Jumat, 21 Agustus 2026

A Postcard from Heaven, Duck Dog Duo, and a Skydiving Grandma

Friday, August 21, 2026

Good Afternoon! A Long Beach man opened his mailbox and found a postcard from Copenhagen signed "Love, M&D." His parents had mailed it in 2000. It arrived in 2026. In today's Feel Good Flyover, the 26-year journey of a weathered postcard that landed exactly when it was needed most.

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National Banana Split Day is coming up on Tuesday, but do you know how this American classic got its start? Watch this week’s The Feel Good Table to see how a 23-year-old apprentice pharmacist turned an experiment at a small-town soda fountain into a dessert still celebrated more than 120 years later, and how his hometown still goes bananas over it every year.

If you recognize this tiny metal object, you probably remember the exact panic that set in when it went missing. Most younger people have no idea what it is. Do you? Watch this week’s Remember This for the nostalgic reveal.

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Photo Booth Pictures Lead Twins to Birth Mom

Marielle and Mireille Landry were identical twins adopted at three months old in a closed adoption in Nova Scotia. That meant no contact with their birth parents until they turned 18. They were 12 when a leftover strip of photo booth pictures changed everything.

After a soccer game, the twins stopped at a mall about 90 minutes from home and noticed an extra set of prints in the photo booth. They tracked down the two women in the photos and handed them back. Twenty minutes later, they spotted their adoptive mom, Lorena, in deep conversation with the same strangers. When the girls walked over, Lorena told them, "Girls, this is your birth mom."

Their birth mother, Nicole, had recognized the twins from yearly photos sent through the adoption agency. Over dinner that night, the twins learned that their biological father lived in Zambia and had played university soccer in Canada, and that Nicole had been 15 when she had them. Mireille had even been wearing the same shirt as Nicole's sister that day.

"We were raised by the most incredible parents," Marielle said. "But I am so glad the universe brought Nicole into our lives."

Postcard from Heaven Arrives 26 Years Late

Bob Sheppard went to his mailbox on a Wednesday in Long Beach, California, and found a single piece of mail: a weathered postcard from Copenhagen, Denmark, signed "Love, M&D." His parents had mailed it in July 2000 during one of their many trips abroad. It arrived in August 2026.

Both of his parents had died in the years between. His father, John, an Army veteran, passed away during the pandemic. Hospital restrictions at the time meant Bob never got to say a proper goodbye. "It haunts me to this day," he said. His mother, Joanne, a schoolteacher and world traveler, died two years later.

Bob's mail carrier suspects the postcard fell behind a desk or cabinet at a post office decades ago and was only recently discovered. Since Bob still lives at the same address, they sent it along.

Bob keeps a board covered in passport pages and photographs from his parents' adventures. He considers the postcard another treasured piece of their story. "This was, to me, almost a postcard from heaven," he said.

Duck Helps Golden Retriever Find Her Joy Again

Barley, a 7-year-old golden retriever on Long Island, started having seizures two years ago. The medication worked, but it came with a cost. "She just lost her spunk," owner Tori Cannarelli said. “She lost her goldenness.”

Then Louie the duck showed up. The Cannarellis found the duckling through Facebook Marketplace after he hatched at a local elementary school. He was supposed to go to the family's garden center. Instead, Tori brought him home, and Louie and Barley quickly formed a bond. They wrestle, chase each other around the yard, and relax side by side. Louie even insists on eating from a dog bowl.

The family noticed something remarkable: Barley started wagging her tail again. "She started smiling again," Tori said. "She started having personality again." Their son Cameron has his own theory for what changed: Barley wanted to be friends with Louie, and that helped "stretch her joy."

The following stories are featured exclusively on The Feel Good Flyover Podcast. Clicking the link will take you directly there:

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➤ Skydiving at 100-years-old is simply tradition for one California grandmother, who marked her milestone birthday with a jump alongside six family members and friends. She first leaped at 80 on a dare from her grandson and returned at 90. (Watch Video)

➤ Drivers leaving a Canadian hospital returned to find bright yellow flowers left on their cars by an anonymous stranger, with one woman saying that the note, which read "flowers full of love," brought her to tears. She paid it forward, placing them on another vehicle for someone else to find. (See Photos)

➤ Three girls struggling in Seattle's Lake Washington were pulled to safety one by one by a member of UC Davis' women's water polo team who spotted them during the Seafair festival. Organizers later invited her to their gala, where she was knighted and named festival royalty. (See Details)

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