Ayda and Vanja Zugay were 11 and 17, respectively, when they fled Yugoslavia in 1999 and met a woman who gave them $100, a pair of earrings, and an encouraging note. Ayda recently tracked down the stranger and thanked her for the impact she had.
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After being in separate foster homes for much of their childhood, brothers Tre and Ke'lynn were adopted in a surprise ceremony, and finally able to grow up together.
Angelina Jolie accepted the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 2013, and shared a lesson she learned from her mother. "Nothing would mean anything if I didn't live a life of use to others," she said.
"When we love someone for who they are, we see how quickly they transform into the greatest, most inspired version of themselves."
In 2016, 4-year old Norah Wood started a friendship with a mourning widower named Dan Peterson during a chance encounter at a grocery store. Though Dan has passed, the lesson on unconditional love remains.
