Last night at a premiere party for a movie — The Way, although I saw neither (star) Martin Sheen nor (director) Emilio Estevez and therefore didn't get to pester them with questions about Catholicism or Steve Jobs or whatever — I met a lady who runs a pretty cool charity.

Maybe it's the infectious Holiday spirit, but this lovely human interest story had us in tears. Seriously: if your day needs a little brightening, read on.

When an elderly Nova Scotia couple won a $11.2 million lottery jackpot, they gave it away. Violet Large, 78, was battling cancer at the time. Says husband Allen, 75, "That money that we won was nothing...We have each other."

Clarisse "Classy" Morant spent her life caring for others, and now that she's died at 104, inspiring the rest of us.