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Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan Welcome Daughter With Heartwarming Letter

Mark Zuckerberg is something of a divisive figure these days.

Sure, he founded a service that mostof us use every day, and he says he’s committed to making the world a better place, but at the same time, there are many who believe he’s more responsible than anyone else for the proliferation of “fake news” that loomed so large over the 2016 election.

Plus, we’re sick of getting notifications every time someone on our friends list “goes live” to show off their new haircut, ya know.

Anyway, the Zuck seems like an okay guy who’s probably a bit over his head of arguably the world’s most important media outlet, but that’s a conversation for another time.

Today, all we have to say to Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan is congratulations on bringing another billionaire baby into the world!

Yes, Zuckerberg announced yesterday on Facebook (natch) that he and wife Priscilla Chan had welcomed a baby girl named August.

She’s the second child for the couple who welcomed daughter Max in 2015.

As he did when Max was born, Zuckerberg penned a moving open letter to his baby girl:

“Welcome to the world! Your mom and I are so excited to see who you will become,” he began.

Zuckerberg then referenced the viral letter that he wrote to Max, before revealing that he’d like to take a slightly different tone this time around.

When your sister was born, we wrote a letter about the world we hoped she and now you will grow up in — a world with better education, fewer diseases, stronger communities, and greater equality … We’re optimists about your generation and the future, the billionaire CEO wrote.

Zuckerberg concludes with an ode to the magic of child that’s sure bring a tear to any parent’s eye:

“You will be busy when you’re older, so I hope you take time to smell all the flowers and put all the leaves you want in your bucket now. I hope you read your favorite Dr. Seuss books so many times you start inventing your own stories about the Vipper of Vipp.

“I hope you ride the carousel with Max until you’ve tamed every color horse. I hope you run as many laps around our living room and yard as you want.

“And then I hope you take a lot of naps. I hope you’re a great sleeper. And I hope even in your dreams you can feel how much we love you.

“Childhood is magical. You only get to be a child once, so don’t spend it worrying too much about the future. You’ve got us for that, and we’ll do everything we possibly can to make sure the world is a better place for you and all children in your generation.”

Not only is it a powerful message of love from a devoted parent, it’s also a potent reminder that not every Facebook post has to be about politics, people, damn!

We hope Mayweather and McGregor fight again just so we can have another one hour break from Trump talk in our timeline.

Make it happen, you two!

It’s a step toward redeeming yourselves for lifetimes of douche-baggery.

Oh, and, um … congratulations to Mark and Priscilla.

Sorry, we got a little sidetracked there.

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Man Steps Up to Help Senior Citizen: See the Heartwarming Photo

Not all elderly people are helpless by any means, but sometimes anybody from any walk of life could need a little help from a total stranger.

Here’s an act of human kindness that the photographer who captured the moment characterized as “A little redemption for the suffering human soul.”

That description might sound a little dramatic, but … it fits once you hear the story.

“The older man was paused at the top of an escalator and a few people started gathering waiting to get on,” the photographer, Paula Picard, explains.

“It was clear he was feeling unsure and this young man offered the simplest kindness: an out-reached arm and a ‘can I help you on, sir?"”

This happened on an escalator at the Holyoke Mall at Ingleside in Holyoke, Massachusetts.

“He quietly started to explain to the young man that he had gotten stuck on an escalator once and was a little scared.”

Past trauma can absolutely ruin things, and a lot of malls don’t even have alternatives to escalators except for inconveniently located elevators that aren’t always readily apparent.

It must have been difficult for him to admit it.

“The young man gently offered an assurance, they looked at each other eye to eye for just a moment and the older man accepted his arm. Everyone else remained patient. So, so sweet to witness!”

That is wonderful.

And, for the record, the young man’s name is Alonzo Johnson.

Now, normally we’d be super harsh about a woman taking photos of perfect strangers in public.

And then posting them to social media.

These aren’t celebrities, they’re everyday people.

Remember that whole Alex From Target thing?

That wasn’t okay, it was a violation of a young cashier’s privacy.

That came to mind for this.

Worse, Picard shared that old man’s story of fear and infirmity.

But she explains why she felt that she absolutely had to share it.

And we get it.

“In about an hour, the evening news will air and we’ll be reminded of division, race wars, political mud-slinging, shootings and other heartaches.”

That’s all too real.

Even if we don’t force ourselves to sit through the news, it’s there on every platform of social media.

“But today, violence, race, age, politics and other social lines were blurred and one person simply helped another. I wanted to hug both of them.” 

After that story, we felt the same way.

“Whoever this young man is, YOUR FAMILY RAISED YOU RIGHT! THANK YOU! So, please look for the silver linings — as I was so fortunate to witness this evening.”

We don’t automatically credit people’s upbringing for how they turn out.

After all, a lot of people turn out to be good despite their childhoods, not because of them.

But, from this encounter, Alonzo Johnson seems to be a good person in a world that too often manages to crush the good out of people.

That deserves respect.

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