Rebecca Boening, a woman from Texas, experienced health issues when her sugar levels dropped as she was placing an order at a Burger King drive-thru.
When the employee realized Rebecca was in need of help, she made sure she provided it to her despite being on the job during a busy day.
This is what Rebecca posted of the encounter which caught the attention of many.
“Wednesday afternoon I was driving west on I-40 when my blood sugar dropped to a dangerous level.
Luckily a Burger King restaurant was at the upcoming exit. As I stumbled through placing my order I mentioned to the voice on the speaker that I was diabetic and in need of food.
Low blood sugar makes it difficult to think or act. I pulled up to the first window in order to pay for my food. I was shocked to see Burger King employee Tina Hardy running toward the front of my car.
She squeezed between the front of my car and the building just to bring me a small serving of ice cream.
Tina later explained that her husband was also diabetic and she could tell that I needed help. After paying I pulled up to Tina’s window where she gave me my food.
She instructed me to park across the driveway so that she could keep an eye on me until I felt better.”
“After my meal, I waited for a lull in activity so that I could go back to Tina’s window. After taking this photo, I spoke with Tina’s boss and thanked him for everything.”
We are grateful there are still people there like Tina who would do all in their power to help a person in need.
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Kobe Bryant, Vanessa Bryant, Gianna Maria Onore Bryant and Natalia Diamante Bryant at the LA premiere of 'A Wrinkle In Time' held at the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood, USA on February 26, 2018.
Natalia Bryant walked down Versace’s iconic black-and-white checkered runway at the Versace Spring 2024 show during Milan Fashion Week on Friday.
The late Kobe Bryant’s daughter had her debut and her mother couldn’t be prouder of her.
“I’m so proud of you! You did it mama!!!! I love you so much and I’m so happy for you,” Vanessa Bryant captioned an Instagram photo of her daughter.
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Natalia herself was super excited for taking part in a runway show of such a famous brand.
“I am beyond excited about making my runway debut,” she said. “It’s such an incredible opportunity, and I’m so grateful to Donatella (Versace) and am honored that she has invited me to be a part of something so special.”
She then credited her mom for her interest in fashion and honest opinion. “She keeps it real, and I know she always has my best interest at heart.” The 20-year-old added that her mother encouraged her to find her own style.
Natalia, who is student at the University of Southern California, was signed by IMG Models in 2021.
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Speaking of her passion to finally pursue a career in the fashion industry, she said, “I wanted to start fresh and do my own thing without having to worry about comparing myself to anyone or setting myself to anyone’s standard.”
Natalia told Vogue that Donatella Versace herself invited her to be part of the show. “She was just so welcoming and sweet and made me feel so comfortable, especially with it being my first runway,” she said. “Meeting her definitely helped settle any nerves.”
When preparing for her debut, besides seeking advice from her mom, Natalia also drew inspiration from supermodels she admires, such as Naomi Campbell.
“I’ve always loved watching videos of Naomi walking down the runway along with videos of other iconic supermodels I look up to,” she said. “My mom says, ‘Walk like Naomi but remember to be yourself, put your own style to your walk and always with your head held high.’”
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The show included supermodels such as Claudia Schiffer and Gigi Hadid.
Natalia is the eldest daughter of Vanessa and the late NBA superstar Kobe Bryant who died in a tragic helicopter crash in Calabasas in 2020 along with seven others. The couple also share daughters Gianna, Bianka and Capri. Gianna was with her father on the day of the crash and lost her life.
On March 15 this year, Vanessa, Natalia, Bianka, and Capri were at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California, where the statue in Kobe Bryant’s honor was to be unveiled.
The handprints of the superstar legend that he had made in February 2011 were permanently displayed in the theatre’s public forecourt along with his ’24’ jersey. His younger daughters Bianka and Capri placed their hands on top of their fathers as well.
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Natalia used the occasion to pay tribute to her late dad. “I’m honoured to be here today to recognise the man we all knew and love, my dad Kobe Bryant,” she said. “While most people knew him as a basketball player or a storyteller, I got to know and love him as my dad,” adding, “And let me tell you, he is the MVP of girl dads, to say the least.”
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In today’s world, when we are surrounded with easily accessible chemicals that affect our health, it’s sometimes a good idea to turn to the nature instead, and seek solutions to our problems there.
In the past, when there weren’t that many cleaning products out there, our great-grandparents used all natural ingredients in order to keep their homes clean.
Besides its pleasant aroma, this plant is a game-changer when it comes to scrubbing and cleaning.
