In May 2016, 15-year-old Karinya “Yaya” Chen was in hospice care in Austin, Texas after years of fighting cancer. She had tickets to see Florence The Machine, but by the night of the concert, she was simply too sick to go.
So the people at Hospice Austin reached out to the band.
And Florence Welch came to her.
Florence and guitarist Rob Ackroyd walked into Karinya’s room and gave her the concert she couldn't make it to. They sang “Shake It Out” and “Dog Days Are Over,” with Karinya singing and harmonizing right alongside them.
A few months later, Karinya lost her battle with cancer at just 15 years old.
But for one afternoon, none of that seemed to matter.
There was just a young girl, one of her favorite singers, a guitar, a room full of people who loved her... and music.
Sometimes the smallest act of kindness can become one of the biggest moments of someone's life.
This is what being human is supposed to look like.🙏
@raynesrec0very@AstronomyVibes “I wish the women would hurry up and take over. It’s going to happen so let’s get it over with. Then we can finally recognize that women really are the minds and the force that holds everything together; and men really are gossips and artists.
@apolloiseternal@archeohistories Feel free to correct me if your sources say otherwise, but In 1906, the French Cour de cassation (Supreme Court of Appeal) annulled Dreyfus’s conviction and formally declared him innocent of treason, Hewas reinstated in the army and later honored for his service in World War I.
@richardgrant4@SmithsonianMag Riveting article on a topic — book cataloging—that offers a glimpse of McCarthy that is full of discoveries, not unlike finding an annotation by McCarthy in a favorite book.
@krassenstein @Christos_Vet I have yet to meet a business person who subscribes to “ The Art of the Deal”.
Tony Schwartz, the business journalist who Trump hired to ghostwrite his book said “The Art of the Deal" is the biggest regret of his life and wishes the 1987 bestseller "weren't even in print.”