20 Warm Photos That Radiate Love

Spending time with the people you love always seems to be worth the effort. Several studies have shown that loving relationships can make you live longer, heal faster, bolster your immune system, feel less pain, and even be more physically fit. It’s just one more reason to stop everything you’re doing and go hug your family, your friends, or your pets so you can have a happy and healthy life.

To give you a taste of the love that surrounds people and animals, Bright Side prepared these heart-melting pictures.

1. “My sister got married over the weekend, so we recreated this gem from our childhood.”

2. “We recreated a childhood photo from a Blue’s Clues birthday party 20 years later at Thanksgiving!”

3. “Me at 11 and 21 with the same bear”

4. “First big holiday at home with our adopted ex-streetie from Thailand. Thank you for 5 months of being in our family, Eddie!”

5. “After a wildfire destroyed my family’s home in Lytton, these firefighters saved the animals by bringing them food and water.”

6. “20 years to the day, same house, same sofa”

“It was a bit difficult to recreate this since my brother added a good 5+ feet onto his height since then.”

7. “My dad and I have matching nails!”

8. “A self-portrait my 3-year-old son did — the bottom right is a pic of him looking at himself in the mirror to make sure he gets it right.”

9. “I found a photo from my mom and me on Christmas circa 1998, and then remembered the bottom one from 2 years ago.”

“Put them together and it made me smile.”

10. “One of those magic moments: my grandma meeting my daughter”

11. “These are my grandparents in front of the house my whole family grew up in — still madly in love and my role models.”

12. “My cat, Pizza, and me wearing matching socks”

13. “So much love in one picture”

14. “Family photo”

15. “Was wondering why my fiancé wasn’t answering my text. Then I got this pic.”

16. “Family was over. This was our baby gate.”

17. “Another family recreation with the uncle, niece, and nephews”

18. “19 years later, with extra wisdom, sleepiness, and airplane ears”

19. “The kitten I rescued really loved cuddling with me.”

20. “My family did a prom-style Christmas photo.”

When was the last time you hung out with your loved ones? How was the experience? We’d love to read about it in the comments!