Cancer stricken daughter teaches dad a lesson on the importance of ‘being brave’

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What is the true meaning of bravery? Is it one’s ability to confront frightening things, or is it the courage to stay strong even when you know the end is near and the battle you fought so hard is lost?

For one 16-year-old girl, being brave meant staying strong for her father who never left her side during the toughest of times.

The following story was shared by a man named Tom Mitchell.

This devoted father recalled his girl telling him she wasn’t feeling fine and asking to be taken to the doctor’s as she believed she had sinus infection.

“Sure baby, I’ll pick you up after school tomorrow. We’ll grab some dinner afterwards if you want,” he answered.

The two did have dinner together the following day, but not at their favorite restaurant. Instead, they could barely swallow the food at the pediatric oncology unit of Fairfax Hospital. That meal was one of more than 450 these father and daughter would have there together, and the hundreds more in the years that followed.

His girl didn’t have sinus infection but a huge tumor that spread to her lungs and caused one to collapse.

The struggle was real. They were well aware that things wouldn’t be easy, but they were determined to fight together.

Shayla was diagnosed with Stage 4 Hodgkin’s disease.

Tom bought two sterling silver ‘feather’ bracelets and put one of each on their wrists as he tried to explain what it meant to be brave and endure the challenges and the obstacles life put ahead of them.

He then promised three things, that he would wear the bracelet until Shayla was cancer free, that he would stay at the hospital every single night, and that he would remain strong as long as she did.

Shayla’s battle with cancer lasted for years, each of which filled with chemotherapy, pain killers, radiation, blood transfusions, more pain killers, more medicine. All this was way too much for her body to handle so her heart became weak and she was in need of defibrillator which was soon installed inside her chest.

One day, as Shayla was getting ready for a chemo treatment, she suddenly started yelling, “Help me Dad! IT’S SHOCKING ME! …IT’S SHOCKING ME!”

Tom went on to explain what had happened. “I pulled her close and held her as tight as I could. It shocked her AGAIN and nearly blew her out of my arms. But I refused to let go. I just held her as tightly as I could and just like that. it stopped shocking her as quickly as it had started, and we rushed to the hospital.”

It turned out that the manufacturer of the device was forced to pull back thousands of them due to malfunction, and one of them happened to be the one inside Shayla’s chest.

What followed were more chemo treatments, more blood transfusions, one failed bone marrow transplant, and many painful sleepless nights. But Shayla never even thought of giving up, not until the very end.

“How in the world was I supposed to have this conversation with my darling daughter? How in the world was I going to be brave enough to tell my daughter she was going to die? I once heard a quote that sort of sums things up for me. “Can a man still be brave if he is afraid? … That is the only time he CAN be brave.” I knew I had to be brave for HER! I did of course have that conversation with her, and as unbelievable as this may sound it turned out to be the most amazing, beautiful, magical, wonderful conversation I’ve ever had in my entire life, and one that I hope you NEVER EVER have to have…” Tom shared.

“Am I still brave Dad?,” she whispered softly in his ear.

He then looked straight into her eyes and saw inside her soul. He knew she was very tired of fighting, that she couldn’t do it any longer, but he then realized something that sent chills down his spine. She wasn’t brave for herself, she was brave for him!

Unfortunately, Shayla died a few days later, but her dad will never forget her bravery and her strength.

Rest in peace, Shayla.

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Prince Harry has his own nickname for Kate Middleton

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Being born into a royal family means being under the spotlight your entire life. Every move these people make is of great interest to the public and as a result, they have to learn how to live with the pressure by the media they experience on a daily basis.

The British royals have further caught the attention of people from every corner of the planet after the much-loved Prince Harry tied the knot with former Suits actress Meghan Markle.

Their relationship started as a blind date during which they clicked, and the rest is history.

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He always tended to live much simpler life, and that is probably closely related to losing his mother, Princess Diana, when he was just a 12-year-old boy. Harry accused the paparazzi of what his mother had to go through each and every day, and many believe her death was a result of the pressure on her by the media.

One of the reasons why he and Meghan decided to step down from their royal duties was exactly that, to avoid “history repeating itself,” as the prince told Oprah during the interview watched by millions.

