spent the morning drive in tears while listening to reports of spontaneous kindness

...stories about bewildered firefighters who battled city-blocks of flame in Fort McMurray and who saved and comforted beloved pets with the same determination as they did their owners; about people like Renee "Belt Drive Betty" Charbonneau, who rallied the motorcycle clubs of Canada and Alberta to deliver food and water to first responders (many of whom had not had anything to eat in days), who, herself, spent days and nights on a park bench to keep the system going; people like Eldon Hankins, a 27-year-old truck driver who spent countless hours on the road, on the phone, chasing down tow trucks, reuniting evacuees with their abandoned cars, because in vast, flat Alberta, your vehicle is your life

i'm crying even as i write this.

deeply, deeply touched by all i've heard..