Good morning! With Hurricane Milton set to make landfall in Florida today, countless folks have begun to prepare — including the brave experts who fly directly through hurricanes to collect helpful information. See nail-biting footage of these Hurricane Hunters in action here.

Make Me Smile

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We didn’t expect this to take such a wholesome turn.

Animals

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This is the paw-fect video for fall. 🍂 

Parenting

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Mom was having a terrible day — until it turned into “pure joy.”

Today’s Inspiration 🌸

Act of Kindness

Today’s story of kindness comes from user mileysadie on Reddit:

“Today as I was ready to board my flight home I got the devastating news that my niece, who has been fighting a very aggressive form of cancer, had passed. All I could think as I made my way to my seat was ‘just hold it together until you get to your seat. Then you can cry.’ As I made my way to my seat I saw that I would be sitting between 2 women who right away smiled at me and moved to let me in.

As I slumped into my seat I couldn’t control the tears that were welling and I started to quietly sniffle and dab my eyes. I noticed the woman on my right was wearing a mask so I wanted to let her know that my sniffling wasn’t because I was sick. As I choked out the words she saw my tears and asked if I was Ok. I let her know I had just received the bad news about my niece and she immediately grabbed my hand and said how sorry she was. The woman on the other side did the same.

These incredible women showed such compassion for me the whole flight. We shared stories, tears and laughter for the next 5 hours until the flight landed. At the end of the flight we hugged and I thanked them for getting me through such a tough time.

We didn’t exchange names but I hope they see this and know how much the kindness of these strangers meant to me.”

What a beautiful show of support — from strangers, no less! We may not be able to take away people’s pain, but we can be there to help them through it.

Have you experienced an act of kindness? We’d love to hear about it! Share your story here for a chance to be featured.

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One Last Smile

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These two are so fun! 😆