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“I can safely say that losing my mum at the age of 12, and therefore shutting down all of my emotions for the last 20 years, has had a quite serious effect on not only my personal life but my work as well,” Harry told the Daily Telegraph.

“I have probably been very close to a complete breakdown on numerous occasions when all sorts of grief and all sorts of lies and misconceptions and everything are coming to you from every angle.”

Both William and Prince Harry attended Wetherby School in London, and later studied at Eton College. Harry, however, took a gap year and went to Australia to work at a sheep farm. He was also part of the military.

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Currently, Harry, Meghan, and their children live in The States. However, no matter their decision to split with the Royals, Queen Elizabeth released a statement saying that The Sussexes “remain much loved members.”

When it comes to Harry’s relationship with his brother, the two have always been really close. Or, at least until Harry tied the knot. During the bombshell interview, Harry confirmed they haven’t spoken in a while, but plan to.

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Harry has also been close to William’s wife, Kate Middleton. Recently, his nickname for the Duchess came to light. Ok Magazine wrote how the prince calls his sister-in-law “Cath.”

During an interview with BBC Radio 1, the host asked Kate: “Is this a thing just in the family?” referring to what Harry calls her. “Yeah, I’m not sure,” the Duchess answered. “I’m not that familiar with it I have to say, but I’ll answer to most things to be honest.”

Kate Middleton and Prince Harry first met and got introduced in 2003 at Highgrove. The Duke of Sussex was around when his brother, Prince William, invited Kate Middleton to meet his father at Prince Charles’s family house.

“I actually went bright red when I met [him] and scuttled off feeling very shy about meeting [him],” Kate admitted, adding, “William wasn’t there for quite a bit of the time initially, he wasn’t there from Fresher’s Week, so it did take a bit of time for us to get to know each other, but we did become very close friends from quite early on.”

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According to royal author Christopher Andersen, when Harry and Kate first met and she looked away for a moment, he said, “Oh my God, she is gorgeous!”

Truth is that Prince Harry and Kate Middleton got along from the start. A University friend of Prince William and Kate, Jules Knight, said: ”Kate and Harry got on like they’d known each other forever.” She added that two shared a playful bond. “They were always full of fun when they were together. They were joking around all the time – always trying to find ways to make each other laugh,” Knight said.

Harry often visited his brother and sister-in-law at Kensington Palace, where she was happy to cook Harry’s favorite dish, roasted chicken. Kate filled a hole in Harry’s heart, one that opened ever since his mom’s passing. He considered her his sister and even a mother figure at times.

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During their younger days, when William and Kate took some time off and he reportedly dated other women, among which Becca Craig whom he met during a trip to Kenya. However, it was Harry as well as Prince Charles who insisted William not to give Becca any false expectations and get together with Kate.

We hope that despite everything that has happened between the royals during the last couple of years, they will be able to smooth things down between them and their relationship will be as steady as back in the day.

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Camilla broke her toe and was in pain before the Queen’s funeral but continued carrying out royal duties

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The Royal family has been through so much over the years. One particular thing that shook the monarchy to the core was the leaked affair between then-Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles. At the time the entire country learned of their relationship, they were both married to other people.

The wide public condemned their affair, as they believed it was Camilla who was to be blamed for the failed marriage between the heir to the throne and Lady Di, the princess who capture millions of hearts, not only of Britons but people from all over the world.

Speaking of the troubles in her marriage and the reasons for its failure, Diana told Martin Bashir during a televised interview, “Well, there were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded.”

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Queen Elizabeth herself not only wasn’t happy because of the affair but she was mad and believed Charles’ act affected the monarchy’s reputation.

Rumors were that Charles asked his mother to “soften her antagonism so he could live openly with Camilla,” as reported by author and journalist Tom Bower. The confrontation, however, didn’t go as planned. Although the Queen rarely interfered, she did have a lot to say this time. “But on that evening she’d had several martinis, and to Charles’ surprise, she replied forcefully: she would not condone his adultery, nor forgive Camilla for not leaving Charles alone to allow his marriage to recover. [Queen Elizabeth] vented her anger that he had lied about his relationship with what she called ‘that wicked woman,’ and added: ‘I want nothing to do with her,’” Bower said.

Charles, however, was determined to proceed with the relationship, and he and Camilla tied the knot in 2005, around 30 years after they first met during a polo match.

