2015 is over, and while many in the media have focused on the negative, readers of A&D know that there were many good things that happened this year. Yes, politicians continue to start new wars, but it’s up to us, regular, everyday people to make the world a better place, and we believe that the stories below prove this to be true.
So take a look back at some of the touching stories that we covered in 2015. Which one was your favorite? Vote below, or if you think we’ve missed a story, upload a photo and brief description below! (H/T: Bored Panda)
01. Entire Neighbourhood Secretly Learns Sign Language To Surprise Deaf Neighbor
02. Man Buys Turtles From Food Market And Releases Them Back To The Sea
03. McDonald’s Employee Helped Elderly Disabled Man With His Food
04. Turkish Bride & Groom Spend Their Wedding Day Feeding 4,000 Refugees
05. Heart Surgeon Calms Weeping 2-Year-Old Girl Before Heart Operation
06. Donkey Smiles From Ear To Ear After Being Rescued From Flood In Ireland
07. The Young Guy Sitting Down Was Struggling With His Tie When The Older Gentleman Moved Without Hesitation And Gave Him A Step-By-Step Tutorial
08. Mom Adopts All 4 Of Her Best Friend’s Daughters After She Died Of Brain Cancer
09. This Guy Has This Dog, And She Can’t Walk Anymore. So He Takes Her Out For A Walk Every Day In A Wheelchair
10. When A Student’s Baby Started Crying In Class, This Professor Had The Best Response Ever
11. This Coffee Shop Lets Stray Dogs Sleep Inside Every Night When The Customers Leave
12. Man Has Heart Attack While Mowing Lawn; Firefighters Finish Mowing Lawn After Saving Him
13. These Kids In Canada Tied Coats To Street Poles To Help Homeless Prepare For Winter
14. Anonymous Spiderman Feeds Homeless At Night, Shows Everyone Can Be A Hero
15. Hungarians Bring Their Shoes To The Budapest Train Station For Arriving Migrants
16. Baby Deer Refuses To Leave The Human Who Saved Her Life
17. Soaked Dad Protecting His Schoolboy From Rain Shows What Parenting Is
18. 9-Year-Old Girl Builds Shelters For The Homeless And Grows Food For Them, Too
19. 92-Year-Old Meets Her 2-Day-Old Great-Granddaughter For The First Time
20. 80-Year-Old Man Builds A Dog Train To Take Rescued Stray Dogs On Adventures
21. Bride’s Dad Stops Wedding To Invite Her Stepfather To Walk Down The Aisle With Them
22. 97-Year-Old Cries Tears Of Joy After She Finally Gets Her High School Diploma
23. This Shop Owner Who Promised To Help Those In Need
24. Barber Goes Extra Mile To Conquer Autistic Boy’s Fear Of Haircuts
25. Quincy’s Been Waiting All Week To Show The Garbage Men His Garbage Truck. But, In The Moment, He Was Overwhelmed In The Presence Of His Heroes
26. This 8-Year-Old Boy Was Bullied For 2 Years While Growing His Hair Long To Make Wigs For Kids With Cancer
27. Family ‘Resurrects’ Frozen Kitten They Found Under The Snow, Named Him ‘Lazarus’
28. Boy Wanted To Be Elsa For Halloween And His Dad Had The Best Response Possible
29. This Boy Offering A Bottle Of Water To A Policeman During A Hot Day In Baltimore
30. This Customer Who Tipped A Waitress $200 On A $9.00 Meal After He Overheard Her Talking Quietly To A Coworker About Missing Her Son
31. Hospital Makes Exception And Allows Couple Married 68 Years To Be Together In Same Room
32. An Elderly Man In My Neighborhood Had A Heart Attack While Shoveling His Driveway. Paramedics Took Him To The Hospital, Then Returned To Finish Shoveling His Driveway For Him
33. Badass Barber Gives Free Haircuts To Homeless While Battling His Own Addiction
34. Dad Gets Tattoo So His 6-year-old Daughter Wouldn’t Feel Different
35. Unwanted Cat Becomes This Little Boy’s Guardian, Following Him Everywhere
36. Son With No Arms Spoon-Feeds His Paralyzed Mom Using His Teeth
37. This Muslim Woman Donates $1 For Every Hate Tweet She Receives
38. Teen Shaved Head To Surprise His Date Battling Cancer When She Came Back From Hospital
39. 103-Year-Old Celebrates Birthday By Dressing Up As Wonder Woman And Volunteering At Senior Center
