This is the story of how Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg became best friends

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We can’t choose our family, but we can certainly choose our friends. That said, we should pay a lot of thought about who we surround ourselves with, because friends are those people we share our lives with. We tell them our secrets, our fears, and what makes us happy.

Friends aren’t always peers or people we went to college with, and what makes friendship beautiful is that it comes in all shapes and sizes.

Speaking of “unusual” friendships, we can’t help but mention that of Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg. These two BFF’s break barriers and show us that when it comes to true friendship, age is just a number.

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Martha, who is the first female self-made billionaire, has tried herself in different careers before becoming a well-known TV personality, and she was very successful in each of them.

As a teenager, she signed with Ford Models and was featured in shows, magazines, and commercials. According to her, she was “the all American girl.”

Later, she attended Barnard College and pursued a career as a stockbroker at an all-male firm.

“I lasted in that business for about eight years, working in a firm of all men. Only one woman owned a seat on the New York Stock Exchange at that time. I’m not intimidated by men; I never was,” Martha Stewart told People. “But men actually welcomed me to their offices. We wore hot pants to work. I still have my pale, peachy-pink ones and my chocolate-brown ones. I wore them with either high heels, bare legs, or tights. Elegant but also crazy. Like, how can you go to work in short-shorts? But I didn’t think twice about it. I was totally respected.”

Eventually, after years of working as a stockbroker, Martha felt she should spend more time with her family; her now ex-husband Andrew Steward and her only child, daughter Alexis.

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While Alexis attended school in Westport, Connecticut, Martha came up with the idea of starting an at-home catering business. A decade later, she launched her company Martha Stewart Inc. which turned into a million dollar business.

In 1990, she and her husband divorced, and she had a hard time accepting the fact she and Andrew were no longer together.

“Getting divorced was a terrible thing for me because we were the first to divorce in my family,” she told the Daily Mail. “And that we haven’t spoken since the divorce is even more painful.”

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In 2008, rapper Snoop Dogg was a guest on Martha Stewart Show and she found the way he spoke fun. In fact, she commented that they made a “weird couple.” This show was the start of something big and meaningful.

Snoop Dogg said at the time, “Martha kind of, like, pioneered this. As far as letting rappers become a part of daytime television.”

A year later, he returned to the show and their friendship only grew bigger. Speaking of what the two share, Snoop Dogg descried it as “a natural combination of love, peace, and harmony.”

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In 2016, they decided to do a show together, Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party. It was a huge hit loved by many and received an Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program in 2017.

“It’s not fake, it’s not put on,” SallyAnn Salsano, the producer of Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party told Inc.. “It’s just what it is. That’s why I think it feels so good because you have two people that genuinely love each other and respect each other, for real.”

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Watching them spend a bunch of time together led some to believe that there is possibly something more than just a friendship between Martha and Snoop Dogg, but that’s far from true. Speaking on Good Day New York, Martha, who is 30 years older than Snoop Dogg, said that what they have is just a genuine friendship, nothing more.

“Snoop is younger than my daughter. We have to have a professional relationship, don’t we Snoop?” she said, and added, “He is very attractive, I must say, he really is an attractive human being. Everybody likes him. It’s so nice that he’s popular, and the guests really adore him and respond to him nicely. And he has a great sense of humor.” 

Being around Martha made Snoop Dogg a much better chef in the kitchen. In 2018, he published his cookbook From Crook to Cook: Platinum Recipes from Tha Boss Dogg’s Kitchen and his friend Martha wrote the foreword.

“Snoop and I have a special bond that dates back to when he first appeared on the Martha Stewart Show in 2008. Our relationship was born from our connection to food as we whipped up some cognac mashed potatoes and green brownies,” Martha Stewart wrote.

“Working with Snoop in the kitchen has been a remarkable experience for me. Not only has he taught me new lingo and cultural references, he surprised me with his unique cooking techniques and recipes.” 

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We are glad that despite their age difference, these two make such good friends.

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Prince Harry is about to get a heavy hit from King Charles III

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Long before the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, the media reported that people close to then-Prince Charles claimed he was planning on slimming down the monarchy once he becomes King of England. Now that the time has come for him to ascend to the throne, many are convinced he would carry on with his plan.

“Charles has never made any secret of the fact that he wants a slimmed-down Monarchy when he becomes King. He realizes that the public don’t want to pay for a huge Monarchy and, as he said, the balcony at Buckingham Palace would probably collapse,” he was reported to have said.

As it turns out, the King is determined to protect both the Crown and his people, and one way to do that, according to a source close to the Royal Family, is by keeping Harry and Meghan away from The Firm.