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Over the years, Camilla showed she truly cared for Charles and the royal family. She got involved in a number of charities and people realized she was a loving person. Her reputation started improving and she and the Queen got along pretty well.

At the time Camilla and Charles married, the Palace announced she would become Princess Consort. This, however, changed shortly after Queen Elizabeth celebrated her Platinum Jubilee. In a sincere and emotional speech, late Queen Elizabeth said, “And when, in the fullness of time, my son Charles becomes King, I know you will give him and his wife Camilla the same support that you have given me, and it is my sincere wish that, when that time comes, Camilla will be known as Queen Consort as she continues her own loyal service.”

Following Her Majesty’s passing on September 8, 2022, Camilla said of her mother-in-law, “There weren’t women prime ministers or women presidents, she was the only one, so I think she carved her own role.

“She’s been part of our lives forever. I’m 75 now and I can’t remember anyone except the Queen being there.”

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Grant Harrold, former butler to King Charles, spoke to Insider and said that people should finally let go of Princess Diana and embrace Camilla as their Queen Consort.

“There are always going to be people who love Diana — that’s not going to change,” he said. “In reality, how many people in this country have affairs? How many marriages break down?

“It’s tricky when people judge and point fingers, but I don’t think people should judge others… It’s their private life, things happened whether right or wrong. But it was the right decision for all of them and we have to close the door on it.”

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Deborah Mitchell, Camilla’s facialist, spoke dearly of the Queen Consort as well, and she’s not the only person who has praised King Charles’ wife for being a kind and loving person.

“I was a real Diana fan until I met the duchess, I really was,” Mitchell told Insider in 2020.

“I wasn’t expecting that she would be absolutely lovely in real life. She’s a very thoughtful person, she’s very much for women’s rights, and when she does any charity work, she does it because she wants to. Not because she has to, or for the fame. She doesn’t do anything for any other reason than that it’s the right thing to do,” she added.

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Just before the Queen’s funeral, it was reported by people close to the family that Camilla broke her toe during the Scotland, Wale, and Northern Ireland UK tour.

“She is in quite a lot of pain but she is just getting on with it. It is unfortunate timing to say the least but she’s been an absolute trouper,” a source told The Telegraph.

A spokesman for the King said they won’t be making any comments on health issues.

Even with a broken toe, Camilla proceeded with the royal duties, which meant standing long hours before and during the Queen’s funeral. On Saturday, two days after the Queen’s passing, she was standing up for an hour-long ceremony at St James’s Palace in London, and on Monday, she appeared at the service and vigil at St Giles’s Cathedral in Edinburgh.

On Tuesday, she continued with another walkabout in Northern Ireland and later returned to Buckingham Palace when they awaited the arrival of Her Majesty’s coffin return to London.

We wish Camilla a quick recovery.

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Nicole Bass dubbed herself the ”biggest & strongest” woman on earth, but she left the world far too early

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Nicole Bass’ personality was described as larger than life by pretty much everyone who has ever met her.

Being 6’2 and weighing 240 pounds of pure muscle, this woman became a bodybuilding sensation, but that wasn’t the only world she conquered.

Although her career in professional wresting was short-lived, she did left an everlasting impression because not many people have ever seen a woman her size. Over the years, Nicole gained fame for her appearances on The Howard Stern Show, which opened many doors for her with regards to her career as a wrestler. People loved her for her humor, which was self-deprecating. One thing she loved was make people laugh, and she was quite good at it. At one point, she even dubbed herself the “biggest, heaviest, tallest and strongest” woman in the world.

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Nicole’s stint at WWE began with a debut at WrestleMania 15, a planetary popular pro-wrestling event.

However, as everyone expected Nicole to rise to stardom and pursue a long career, she was sacked from the company after just a couple of months, which resulted in a lawsuit. She wanted $120 million, claiming that her contract had been wrongly terminated. The trial sort of turned into a circus and eventually, Bass’ case was dismissed by a New York City jury in 2002.

WWE Attorney Jerry McDewitt made some harsh remarks after the trial was over. “Nicole Bass’ case was a bunch of filmsy garbage, just a shakedown. She wanted money from a company that she thought would roll over and pay it. She was wrong,” he said in 2002.

