessed Family

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#23 Shout Out To The Parents For Being Wholesome And Inclusive

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#24 6 Months Ago, Our Psycho Neighbor Trapped Our Cat And Released Him 12 Miles Away. Today, We Found Him! Welcome Home, Iggy

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#25 A Pic I Took Of My Husband With All The Books He Wrote

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#26 Seeing My Husband The Day After Donating 68% Of My Liver To Him

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#27 I Cleaned My Depression Room

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#28 Not All Heroes Wear Capes (Bottom Right)

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#29 A Round Of Applause To This Lady

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#30 Hikmet Kaya, An Engineer From Turkey, Standing In Front Of A Land Which He Afforested For 41 Years

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#31 Just Landed My Dream Job... To Teach People About Dinosaurs And Prehistoric Animals At A Natural History Museum

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#32 A Very Proud Dad

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#33 Awww

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#34 Our Neighbor From India Asked If We Have A Sauté Pan For Him To Lend. We Had And This Is How He Returned It

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#35 Look At This Guys

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#36 This Restaurant Not Only Welcomes Dogs, It Offers Dog Portions For Cheap

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#37 My Radiotherapy Treatments Worked! Most Tumors Has Reduced In Size And Are Less Painful

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#38 A Doll With Down Syndrome Sold At A Big-Box Store

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#39 My Son Got His First Pair Of Glasses

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#40 This Is Somehow Super Cute

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#41 Happy Kitties

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#42 My Father, 67. Finally A Us Citizen After 17 Years Of Processes And Paperwork

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#43 Update From August When I Was Dumped And Got A Cat: I Named Him Mephistopheles And We Are Doing Quite Well

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#44 I Was A Bro For A Stranger Today Who Will Be Getting My Bone Marrow, You Should Sign Up To Be Someone's Bro Too

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#45 Members Of The Un Council Walked Out On The Speech Of Russia's Minister Of Foreign Affairs

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#46 I Challenged Myself To Read More During Quarantine

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#47 2.5 Year Difference. From Being Exploded To Thriving, I Didn’t Think I’d Make It Through The Physical And Mental Aspects Of Recovery. But, Here I Am

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#48 Ukrainians Waiting In Line To Donate Blood To Injured Soldiers And Civilians

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#49 This Pet Shop Don’t Sell Bunnies At Easter

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#50 I Rang The Damn Bell Still, A Long Way To Go Stage Three Cancer, But A Huge Milestone Nonetheless

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#51 My 18-Year-Old Donating Stem Cells Today To A Stranger With Blood Cancer. Proud Is An Understatement

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#52 These Are What We Stay Alive For

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#53 The Original Gay Pride Flag, And The Sewing Machine It Was Made On

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#54 After 170 Hours I Finally Finished My Drawing

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#55 These Are Ukrainian Refugees After Cleaning Up A Park In Poland As A Thank You For Hosting Them. They're Organizing These Things All Over Poland Now

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#56 I Think I Found My Favorite Photography Genre

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#57 Wholesome Weather Guy

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#58 I Don’t Usually Like To Smile For Photos, But This Month Is The One Year Anniversary Since My Overdose And The 6 Month Anniversary Of Being Sober

I figured I deserve a smile.

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#59 My Wife Receiving An Anonymous Donor's Bone Marrow That Can Potentially Save Her Life

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#60 Wife Just Got Home From An 8 Day Trip. Found Her Like This

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#61 Proud Moment

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#62 Couple Finds Bear Setting Up Winter Hibernation Under Their Deck. Allows Him To Stay Rent-Free

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#63 Found Out Today My Great-Uncle (Right) Is Dog Walking Buddies With Stephen King

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#64 This Is Just A Work Of An Hour

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#65 This Child Saw An Elderly Man Having Trouble Shopping, Due To An Immobile Neck

The child asked his parents if he could help, and helped the elderly man with his entire shopping list.

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#66 Impressive Work

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#67 For My 18th Birthday I Got A Tattoo Of My Dad's Laugh On My Arm, He Passed 3 Years Ago. I Have His Smile And Joy Wherever I Go Now

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#68 I Painted This Ukrainian Cossack In Oils Raising Money For Ukraine

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#69 2 Wars, Same People

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#70 My Wife Just Birthed Our Child

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#71 My 9-Year-Old Found This Rock A Month Ago And It Became His “Lucky” Rock. He Takes It Everywhere. Today I Have An Important Job Interview And I Found His Rock On My Seat

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#72 Stuffed Toy Made From My 5-Year-Old Daughter's Drawing

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#73 This Is A Photo Of Men Who Have Traveled From Ireland To Fight For Ukraine's Freedom

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#74 My Mom Has Had Cancer 3 Times And Because Of All The Meds And Chemo, Her Hair Won't Grow Back

My 5-year-old daughter was playing with her toys the other day and did this. Her explanation: "Mom sometimes princesses don't have hair."

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#75 A New Style I've Been Working Lately And Want To Share With You All

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#76 The Best Part About This Mural Is That I Put My Dog In It

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#77 At The Tender Age Of 35 I've Bought My First House. Hasn't Quite Sunk In Yet But I'm Looking Forward To The Journey Ahead

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#78 After Months Of Work I’m Finally Having My First Art Show

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#79 Passed By This While Walking In Philadelphia

"Noticed your window was down. Hope this helps keep the rain out."

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#80 At 38-Years-Old, This Is $1,100 That I Have Saved Up After Defeating 23 Years Of Addiction

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#81 6 Months Sober Today. Life Is Good

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#82 Having The Best Possible Valentines Dinner Date

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#83 At 5-Years-Old, My Oldest Daughter (Now 21) Drew A Picture Of Me As A Hot-Air Balloon And Her Riding In The Basket. Now It's A Permanent Tattoo

Originally the drawing was black and white, so I had my two other daughters add the color in crayons. This drawing has made me smile every day for 16 years. 

