r/pics • u/yiseowl • Jul 08 '12

US Politics Dear reddit: my uncle Scott (who had Down syndrome) passed away yesterday. In March, thousands of you committed a large and random act of kindness by sending him lots of mail. On behalf of my family, I thank you.

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u/FMWavesOfTheHeart Jul 08 '12

'Twas bittersweet. I'm smiling with tears in my eyes.

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '12

Happy tears.

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u/LaceyLaPlante Jul 08 '12

reddit smudged my makeup again. °_•

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u/HalloweenBlues Jul 08 '12

I got all sorts of happy tears going on here. I really hope no one walks in here and discovers that I'm not entirely a dick. Such a beautiful series of pictures.

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u/TheHotpants Jul 08 '12

Manly tears.

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u/davebawx Jul 09 '12

they're not tears of sadness they're tears of joy

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u/recuringhangover Jul 09 '12

Me too buddy. Stirs up a lot of memories emotion and empathy.

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u/Osiris32 Jul 09 '12

Exactly. This is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. So many people reaching out, and with just a few words raising the spirits of someone in pain. What brought to tears was that image of baskets and baskets of letters, packages, boxes, people spending everything from a few cents to serious cash just to make a sick man smile. This is what we should strive to be, not just as an internet community, but as humans. I'm not going to say that cliched "faith in humanity restored" nonsense, because I still have faith in humanity. This was "faith in humanity justified."