It's been another wild week. #Recharge with these stories of people who think of others, do for others, help the world get better. First, an image from the @SantaMonicaMtns /1 👇🏼
She had to place him for adoption, but kept a baby photo and named her restaurant after him. More than a half-century later, after he suffered a heart attack, he came looking halfway around for the world for her. She always believed he would find her. washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-… /2
She had to see her son's track meet. That's why she swapped shifts and ended up flying a Southwest jetliner that lost an engine and a passenger at 32,000 feet, guiding it to an emergency landing without further loss nytimes.com/2018/05/10/bus… #Recharge /3
They were appalled that US officials would brag about taking away kids from their moms and dads. They wanted to do something. They brought their toddlers to Congress. And stood in silent witness behind the DHS official carrying out this policy nbcnews.com/news/us-news/a… #Recharge /4
THE BIG IDEA: While studying bats, she realized: They can help us find clean water. How an often vilified species could come to our rescue motherjones.com/environment/20… #Recharge /5
Her son became a sports star, a sex symbol, a Hall of Famer. But for 72 years, he had a hole in his soul: He never knew who his birth mom was. Now, he does. washingtonpost.com/sports/hall-of… #Recharge /6
Want more stories that inspire and "recharge" you? Sign up for our email, out each Wednesday. Here was the latest: motherjones.com/politics/2018/… And thanks for reading! This pic is from Tyrone Singletary at Back Bay #WildlifeRefuge in Virginia #Recharge /7
One more: The delayed rewards of a teacher: Decades after she introduced her student to Tolkien, that student thanked her in the dedication of her latest best seller. “A great teacher,” the now-famous writer said, “is above all treasures.” washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-… #Recharge /8
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