Friday, July 24, 2026

Good Afternoon! A 14-year-old on a bike ride spotted a woman wandering alone in 103-degree heat and stopped to help. In today's Feel Good Flyover, read about the Arizona teen whose calm, compassionate instincts may have saved a life, and the grateful family who says he was the right person at the right time.

It’s not the same old “eat more berries” advice you’ve heard before. Researchers are zeroing in on a surprising trait shared by several familiar fruits and what it might mean for memory, brain blood flow, and cognitive aging. In this week’s Feel Good Table, Amy reveals what researchers found and shares a practical 7-day brain-health meal plan she’s trying herself. Tune in here!

Can you identify this? It looks a lot like a fidget spinner, but decades before those were a thing, this colorful little piece had a very different job. How many of you know what it was for? Take your best guess, then watch Remember This to see if you were right.

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Mom of Two Starts Law School at 47

Abigail Seymour spent most of her career behind a camera. But a nagging feeling never went away. In her twenties, she walked the 485-mile Camino de Santiago across Spain alone, and the experience left her with a conviction that she could handle anything. Decades later, she kept driving past Elon University School of Law in her North Carolina town and thinking, "It's right there."

At 47, with two kids at home, she enrolled. Her sister died during her first year, and she nearly dropped out. She failed the bar twice. After the second attempt, her therapist told her, "Everything you want is on the other side of comfort." On her third try, she passed.

Today, Abigail, 59, runs Camino Law, a bilingual, all-women family law firm in Greensboro with seven employees. In 2024, she was named one of North Carolina Lawyers Weekly's 50 Most Influential Women.

"I found a job, and I created one for seven other people," she said. "There's a real pride in that."

Teen Saves Woman With Dementia

Royal Cothrun, 14, was riding his bike through Gilbert, Arizona, when he spotted 75-year-old Teresa Morgan walking alone in 103-degree heat. She looked confused. He stopped. "She just looked like something was wrong, so I started talking to her."

Teresa had recently been diagnosed with dementia and had wandered miles from home after a trip to the grocery store. Royal guided her to a shaded spot, then helped her remember her son's phone number. He called her son, Jeff, who raced to the scene before paramedics arrived.

"Just so lucky, so fortunate that he ran across her and he cared enough to stay with her and to take care of her," Jeff said. A Gilbert Fire Department captain said the outcome "would have been much, much worse" without Royal's quick thinking.

Royal's mom said she was proud but not surprised that he stopped to help Teresa, saying that helping people has always been a part of who her son is.

Meet Jimothy, Seattle's Favorite Raccoon

Kiana Hall thought she was filming a cat. She and her husband were walking through Seattle's Ballard neighborhood when she spotted something scooting out from beneath a parked car. It turned out to be a raccoon with an unusually short neck and a perfectly round body. She had never seen anything like it.

Kiana posted the video to Instagram, naming him "Jimothy" because "he looked like a Jimothy." Within days, the clip had more than 7 million views. Wildlife experts say his appearance is likely the result of a congenital spinal deformity, but he appears to be thriving in the wild.

Seattle has fully embraced him. The Mariners briefly changed their profile picture to Jimothy in a team hat. A local artist painted a mural. A tattoo shop has booked Jimothy-inspired tattoos. A Seattle city councilmember plans to present a proclamation commemorating "Jimothy Summer."

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"The fact that he’s made it to this age tells me that he’s managing and that he’s adapting. I was surprised and honestly a little bit inspired that he’s that resilient."

— Marcie Logsdon, an associate professor at Washington State University's Veterinary Teaching Hospital, on why Jimothy the raccoon appears to be thriving despite a likely congenital spinal deformity