Feel Good Friday

“I’d been feeling terribly sad about it, and she said, ‘Mary, there are always going to be tragedies in the world, but there will always be more good — you just have to look for it,’ Latham, 32, recalled. It took almost three years for Latham to truly understand what her mother meant.” WaPo: This woman has been on a three-year road trip documenting acts of kindness.

+ The Yale Happiness Class, Distilled.

+ WaPo: This 13-year-old opened a bakery. For every cupcake he sells, he gives one to the homeless.

+ Good news for the great Norman Lear and my daughter who gets another season of her favorite show. One Day at a Time: Inside the Comedy’s Historic Comeback.

+ Central Park Five receive standing ovation.

+ Illinois is expunging marijuana convictions from nearly 800,000 criminal records.

+ English towns are installing ‘chat benches’ to combat loneliness.