She on the other hand saw the trial as a victory, although the outcome wasn’t in her favor. “I stood up for women. I stood up to a huge corporation. I stuck to my guns. It was very much an ordeal for me, to have to go through this process,” she told PW Torch.

Besides being a regular on Howard Stern Show, Bass also worked as an actress. She appeared in Private Parts, the autobiographical story of Howard Stern, The Bold and the Beautiful and General Hospital.

However, after leaving the wresting scene, she sort of vanished from the limelight and worked regular jobs out of the reach of the public eye.

Ever since 1985, Bass was married to Richard “Bob” Fuchs. They stayed together until his tragic passing in 2013. He was 64 at the time and died in his sleep. Bass was quite younger than him and she took care of him during the last years of his life. His death was something Bass couldn’t get over for a long period of time.

Eventually, she started dating her business partner, Kristen Marrone.

In mid-February, her name emerged in the news once again as media reported she was found unconscious in her apartment. She was then rushed to the hospital, but there was nothing that could be done. Following a heart attack, Bass was pronounced brain dead. She passed away on February 17, 2017 at the age of 52 after she was taken off life support.

”A few days ago Nicole got very sick. She was brought into the hospital and they did everything they could to help her. I have been sitting here with her in the room 24/7 since she got here making sure she was being given the best possible care. Today we learned that there is nothing else that can be done. Nicole was an amazing woman. Strong not only on the outside but inside as well. Beautiful soul and kind heart. Many people knew Nicole but few ever got close enough to know the REAL woman that she was. I got to be one of the lucky few. Not only was she my soul mate and my girlfriend but she was my best friend, my teacher and my business partner. I learned many valuable things from her and created many beautiful memories in the time we had together,” her partner shared on Facebook.

Nicole Bass was such a strong woman, both inside and out.

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Inside his grandparents’ sealed garage, he discovered a 63-year-old caravan

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Traveling to distant places and experiencing different cultures is a way of life for many people. Each of these traveling journeys they embark on leads to unique experiences that enrich the soul.

One man who loved traveling and camping stumbled upon his grandparents’ camper which was garaged for many years. The man had no idea the caravan even existed. Looking at it, being parked inside the old garage, felt like a dream come true.

He couldn’t wait to see what the vehicle looked like on the inside, although he didn’t expect much knowing that it wasn’t used in decades.

When he turned on the lights, he was left in a complete shock. Everything was perfectly preserved and neat.

The caravan was decorated in a style that is reminiscent of a room from the 1950s. Not only it was fully equipped, the trailer offered a sense of coziness and resembled a piece of history offering strange nostalgic feeling for the past times.

It did need some adjustments on the outside, but still, the level to which it was preserved was stunning.

It looks like that this man’s grandpa made sure that the interior was always kept tidy and that the caravan was prepared to set out at any time.

We wish the lucky man many beautiful trips with this awesome caravan.

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Flight attendant finds secret note in airplane toilets that reads “I need help” – immediately calls police

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For most, flying is a nice experience linked with exciting vacations. Unfortunately, not everybody sees it that way.
 
Working as a flight attendant for years, Shelia Fredrick is used to complicated situations with passengers. Still, she never expected to see anything life-changing. But on the flight from Seattle to San Francisco, she did.

When on the plane, she noticed something particularly odd- a blonde girl in shabby clothes sitting next to an elderly man in nice clothes. Passing them, Shelia noticed the look the girl gave her. She felt the girl’s look pierce her deep giving her a sense of urgency.

“I had a pretty odd impression of this girl. I sensed that there was a problem. The fact that the girl was so badly dressed in comparison to the male was the first indication.”  Too much of a difference, Sheila thought to herself.

She decided to try and talk to the man, but he became very defensive. Shelia started to think something was up.

“At first, I sensed that something was off. He was much more mature than the girl sitting next to him, and he reacted violently to any movement around him. I’m happy I was able to intervene quickly and save a life.”

After a little while, she went to the bathroom and placed a pen and paper there. She hoped the girl would use these if she needed help.

Passing the girl again, Shelia signaled her to go to the toilet. The girl got up and went to the toilet.

Sheila returned to discover a note that read, “I need help.”

She called authorities immediately. Upon the planes landing, police were ready to catch the man.

They found out this 14-year-old girl was a victim of human trafficking. She was kidnapped only two months before.

