1. This video of the glorious Lil Bub which shows her huge progress in battling her crippling osteoporosis.
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Look at her! She could barely walk and now she's climbing up and down stairs like a champ.
2. Seeing this selfless little girl chop off her hair — totally willingly — to make a wig for a child with cancer.
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Everyone should be this kind.
3. This pregnancy announcement, in which a dad-to-be found out through an Up-themed gift.
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AND THEN HE CRIED AND SO DID YOU.
4. When British department store John Lewis put out this advert about a boy and his penguin and, oh god you just have to watch it.
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AND PENGUINS MATE FOR LIFE. OH MY GOD.
5. There was this news story about a family that was able to listen to their late son's beating heart, which was donated to a Vietnam vet.
6. When these kids were reunited with their cat, which had been missing for two months ... and their emotions gave you new life.
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Can you feel the love???
7. Remember this story about a goat who was separated from his donkey friend? The goat became totally depressed ... until they were reunited!
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AND IT FELT SO GOOD.
8. When Lupita Nyong'o gave this incredible speech about beauty.
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And it gave you such a good happy-cry.
9. This eye-opening Ice Bucket Challenge video, which actually showed the devastating realities of ALS.
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This young man's bravery in posting this is amazing.
10. When this loving father performed a dance in a pageant with his disabled daughter.
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Father-daughter love of 2014 ftw.
11. And seeing these two sisters, one of whom has cerebral palsy and cystic fibrosis, perform a dance together.
Sisters <3
12. This amazing proposal video, in which a woman popped the question to her girlfriend by writing an entire musical for her.
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OK. She wrote a whole MUSICAL. Amazing.
13. When this bride shared her story of recovering from loss after her fiance died a week before their wedding.
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The photos she decided to take in her wedding dress are stunning.
14. This moment of clarity shared between a daughter and her mother, who suffers from Alzheimer's.
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Wow.
15. This story of a stray dog who found a family in a Swedish team competing in the Adventure Racing World Championship.
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The dog found them in Ecuador and followed them for some 400+ miles through the rainforest, never leaving their side. Eventually, one of the teammates adopted him!
16. And when a paraplegic vet surprised his new wife by standing for their first dance as a married couple.
Happy cries. So many happy tears.