Using it for that purpose, it will act as a natural air freshener without all those synthetic fragrances found in commercial products.
At the same time, bay leaves possess both antibacterial and antimicrobial properties.
If you decide to add some bay leaves into the water you use to mop your floors, you won’t be only cleaning, but you will be disinfecting as well. What’s most, the scent of bay leaves repels mosquitoes, flies, and other insects.
When dealing with tile and wood, the natural oils in bay leaves will act as natural polish, giving the floors showroom luster. On top of that, bay leaves are way too cheaper than any cleaning products found at stores.
In case you want to try them, this is how to mop using bay leaves.
Put water into the mop bucket.
Put in a few bay leaves.
Hold off for a while and let the beneficial properties of the leaves seep into the water.
Proceed with your regular mopping procedure.
If you try this and you like it, let us know.
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Asian hornets, known as Vespa velutina nigrithorax, which are native to Southeast Asia have been found in an abandoned home in St Brelades, a town located on the Channel Island in the United Kingdom.
This species is considered invasive because of its ability to displace local hornet populations and wreak havoc on ecosystems by attacking the honeybees population. They can also be very aggressive towards humans.
The first time Asian hornets found their way into Europe was through a nest hidden abroad a ship. They were first spotted in the south of France from where they spread throughout the continent, including United Kingdom.
The Channel Islands, including St Brelades, are particularly susceptible to the presence of these hornets due to their proximity to mainland Europe.
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The nest found in St Brelades marks 171 nests of Asian hornets found this year in the United Kingdom compared to the 71 found at this time last year.
Authorities have concerns that their ability to keep this species out of the country is slipping away.
They are issuing warnings for the citizens to be extra cautious in case they stumble upon a nest of Asian hornets.
Since the spread of these hornets is fast, people should learn how to effectively handle such situations.
The most common places they can be found are:
Houses and buildings
Nests in trees and shrubs
In orchards
Anywhere that they can find a warm place to hide during the winter months.
In case you stumble upon an Asian hornet nest, there are some thing to have in mind since they can get extremely aggressive in case their habitat is disturbed.
Observe and Report: Do not try to remove it all by yourself since that requires appropriate expertise. Don’t even disturb them, as they can easily attack you. Instead, inform the local authorities and provide them with the exact location. If you live in the United Kingdon, you should contact the Animal and Plant Health Agency. They possess the right equipment and resources for dealing with Asian hornets.
Maintain Distance: Don’t get near the nest because that can trigger an attack. In case you get attacked, have in mind that these insects’ sting is extremely painful.
Educate Yourself: Get to know more about this insects as that can help in case you come across with them.
Protect Your Property: If you are aware of the existence of a nest near your residence, make sure you do all in your power to prevent them from getting indoors. Fix any small cracks and don’t keep the windows and doors open.
Seek Professional Assistance: Always contact professional pest control service in case you see an Asian hornet nest. They are the ones who would take care of the problem most effectively.
If we take precautions and seek professional assistance to deal with the Asian hornets, we help protect the ecosystem and those living around us.
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Actress Hayden Panettiere is still mourning the loss of her brother Jansen who died in February aged 28.
On what would have been his 29th birthday, the Nashville alum paid tribute to him in a touching Instagram post.
“Happy Birthday little brother,” she captioned a throwback photo of the two on Christmas day as children. “I miss you everyday. I’ll love you forever ❤️”
Jansen, just like his older sister, was also part of the film industry. Among the rest, he appeared on Even Stevens, The Walking Dead and Racing Stripes.
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The news of his passing shocked many. His friends discovered his lifeless body after he failed to show up for a meeting.
Reports are that Jansen’s buddies “raced to his home” after he missed the meeting he had booked. Upon arriving to his residence, one of his friends discovered Jansen “sitting in a chair, unresponsive,” so he dialed 911 and began CPR.
“Though it offers little solace, the Medical Examiner reported Jansen’s sudden passing was due to cardiomegaly (enlarged heart), coupled with aortic valve complications,” the family said in a statement.
“Jansen’s heart could be seen in his eyes, and his charm in his brilliant, engaging smile; his soul in his masterful and revealing paintings, and the joy of life in his dry wit,” the statement continued. “His charisma, warmth, compassion for others, and his creative spirit will live forever in our hearts and in the hearts of all whom he encountered.”
At the time of his passing, a source told ET, “Hayden is absolutely heartbroken. She loved her brother unconditionally and the two shared a special bond.”
She and her brother were very close and shared a special bond.
She often shared photos of the two having fun together. Days before his loss, Hayden shared a black-and-white photo of herself giving him a haircut. They were both laughing.