Retired flight attendant Nancy Rivard started the Airline Ambassadors International organization. They train attendants on how to see signs of human trafficking.

After Shelia discovered this girl, she received training from them to help her see it clearer in the future.

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Hilaria Baldwin makes the big announcement everyone has been waiting for but people have a lot to say about the name

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Alec Baldwin and wife Hilaria welcomed baby number seven on September 22, and the proud mom was quick to share the news with her followers.

“She’s here! We are so excited to introduce you to our tiny dream come true,” Hilaria wrote and shared a video which shows the baby’s siblings meeting her for the first time ever.

Along with the happy news, Hilaria also shared the baby’s name, and it caused controversy.

Why, you may ask. Well, Hilaria has been under scrutiny recently as a video of her showed her dropping her Spanish accent. Allegedly, she wasn’t sincere when representing herself as a Spaniard. She claimed she was born and raised in Mallorka, Spain, and only moved to the States at the age of 19 to attend university, which might not be entirely true as people claim she attended school with them in the US way before she reached that age.

“You have to admire Hilaria Baldwin’s commitment to her decade-long grift where she impersonates a Spanish person,” tweeted user @lenirbriscoe, before sharing clips of Hilaria speaking of married life with a marked Spanish accent and apparently forgetting, on a cooking show, the English word for cucumber.

“This woman grew up in Massachusetts,” the user added.

Having said this, people got mad when they learned the youngest Baldwin was given a Spanish name, Ilaria Catalina Irena Baldwin, just like those of her siblings.

“Her blatant trying to be Spanish is really quite irritating, why is it okay? Why does she keep trying? Have they really let it go to their heads that much,” someone wrote. The name Ilaria is actually Italian for “Hilary” and means cheerful.

During her pregnancy, Hilaria shared plenty of photos and updates with her social media followers.

Speaking what it feels like to be a mom of seven, Hilaria shared, “When people ask or comment, we often go to silly and very self-deprecating jokes on my part. I love to laugh at myself—so it’s all good…keeps me sane.”

She then added, “All jokes aside, however, I am grateful for this experience. I know too well the joys and the losses, the beauty and the heartache, that motherhood brings. I have learned to respect and embrace the wonderful, the hard, the uncomfortable, the magical, and the unknown of this incredible process I am so blessed to experience again and again.” 

Alec responded with a comment, “You are a very special person and my hope is that your children are as special as you.”

Congratulations on your bundle of joy.

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Teacher asks the DMV: ‘How does this plate I just saw not violate your guidelines?’

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Getting the right car is the ultimate goal for many people. The truth is that choosing the vehicle that suits your needs best isn’t an easy task. For some people, owning a nice car is a sign of prestige. The same goes for vanity plates, or customized plates that spread certain message. Others, however, are happy with any combination of letters and numbers they randomly get.

However, even if you are ready to pay for such a plate, that doesn’t mean you can have anything written on it.

As per the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), if someone already owns the plate that you like, your request would be denied. The same thing happens if you ask for a customized license plate with something specific that is considered offensive.

Matt Pacenza, a teacher of English who resides in Salt Lake City, Utah, noticed a vanity license plate that he thought was extremely offensive. 

Speaking to the The Salt Lake Tribune, he said, “It jumped out at me because of how aggressive and confrontational and political the message was. I’m used to personalized plates being whimsical or playful or personal: GOUTES or DOGMAMA or SKILOVE or something. This felt significantly different.”

After snapping a photo of it, Matt posted it on Facebook and Twitter with the caption, “Hey @utahdld, how does this plate I just saw not violate your guidelines?”

Needless to say, reading the word DEPORTM on that person’s plate left many others confused as well. They agreed that what was written there was inappropriate. Among those who reacted on Matt’s photo was Senator Daniel Thatcher who assured everyone that he had contacted DLD and was waiting for a response.

In a follow-up tweet, he further explained why he thought the license plate shouldn’t have been approved.

His then updated the situation and explained that the DMV was reviewing the issue and that based on the DMV’s guidelines for license plates, the plate should be recalled.

Apparently, the vanity was approved back in 2015 and Tammy Kikuchi, a spokesperson for the Utah Tax Commission which oversees the DMV in Utah, they didn’t now why it was approved and how it got through.

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