40. Dutch Guy Was Annoyed By The Trash On His Way To Work So He Cleaned Up A Heavily Polluted Waterfront
41. Man Takes His Taxi Driver To The Theme Park With Him Since He(the Driver)had Never Been To One
42. Celebrating First Day As Father And Son After Adoption
43. This Restaurant Will Give Free Food To Lonely People On Thanksgiving
44. Loving Husband Lists All The Reasons He Loves His Wife Who Is Battling Depression
45. Man Built Custom Kayak So He Could Take His Dogs On Adventures
46. Girl Surprised To Receive 3D-Printed Arm From Designer Who Is Also Missing His Left Arm
47. Alden Kain, 16 Y.o., Invented A Stroller Wheelchair For A Mom-to-be Whose Legs Were Paralyzed.
48. Man With Down Syndrome Fulfills His Dream By Becoming A Body-Builder
49. Woman Knits Tiny Sweaters For Rescued Chickens To Keep Them Warm
50. Someone Hung These Around My City
51. I Saved A Dog From Euthanasia And Now She Happily Runs In A Wheelchair
52. 18 Year Old Madeline Stuart, A Model With Down Syndrome, Got To Walk The Runway At Fashion Week
53. This Man Proposed To His Boyfriend In Their Church As They Weren’t Allowed To Get Married Inside. They Were Greeted With Standing Ovations
54. Mom Makes Disney Princess Wigs For Kids With Cancer
55. Parents Tattoo Their Legs With Daughter’s Birthmark So She Won’t Feel Different
56. Bikers Patrol Flood-hit Yorkshire Towns To Deter Looters, And Bring Groceries To The Elderly.
57. Mom Updated Her Tattoo To Support Transgender Son
58. Koko The Gorilla Gets Two New Kittens Of Her Own
59. Woman Quit Her Job To Knit Sweaters For Cold Abandoned Greyhounds
60. The 62-Year-Old Repairman Spends Almost 40% Of His Income To Feed Parakeets From His Home
61. 3 Old Greek Ladies In Lesvos, Feed, Sooth And Sing To Crying Refugee Baby, While Mother Smiles
62. My 12 Year Old Son Ran A Cake Stall To Raise Money For Cancer Research. He Raised £79.
63. This Baseball Coach Offered His Own Kidney To Save His Littlest Player’s Life.
64. St. George, Ontario Celebrates Christmas Early For 7 Year Old Boy With Terminal Braion Cancer.
65. These Retired Builders Volunteer Their Time To Build Homes For Washington Wildfire Survivors.
![Toledo truly has the most beautiful historic homes. This is one of my favorite Victorians in the Old West End. I am still amazed by the affordability of these one-of-a-kind properties in fantastic communities.
Photo by: @buildingbluebird [IG]](https://scontent-ams2-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/327933980_866913644600299_5520187574016353001_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=Rfh0W5L7qE4AX_j2Tqh&_nc_ht=scontent-ams2-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&oh=00_AfCkEsHnaaHfXm20K7m4Wqt0c3K2eHkl2RN07xmzlU7OXA&oe=63DDB64F "Toledo truly has the most beautiful historic homes. This is one of my favorite Victorians in the Old West End. I am still amazed by the affordability of these one-of-a-kind properties in fantastic communities.
Photo by: @buildingbluebird [IG]")
![Surreal Villas by @ti.fu [IG]](https://scontent-ams2-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t39.30808-6/328054726_676301724275712_508697923239430200_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=wQUEEmGW49wAX-X4VEK&_nc_ht=scontent-ams2-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&oh=00_AfBTEMIFhNJBxrhms_3X74BWydB_yc7AaADDP3tnE9xAPQ&oe=63DE6DDD "Surreal Villas by @ti.fu [IG]")
![Embark on an imaginary journey in an Art Nouveau world.
Courtesy of: @thierrylechanteur [IG]](https://scontent-ams2-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t39.30808-6/327559449_451229100439005_7806941868239851831_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=qKiCqFK5B40AX8gSw-1&_nc_ht=scontent-ams2-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&oh=00_AfDdW-T-unRbf_5wxWo5kTioaA6sVuiI43Kfzq5-Tnvx_Q&oe=63DDFDDC "Embark on an imaginary journey in an Art Nouveau world.
Courtesy of: @thierrylechanteur [IG]")
![The Resurrection by @ti.fu [IG]
Hotel Concept designed with Midjourney, Post-processed with Dalle2, Stable diffusion, photoshop.](https://scontent-ams2-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t39.30808-6/328023280_502926591975275_949999952958726168_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=sxzksiS4xkEAX-KoU6A&_nc_ht=scontent-ams2-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&oh=00_AfCicEmD-nM6fmHbjJ1RjbCt8M9mEbQBLb55Xci0xi0Ghw&oe=63DE0AB4 "The Resurrection by @ti.fu [IG]
Hotel Concept designed with Midjourney, Post-processed with Dalle2, Stable diffusion, photoshop.")
