Reader's Digest US - May 2023

In this issue

FRIENDS ARE THE BEST!
Why we need them and how to keep them.

Into the Flames
Nick Bostic was troubled. Aimless. Then one night, everything changed.
By NICHOLAS HUNE-BROWN

Captain Harrisburg to the Rescue!

From playing superhero to becoming a superhero in real life

2 mins

GLAD TO HEAR IT

3 STORIES TO Make Your Day

1 min

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Diary

A woman mailed her journal to a stranger, who wrote in it, then passed it along

4 mins

Churro the Duck Herder - WAUKESHA, WI

BEST PET PALS

1 min

Tasty Tacos Those shells hold a lot of history

ONE OF THE world's favorite hand-held foods is so popular it gets its own day: Taco Tuesday. The practice has even crossed the Atlantic to Scandinavia-except it happens there on Fridays. On Tacofredag, Swedish families top theirs with pineapple, cucumber, nuts and a yogurt sauce. And that's just one way the world gets its fill.

2 mins

A Bouquet of Flower Facts

13 THINGS

3 mins

Just In Case

Does your first-aid kit have all the essentials?

4 mins

Do Weighted Blankets Work?

IF YOU WRESTLE with insomnia (and, consequently, the bedcovers!), you probably have been tempted to try anything that promises better sleep. One thing that might sound a little weird but that has been known to work: adding a weighted blanket to those bedcovers.

1 min

Let's Be Friends

How to make lasting connections that lift you up

3 mins

Back to Poker Table

People who make time to hang out with friends have all the luck

6 mins

PRIVATE HATHAWAY COMES HOME

Decades after he was killed in World War II, a soldier is reunited with his family

6 mins

INTO THE FLAMES

Nick Bostic was troubled. Aimless. Then one night, everything changed.

9 mins

THE ODD COUPLE

It was disdain at first sight. Forty years later, they're still best friends.

10+ mins

CAN HEARING LOSS BE REVERSED?

The answer sounds like yes

7 mins

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