With so many heartbreaking stories in the news, we're determined to be the one place on the internet you can turn for a reason to keep smiling.
Many of the stories we feature can help restore your faith in humanity or teach us humans a few things from our kindhearted animal friends. And sometimes, we'll get a story like this next one that does both.
Jim and Karen Watkins are the definition of selfless. Wanting to help the stray animals in their corner of the world, the Watkins family started fostering neighborhood cats who had nowhere to go. They eventually took in 18 cats and never expected to take in any other animals, until one day when Jim found a tiny orphan who was completely helpless.
A baby squirrel fell out of a tree and was too young to know how to help himself. Karen got the idea to put the newborn in a box with one of their cats, Emmy, and her new litter of kittens. They didn't know what would happen, so they were shocked when Emmy started treating the little one, named "Rocky" like one of her own. She kept the tiny squirrel warm, safe and even nursed her like her kittens.
The Watkins decided to keep Emmy and knew that because Rocky could never rejoin the wild, he was a part of a packaged deal. This "squitten" may never be like his new family, but with help from his adoptive mother, he's even learned how to purr with the best of them!
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