![Beautiful Ocean Front Home by @ntviz [IG]](https://scontent-ams2-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t39.30808-6/327969327_899845104603049_6497381649218333851_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=MDM4gAR2jsUAX_sc4bp&_nc_ht=scontent-ams2-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&oh=00_AfDiA43m8PSdka8L9Mnm4iWYfIMD1WRRI7k7Dg8m_FQ-og&oe=63DE16FA "Beautiful Ocean Front Home by @ntviz [IG]")
![This old building, originally a mill was left neglected for years until Czech-based @stempel_tesar [IG] Architects gave it a new life. The architects have turned this mill in tatter into a housing unit worth modern dwellers.
The client approached the architects with the idea of transforming this structure into an oasis for peace and quiet. The idea has been put to perspective most deftly through radical alteration to the original form.
The two-story building was cut into two parts and the roof in between these parts was left exposed to let natural light and air into living spaces comprising floor-to-ceiling glass walls. This makes two separate interior spaces in the house.
One part has the living room, kitchen, and bedroom while the other one just serves as a dining room or workspace. There are all the required amenities inside needed to enjoy a comfortable lifestyle.
The entrance has been kept nearly untouched except for the addition of a contemporary walkway made in steel. It is mainly the roof and interiors that have been made to fit the modern-day lifestyle. This renovated old mill was a finalist of the #Czech Awards for Architecture.
Photos by: Filip Šlapal, Václav Šedý](https://scontent-ams2-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t39.30808-6/327879795_1033173854738170_4279412925366313445_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=UOPEv4BDNdYAX_hNFl-&_nc_ht=scontent-ams2-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&oh=00_AfAsrQ-S_ujxm2kJ3V_A2oYCwu0FiiLdsxArQYBs7fZKrg&oe=63DCD289 "This old building, originally a mill was left neglected for years until Czech-based @stempel_tesar [IG] Architects gave it a new life. The architects have turned this mill in tatter into a housing unit worth modern dwellers.
The client approached the architects with the idea of transforming this structure into an oasis for peace and quiet. The idea has been put to perspective most deftly through radical alteration to the original form.
The two-story building was cut into two parts and the roof in between these parts was left exposed to let natural light and air into living spaces comprising floor-to-ceiling glass walls. This makes two separate interior spaces in the house.
One part has the living room, kitchen, and bedroom while the other one just serves as a dining room or workspace. There are all the required amenities inside needed to enjoy a comfortable lifestyle.
The entrance has been kept nearly untouched except for the addition of a contemporary walkway made in steel. It is mainly the roof and interiors that have been made to fit the modern-day lifestyle. This renovated old mill was a finalist of the #Czech Awards for Architecture.
Photos by: Filip Šlapal, Václav Šedý")
![Futuristic Benches- This AI series allows us to take a sneak peek at futuristic street furniture designs with day and night capabilities in the near future.
Created using Midjourney by @ai.metaverse.cr [IG].](https://scontent-ams2-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t39.30808-6/327804645_5784412961606153_7969087925113848248_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=wnznTNpinSEAX-zjpu2&_nc_ht=scontent-ams2-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&oh=00_AfC-9UcYz9MA8JiIAMTMbF7gaYWTnOlcr7RsUKuV4aFetA&oe=63DD306D "Futuristic Benches- This AI series allows us to take a sneak peek at futuristic street furniture designs with day and night capabilities in the near future.
Created using Midjourney by @ai.metaverse.cr [IG].")
![Surf Airbnb - This AI series explores the making of surf-themed accommodations to promote tourism in towns on the Caribbean and Pacific coasts of the Americas. Summer Time!
Created using Midjourney by @ai.metaverse.cr [IG].](https://scontent-ams4-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t39.30808-6/327790092_1253905005544861_2893827951016678745_n.jpg?_nc_cat=110&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=2DAUN0nHTioAX8IrL8U&_nc_ht=scontent-ams4-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&oh=00_AfCLD0DcbZZf8eV-2hgSIu-yxtrVUaxaA7h4zo_7Fa3HJA&oe=63DD8459 "Surf Airbnb - This AI series explores the making of surf-themed accommodations to promote tourism in towns on the Caribbean and Pacific coasts of the Americas. Summer Time!
Created using Midjourney by @ai.metaverse.cr [IG].")
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