Even before experiencing this tragic loss, Hayden had been struggling with addictions she gradually opened about.
In 2018, she gave the custody over her daughter to her ex-husband.
“The best thing for my kid was to make sure she was okay, take care of myself, and make sure I could be a good mom to her. And that sometimes means letting go,” she said at the time.
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Our hearts go out to the Panettiere family during their time of grief.
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Tina Louise is a synonym of timeless beauty. Her mark in Hollywood and on Broadway is so profound few people can ever say they are able to reach her status and glory.
Being born to parents who divorced while she was still young, Tina had a hard time accepting their separation and that somehow determined the course of her life and career.
“My path was very unusual. I lived with a lot of different cousins and aunts and strangers and so forth and so on, sort of a gypsy kind of a childhood,” she told Authority Magazine in 2019.
Although her mom was fashion model, Tina didn’t show any interest of following into her footsteps of being part of the entertainment industry whatsoever.
Actress Tina Louise portrait sesion in circa 1954. (Photo by Richard C. Miller/Donaldson Collection/Getty Images)
However, as year went by, she attended Miami University and everything changed.
“I saw a friend of mine who had gotten a part in a play on Broadway and he was the same age as me and I was very impressed,” Tina Louise told Authority Magazine.
“My mother took me backstage and I just really enjoyed it,” she continued. “And the very fact that my friend was in it gave me a little push to just proceed. I told my mother that I wanted to leave the University because the drama department wasn’t sufficient for me.”
Tina perfected her craft of acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. In 1952, she made her Broadway debut in the Bette Davis musical Two’s Company and appeared in Playboy Magazine.
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In 1957, Tina released her first music album, It’s Time for Tina, but it was acting that remained the moving power behind her success.
When she landed the role of Griselda Walden in the drama film God’s Little Acre, millions took notice of her talents and her looks. That same year, Tina took home the Golden Globe Award for the New Star of the Year.
“It was incredible,” she told Forbes. “The movie ended up in the Venice Film Festival. I went abroad. There were all these people around taking care of me. I didn’t have to worry about anything. We sat in the theater, and I got bright red roses [laughs]. I’m saying, ‘Why did you give me roses? You should give them to the writer, the director – somebody else.’”
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After God’s Little Acre, she focused on her Broadway work and starred in some Italian films. In 1962, when returning from Europe, Tina started studying with Lee Strasberg at the Actor’s Studio.
“Everything Lee Strasberg said was important. He’d pick up your arm and see if—and how — it would drop to determine the level of relaxation in your body and spirit,” Tina told Esquire. “He’d say, ‘Make a sound.’ Some people would start to laugh and that would sometimes turn to tears. You didn’t have to be sad — it all came from deep relaxation.”
She continued, “I learned a lot from Lee about deep relaxation to get at something you were working toward. And then I found myself on Gilligan’s Island, where somebody’s telling you, ‘Go to the right.’ ‘Go to the left.’ That was an adjustment.”
With the role of Ginger in the legendary Gilligan’s Island, Tina reached a world-wide fame.
At first, she wasn’t fond of the script and the role, but she then found it “light and funny and charming.”
The role of Ginger was imagined as “part Marilyn [Monroe], part Lucille [Ball]..” and Tina had exactly that, and maybe more.
“I always had fun with the show. Ginger flirted. Flirting is fun! Flirting is good;” she told the NY Post.
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Tina played the role throughout three seasons, or 98 episodes.
“I get letters every day at my house. I appreciate the fact that they love the series. I once had somebody come up to me in a restaurant, she said she was sorry to interrupt, but that her husband was dying of cancer and liked to look at the show every single day,” Tina Louise said.
“That was very, very important. I respect the fact that people like it so much. I understand that for myself – when you need diversion, you need diversion. When I was on my bed for two-and-a-quarter months [recuperating], I needed diversion. Fortunately, there was the reality show of an election that was really getting heated. I was grateful for that, the books I read and the people that came by.”
Other roles that marked her career are in the television series Kojak in 1974, the 1975 movie The Stepford Wives, the 1987 comedy OC and Stiggs, and the rockabilly satire film Johnny Sue in 1992, starring Brad Pitt.
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Today, Tina is 89 and she’s a grandmother to two grandchildren,” whom she calls “my two beautiful babies.” She’s still living in New York.
She, of course, defies her age. Looking at her, one would assume she’s decades younger than she really is.
“Don’t number me. Who needs it?” Tina Louise added. “Numbers are not what you look like or how you live your life … Buddha said, ‘Live in the present moment. Wisely and earnestly.’”