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#84 Not Leaving Anyone Behind

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#85 Mini Food Pantry - Jonesville, NC - Should Be One in Every Town

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#86 I'm Engaged. Again Lol. Trans-Love Just Hits Different

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#87 Made 60+ Assorted House Cupcakes For My Son’s Class Cake Sale Tomorrow. Including Some With Mystery-Colored Icing In The Middle To “Sort” The Kids Into Houses

I know they’re pretty basic but the kids will hopefully like them

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#88 I'm 2 Years Sober Today

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#89 We Cleaned Nearly 150 Lbs Of Trash Out Of The Waterway Behind Our Corporate Office

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#90 I Completed The LEGO Titanic. I'm The King Of The World

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#91 My Husband Is In The Coast Guard And The Owner Of The House We Are Renting Through A Local Property Manager Sent Me This Email Last Night. I’ve Met Him Once

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#92 Saw These Handmade Hats And Mittens In My Local Park When Walking The Dog. Very Proud Of My City

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#93 Loved My Son's Slippers So Much I Had To Commission Someone To Make Me A Matching Pair

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#94 My Cat And I Are Both Blind In One Eye. We Are A Matching Pair

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#95 When I Was Depressed In High School, I Would Often Times Go Into The Bathroom To Isolate. I’d Sit In A Stall And Miss My Classes Or Just Cry

Once, after I left my stall, this was on the mirror. Just found it again after cleaning out boxes of old stuff and am equally moved as I was back then.

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#96 Quit Drinking 6 Months Ago, Put The Money I Would Have Spent On Booze Aside And Was Able To Go Fully Next Gen Today With It. Proud Of Myself, And Extremely Happy. Cheers

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#97 I'm From Ireland, Moved To US To Be With My US Wife, My Dog Came Too, Of Course. My Mum Knitted Him An "Irish" Scarf To Keep Him Warm In Ohio Winters And Sent It Over

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#98 A Place That Is Done With People

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#99 Finished Product! Just Over 10 Liters Of Sweet, Smoky Maple Syrup

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#100 My Wife And I Opened A Cookie Café In Spain And Just Had Our Door Grate Spray-Painted

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#101 My Husband Stops By Our Local Grocery Store Every Friday To Get Roses For Me. Today They Hid All The Roses Behind The Counter So He Could Have First Choice

 It’s been my husband's tradition for years. Apparently, the managers noticed.

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#102 Got Engaged To My Best Friend At The Cliffs Of Moher

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#103 4 Years Ago, I Was Homeless And Living In An Abandoned Carwash. Today, I'm Recovering From My Gender-Affirming Surgery

 The first two pics are 4 years ago today. Last pic, a couple of weeks ago

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#104 You Can't Even Be Mad

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#105 Couple Moves Into 4 Privet Drive

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#106 I'm An Animal Shelter Photographer. A Stranger From The Internet Sent Me This Very Cool Laser Backdrop

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#107 This Is Beautiful

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#108 I Made It A Full Year Since I Quit My Job To Pursue Art. Bills Paid, Baby

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#109 My Grandma Sends Me Fruit In The Mail Because I’m Pregnant. Today It’s Strawberries

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#110 Couple Married Onboard Flight To Las Vegas When Previous Flight Got Cancelled

Last Tuesday, Pam and Jeremy joked that they should hop on a plane to get married in Vegas. It wasn't long before both realized that the other wasn't actually kidding, so they booked a flight for Sunday on one of our competitors, with a Vegas wedding chapel appointment Sunday night.

Come Sunday, the couple arrived at DFW from OKC, just to learn their connection to LAS was canceled. But that’s when their bad luck ended.

Chris, another passenger traveling to LAS from DFW, overheard Pam and Jeremy discussing how they might still get to Vegas in time for their appointment. Chris also happened to be an ordained minister and offered to marry the couple himself! The three went online, snatched up the last three seats to Vegas on a Southwest flight, and hurried together across town to Dallas Love Field.

As they boarded the flight, their Pilot, Captain Gil, noticed Pam’s wedding dress and asked her about it (oh yeah, we forgot to mention: Pam and Jeremy were in full wedding attire, just for the fun of it!). Pam explained their story and joked with Captain Gil they should just get married on the flight. For the second time that week, Pam was surprised to hear the words, “Let’s do it!”

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#111 After 43 Days, Banksy Finally Made It Back Home To Us! Susie (Woman In The Light Tan Jacket) Found Him On Her Horse Farm 14 Miles Away. We Are So Shocked And Happy

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#112 It's My Parent's 21st Anniversary Today. They Managed To Buy The Exact Same Card From Different Stores

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#113 This Blind Date For Books

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#114 In Kyiv People Are Leaving Money After Taking Drinks Because There Were No Cashiers In The Store

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#115 My Mom And Dad Are Back Together After 15 Years

They broke up after a decade because life tore them apart and now it’ll be a year back together in late February!

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#116 Won My Very First Food Competition Yesterday

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#117 I've Made A Stained Glass Demi Flag For Myself And Then Started With Other Flags So All My Friends Have One, I Will Make More, But I Have To Order More Colors

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#118 Heated Dog Parking While Shopping

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#119 A Little Girl In My Sons Kindergarten Class Made Everyone Handmade Soap For Valentine's Day

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#120 Saved And Adopted This Lady A Year Ago

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#121 Complimented A Guy's Shirt And Said "I'd Love To Have A Finex One Day". He Said That He Sold His Company To Lodge And Sent Me This

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