The most heartwarming stories of 2017

This dapper uncle’s outfit choice for meeting his new niece. In January, Iris Kessler tweeted a picture of her brother Grant in a maternity ward waiting to meet their new niece. The young man looked incredibly dapper, dressed up to the nines with a tie clip and pocket square. Hilariously when Iris asked him why he was in a suit he said it was because “first impressions matter”.

Unfortunately for Grant, baby Carter had her eyes shut when they met!

Devoted husband learns how to apply makeup for his blind wife. Brian’s wife, Jean, is slowly going blind and needs more and more help with her everyday tasks, like putting on makeup. That’s why Brian decided to step in and learn how to apply her makeup, with help from the staff at a local cosmetics store. Twitter user Scott Summers posted a now-viral tweet of the couple at a makeup store. “I could actually cry! Relationship goals 😭❤️,” he captioned the tweet.

Qld teacher’s cute start-of-year note to Year 4 class. A teacher at Bowen State School gave all of her new students a note and some gifts to start off the term and it was absolutely perfect.

Hannah Rye attended her school formal with NRL star Trent Hodkinson. Hannah tragically died after a two-year battle with Ewing’s Sarcoma – a rare form of cancer that caused tumours to grow around her spine but her amazing spirit lives on in all who knew her. The brave teenager, 15, captured the hearts of Australians everywhere when she went to her school formal with NRL idol, Trent.

WA pensioner buys winning lotto ticket after she had a dream she won. A husband and wife duo in their 60s took home $1 million after buying the country’s only division one Lotto ticket. The couple, who hail from Port Kennedy in Western Australia, used their last $11 to purchase the winning ticket after the woman dreamt that she’d won the lotto. “When you’re living pension to pension it isn’t easy,” the wife said in an interview with Perth Now.

Flight attendant gives grieving mum beautiful advice in a napkin note. A flight attendant noticed a woman was upset when she was on a flight to go and bury her son. When the grieving mum Tricia Belstra stepped off the plane, he handed her a note detailing his own mother’s experience when they lost his brother. She posted the touching exchange to Facebook, demonstrating the power of human kindness.

Nancy Cartwright blows teenager’s mind when he realises she’s the voice of Bart Simpson. Cartwright shocked 13-year-old James when she went into full-blown Bart mode. The video below is sure to make you smile!

7-year-old girl sends “Google boss” job application, gets a response. 7-year-old Chloe Bridgewater was determined to procure a position at the coveted Silicon Valley headquarters. Speaking with Business Insider, Chloe’s father Andy explained that he encourage his little ankle biter to “get the ball rolling” and send a letter to the tech company to see if any suitable jobs were available.

…And she got a response! Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, swiftly replied and offered some sage advice:

“I think if you keep working hard and following your dreams, you can accomplish everything you set your mind to ― from working at Google to swimming in the Olympics,” he wrote.

Amazing teacher has a personalised handshake for each student. Another contender for teacher of the year made headlines the world over after a video of his amazing before-class ritual went viral. He has created a distinct and well-choreographed secret handshake with each of his 42 (!!) students. Watch below!

Toddler interrupts live BBC Interview, swiftly goes viral. Feel-good story of the year! Professor Robert E. Kelley, a political science professor, delighted the whole world when his live BBC broadcast was spectacularly interrupted. Professor Kelly was in the middle of talking about relations between North Korea and South Korea when his toddler daughter bursts into the room, followed by her baby sibling in a roll-y walker, then her stressed-out mother. Re-watch the viral video below.