Today’s Good News 8-25-23

Today’s Good News 8-25-23

In music news:  A study found making your kids take piano lessons could keep their minds sharper in old age.  Actually, any kind of music lessons help……………………… The odds of this are nuts:  Two kids got adopted separately by the same family in Staten Island two decades ago . . . and just found out they’re biological siblings. Their names are Frank and Victoria.  He’s 22, and got adopted after someone left him on the steps of a daycare.  Then a year-and-a-half later, the same couple adopted Victoria after she was found abandoned in a hospital bathroom. Their adoptive parents didn’t tell them the full story until a few months ago.  They recently decided to take DNA tests to see if they had any family out there. When they got the results, they found out they’re FULL biological siblings with the same mother AND father.  Even the adoption agency had no idea…………………….And finally……………………….. 

What a cool idea:  Lego is about to start selling special Lego bricks with braille on them, to help blind kids learn how to read.  Instead of eight little knobs on top of each brick, they’re laid out differently for each letter. They’ve been handing them out to charities for a few years.  But now they’ll also be available to buy starting next month. 

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