This week’s Feel-Good Friday subject just delighted my heart. This Gen Alpha youngin’ is a throwback, and what the elders used to call “an old soul.” What nine-year-old thinks to honor a special moment, not with a selfie, but by dressing up? Cairo Hall of Kyle, TX, that’s who.
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Hall had wanted to adopt a dog since he was three years old. Now at nine, his mom felt the time was right for him to get his wish. So, they visited PAWS Shelter of Central Texas to do a reconnaissance visit:
This boy dressed up in a fancy suit to adopt his first dog, saying it was ‘a special occasion.’ ❤️ pic.twitter.com/8uU087aSWy
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“It was a special moment,” he said.
Then he met Waylon, a young pit bull mix who had spent 95 days at the shelter — after being pulled from an overcrowded shelter