"I messed up and accidentally sold my girlfriend's cat," a Portland, Ore., man named Roy Dufek posted on Reddit earlier this month. "While she was at work I helped her out by selling the two beds she had in her apartment because we were going to use my better beds that I had at my house. Little did I know when the cat is scared it hides inside the box spring."

At 7 weeks old, baby Lachlan had never heard the sound of his parents' voices before. But thanks to his new hearing aids, we get to see this moment of shock that quickly turned to delight. And that's just mom and dad's reaction. The baby was pretty happy, too.

An elderly black lab named Lady, who made headlines for walking 30 miles to return to the family that gave her up, will get to live out the rest of her days in comfort at the home of a wealthy Florida heiress. Her new mom sent a private plane to pick her up yesterday.

When he was 8, a boy from Kentucky promised his dad that he would buy him a '57 Chevy Bel-Air for his 57th birthday. His father had grown up as one of seven children in a poor family. Although he talked about his dream car often, he never expected to own one. Watch what happened when he realized that his son, now an adult, had followed through on that long-ago promise.

Brazilian kids in Liberdade wanted to speak fluent English, while senior citizens at a Chicago retirement home were looking for new friends. CNA's Speaking Exchange program put the two together over video chat, and it turned out to be a perfect match.

Even the sourest among us can probably muster some happy tears for this older man who just found out his life is about to change in the nicest way possible.

Jo Milne has been deaf since birth due to Usher syndrome, a rare and incurable genetic disorder that can cause hearing loss and visual impairment. Now, at age 40, her new cochlear implants are allowing her to hear for the first time.

No matter where you run on the Internet today, this video of a sweet little girl dramatically conducting a church choir in Kyrgyzstan is going to catch you and hold you down until your heart is sufficiently warm.

The first viral public proposal of the new year is officially here — and it's spectacular.

Jeremi Lorenti and his buddy were driving down the street when they suddenly came upon a skunk wandering in circles with a cup stuck on its head. Sure, they could have driven on, but compassion compelled them to stop and save the poor creature from becoming just another roadkill statistic.

"My Uncle Henry is hearing & speech impaired," writes YouTuber MiamiRedSkin. "He has a heart of gold and everyone who meets Henry absolutely loves him."

This could very well be little Laney Brown's very last Christmas.

It started with a local news piece about illegal dumping in east Oakland, and ended with the reunion of two musical greats: Carlos Santana and his former Blues Band drummer Marcus "The Magnificent" Malone.

Before she passed away of ovarian cancer two years ago, Brenda Schmitz secretly left behind a very important letter in the possession of a friend with the explicit instruction that it be mailed to a specific Des Moines radio station once her husband had decided to remarry.

Red balloons are magical — everyone knows that — but one California kindergartner learned that fact first hand after her red balloon helped make her Christmas wish come true.

With so many people getting into college (be it ivy or community) each and every year, it's easy to forget that many Americans with intellectual disabilities get left out of this most American of life experiences.

In a last-ditch effort to find someone — anyone — to spend Christmas with him, 85-year-old James Gray turned to the want ads.

They say laughter is the best medicine.

As stories about Paul Walker's generosity and kind spirit flood his Facebook page in the wake of the actor's untimely demise, one incredible story in particular stood out for many.

Say what you will about the pickup bros who went around motorboating women in exchange for breast cancer research donations, they were not dissuaded by rejection.