Family of 7 takes in 82-year-old widower neighbor as their new 'grandpa'

1 [Family of 7 takes in 82-year-old widower neighbor as their new 'grandpa']( [South West News Service]( reports that when Sharaine, 32, and Wilson Caraballo, 42, moved their family of seven into a new home in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, last year, they weren’t sure how they’d be received. "Our biggest fear moving into a new neighborhood was, 'What if our neighbors don't like us?' What if, because we have a lot of kids, they make a lot of noise and we come from a big family, so what if there's any conflict with the neighbors?" [Sharaine told USA Today.]( the only [Black family]( in our neighborhood." But all that fear quickly dissipated when their new neighbor, Paul Callahan, 82, showed up with a ladder and offered to help the family spruce up their new home. [Read the story]( 2 [Special ed paraeducator stuns with Janis Joplin-like vocals at back-to-school convocation]( Sometimes a person opens their mouth to sing and [their voice]( blows you away, partly because it sounds nothing like you'd expect and partly because it's just that amazing. Cue the vocal stylings of Lacey Schaffer-Thomas, a special ed paraprofessional in Fort Smith, Arkansas, whose back-to-school convocation performance with her fellow educators has gone viral. In a [Facebook and]( reel]( shared by motivational speaker [Jon Gordon,]( see a stage set up on a school gym floor with a group of teachers performing together as a band. "So this happened before I spoke!" he wrote. "It was the coolest convocation I've ever seen." [Read the story]( Did a friend forward this to you? [Subscribe here]( 3 [Musician asks stranger to sing along on NYC street and they set the mood right with their performance]( Everyone has a hidden talent or two. Some people need a little push to feel confident enough to show the world what they have. Musician [Guitaro5000]( is well aware of this and it prompted him to start his "Sing With Me" project, in which he invites New Yorkers to join him for a song. Guillaume's most recent meeting with a singer began with hesitation, but once the man started to sing, the world couldn't help but notice this latent potential. Guillaume was on the streets of New York, in a Greenwich neighborhood, when he was looking for the next singer. He handed the microphone to a man eating lunch on a nearby bench, who, after a brief moment of thought, stated, "I'll do it." [Read the story]( 4 [Man makes heartwarming video about missing his 'weird mom' who talked to trees]( There's a reason the phrase, "You don't know what you have until it's gone," is a cliché. In many cases, it's an accurate statement, and one man who found himself in the middle of that cliché decided to share his biggest regret with others. [Reddit user u/bagaljvkoO]( shared [a video of a panda intercut with images of trees]( as a man's voice narrated a story about [missing his mom](. The man confessed that when he was younger he always felt like his mom was weird because she would do things that other parents didn't do. One example was her sending thank you cards to all of his classmates along with homemade cookies on his birthday. The cards were thanking the kids in his class for being his friend. It's a very sweet gesture but was probably a little embarrassing. But one thing that made him question his mom's sanity a little was her affinity for talking to their trees in the backyard. [Read the story]( 5 [Single dad becomes stand-in mom for his adopted daughter by wearing a dress]( [Mother’s Day]( celebrated a little differently in [Thailand]( than it is in America. For one thing, it falls on Aug 12th each year instead of the second Sunday of May. People also usually have the day off from [work]( and schools will host a special Mother’s Day ceremony for [students]( kneel before their moms to give them jasmine flowers and share their love, respect, appreciation…all the warm and fuzzy things. However, as one can imagine, these events might feel bittersweet for those students who for various reasons can’t have their mom show up. [Read the story]( Find us on the World Wide Web: [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [Twitter]( [Website]( [LinkedIn]( Copyright © 2023 GOOD | Upworthy, All rights reserved. 1370 N St Andrews Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90028 You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.