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Millie Smith and Lewis Cann were over the moon upon the revelation that they would become parents. Having a number of twins in their family, Millie had the gut feeling that she was carrying two babies herself, and her mother’s instinct didn’t fail her.
The ultrasound showed that she was indeed expecting twins, but even at the beginning of the pregnancy, doctor’s could determine that one of the babies wasn’t likely to survive.
When Millie gave birth at 30 weeks pregnant, they were told that one of their daughters had anencephaly, a life-limiting condition where the baby’s brain and spinal cord (the fetal nervous system) do not develop properly.
They were also told that their bundle of joy only minutes to hours to live.
Knowing this, her parents wanted to name her before they could say the final goodbye. They chose the name Skye.
“We knew that Skye needed to have a name before she was born,” Millie said. “Knowing she would only survive for seconds or minutes, I wanted her to be named during that time.”
The meaning behind “Skye,” she explained, symbolized “somewhere we knew she would always be, that we could look up at the sky and remember our baby.”
“We were cuddling Skye when she passed away. This was the worst moment in our lives. I have never ever felt heartbreak like that before. But I am proud that she fought for so long to spend time with us.”
Skye only lived for three hours, time her parents spent admiring her beauty and enjoying her presence into their lives.
Following her passing, the couple were provided with a “bereavement midwife” and a “Daisy Room,” a space where parents can be with their infant before and after death, to help them cope with the loss.
However, once the girl was gone, no one talked about her any more. Millie felt like her baby never even existed, and that made her mad.
“Most of the nurses were aware of what had happened, but as time passed, people stopped talking about Skye. After about four weeks, everyone acted as though nothing had happened, meaning the families around me had no idea about our situation,” the grieving mother recalled.
As her other baby, Callie, was still at NICU, another mother who had just had twins on her own told Millie how lucky she was for not having twins, not knowing of Millie’s loss.
“None of the other parents knew what had happened or anything about Skye. The comment was completely innocent and more out of humor…They weren’t to know that I did at one point have two.” Millie continued, “But the comment nearly broke me. I ran out [of] the room in tears and they had no idea why. I didn’t have the heart to tell them what had happened. A simple sticker would have avoided that entire situation.”
This is when Millie came up with the idea of putting a sticker on the incubator indicating the loss of one or more babies in a set of multiples.
“I chose butterflies, as I felt it was fitting to remember the babies that flew away, the color purple because it is suitable for both boys or girls,” she explained.
Today, her initiative has grown into a foundation, The Skye High Foundation, that supports the purple butterfly initiative. So far, it helped spread the idea to hospitals in many different nations.
The purple butterfly merchandise includes a variety of gifts and accessories.
“Ultimately I will never be able to stop this from happening, but the more support groups we can set up and put things in place like the stickers the better it will be. It’s the hardest thing anyone has to deal with,” Millie said.
Today, her other girl, Callie is seven years old.
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They say that if a friendship lasts for over sever years, it’s likely to last a lifetime. But no matter how good we believe our friends are, we should never trust anyone fully, and one woman learned that lesson the hard way.
Namely, the woman, who shared her story on Reddit and asked fellow users to tell her if she had done the right thing, explained that she and her friend were inseparable ever since they were in second grade.
They shared their secrets, their pain, and their happiness with each other and formed a bond that was impossible to be broken, or at least the woman though so.
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One day, the friend came knocking on the woman’s door, telling her how she failed to pay rent and was now on the streets. The woman, who was pregnant at the time, embraced her friend and welcomed her in her and her husband’s home.
Things seemed normal. The three got along well, and nothing spoke trouble.
One day, however, the friend told the woman that she took a pregnancy test which came out positive. She then told her to stand because she had some news to share.
To the shock of the woman, the friend said that the father of her baby was the woman’s husband.
“Years of friendship and marriage is just gone,” the woman wrote on Reddit. “She’s ruined everything… my best friend ruined everything.”
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She added how she decided to leave her husband for good and people praised her for leaving rather than staying in an unhealthy relationship.
“I’m sorry this happened to you, but I’m glad to hear you are making an escape plan. Too often, people stay in a toxic situation and waste years being lied to and manipulated,” one user wrote.
“Being cheated on is heartbreaking in itself. But finding out when you’re pregnant is just awful. Please take care of yourself and your baby. Surround yourself [with] those who truly love you and who will be supportive of you,” another echoed.
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They encouraged her to think of her own well-being and the well-being of her unborn child and move on with her life.
We hope she would be able to find the courage to get over the betrayal that caused her pain.
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