An elderly woman’s simple act of compassion for a distressed man on the Vancouver SkyTrain has touched thousands of people

Ehab Taha wrote about what he witnessed on his Facebook page. Taha said he was on the SkyTrain when a large man started “being very aggressive on the bus with erratic movements, cursing, shouting, etc.” With most passengers fearful for what might happen, Taha said a woman in her 70s reached out to the man and held his hand. He grew calm and sat down quietly on the floor, his eyes filling with tears.  Read the rest of this article at Buzzfeed…

Like many Canadians, Philippe Hudon has been playing hockey since the moment he learned to walk. Unlike most children, however, Hudon was very neat and organized

“His room was always impeccable. I was never complaining [about] that actually,” said his mother, Ann-Julie Lebeuf. Little did she know that this fascination with cleanliness and the need for order would spiral out into an experience that would change his life. Hudon was only 17-years-old when he realized he had “tics” and “obsessive-compulsive habits.”  Read the rest of this article at The Link…