The week's good news: February 2, 2017

It wasn't all bad!

Jahkil (front, gray shirt), his friends, and the makings of their blessing bags.
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1. Babysitter gives infant the gift of life

Once Kiersten Miles decided she was going to donate part of her liver to Talia Rosko, nothing could change her mind. Miles, 22, of New Jersey had been Rosko's babysitter for just three weeks when she found out the now-16-month-old had an illness and required a liver transplant. Doctors told Miles that a person can only donate once in their life, and Rosko's parents urged her to take her time making a decision, but her mind was made up. "Some of her doctors said she possibly wouldn't have made it past two years old," Miles told Fox 29. "All I had to do was be in the hospital for a week and a five-inch scar." After six months of testing and filling out paperwork, Miles and Rosko had their surgeries in January, and are both doing well.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.