In order to do so, he would probably use Edward VIII’s abdication as a model. When he married his wife, who was a divorcee, Edward was perceived as a foolish and disloyal, and it looks like history is repeating itself with Harry who stepped down from his royal duties and left Britain for America.

Under King Charles’ supervision, “the same thing is now happening with Harry and Meghan, and it will only intensify over the coming years.”

Reports are that the Sussexes will be invited to King Charles’ coronation, but they will be seated next to Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, just as they were during the funeral.

King Charles will likely be ruthless and will do all in his power to keep his younger son and his wife as far away from the focus of attention as possible.

It looks like that despite the opinion of a number of royal experts that the Queen’s passing will lead to reconciliation between the Sussexes and the rest of the family, the relationship between them continues to be a rocky one.

Christopher Andersen, a representative of the royal family, stated that “Harry and a Meghan still seem uncomfortable. We’ve seen that in a recent interview Meghan gave. It’s all really depressing, and I believe it will take a lot to restore things to their previous state.”

One thing that Meghan opened about was the Royal Rota, a system established more than 40 years ago as a way of giving UK print and broadcast media exclusive inside access to the official engagements of members of the Royal Family. She said she wasn’t happy sharing photos of her child with the media before showing them to the people who truly love her children.

With the new era in the British royalty, we are yet to see what future holds for Harry, Meghan, and their children.

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Retired police officer hears cries of baby trapped in hot car – uses a sledgehammer to smash the window

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Sadly, not every person is fit to be a parent. Most moms and dads would go to great lengths for the well-being of their children, but there are also those who put their little one’s life in danger because they don’t care enough or simply because they lack common sense.

One thing that parents do wrong is leaving their children inside a vehicle when the temperatures are high. This act speaks danger because the cabin of a car can become 20’C hotter than the temperature outside, even on cool and cloudy days.

The number of young children and babies who are left unattended inside a hot vehicle and lose their lives as a result is an average of 38 per year, and these numbers are devastating.

We can’t even imagine the heartbreak parents experience over these types of tragedies that can be easily avoided if moms and dads are informed of the dangers.

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Retired sergeant Steve Eckel, of the Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office, prevented a tragedy from taking place after he heard screams coming from a vehicle parked at a parking lot in Howell Township, New Jersey. He rushed towards the car to see what was going on and that’s when he realized a baby, around 4 months old, was left inside the car while the mom went shopping.

The little one was struggling to breath and was about to experience a heat stroke as the temperatures were pretty high, so Eckel knew he needed to act fast. At that moment, he remembered he had a sledgehammer in his car, so he rushed to grab it.

“She was sweating, crying, eyes rolling back,” he told CBS New York.

In no time, Eckel smashed the car window and took the baby out.

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The mother came around 40 minutes later and was shocked to see her car’s window being broken and her child missing. She was then arrested for endangering the welfare of a child and the baby was placed in the care of her father.

“I do believe in guardian angels,” Steve said, “and I think that I’m the one for this child.”

We are so glad this man found himself in the right place at the right time to save a life.

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Mother welcomes her first child at the age of 66: This is what their life looks like today

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In today’s world, people tend to be very judgmental. It seems that a lot more time needs to pass until we learn not to judge others for the way they decide to live their life.

Adriana Iliescu from Romania became a hot topic in her country for becoming a mother at the age of 66. Many considered her decision selfish and believed she shouldn’t have given birth at such old age. She, on the other hand, was over the moon to finally be blessed with a bundle of joy.

Baby Eliza was born in 2005, and the news of her birth spread worldwide.

In 2010, when Eliza was five years old, her mother decided to open up about everything she was forced to go through because of people’s mean comments.

“The mirror is unkind to women, but if we are talking about my energy then I feel like a young woman. I feel like I’m 27 and when I feel a bit more tired, I feel like I’m 37. I am healthier than women more than half my age,” she told Daily Mail.

“People think they are being funny when they call me granny, but I didn’t have Eliza to make me look younger. I never feel my years.”

During the interview with the British tabloid, then 71-year-old Adriana said that she was planning on having another child because it was medically possible for her to give birth yet again.

”Medically, it’s possible,” she said. ”I ­understand there are trials going on with a 70-year-old woman in England, so it could be done. I am fine and healthy and I think it would be possible to have another child in the future, but I’m not in a rush at the moment.”

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Adriana is a great mother and Eliza loves her to the moon and back. Although many call her granny, Eliza doesn’t bother her mother is older than her friends’ mothers.

“I don’t smoke and I don’t drink. If I live as long as my parents did, Eliza will be 20 by the time I pass away. I think I still have a lot to give her,” Adriana says.

When she was young, Adriana was married and got pregnant, but she lost the baby and her husband left her. After that, she focused all her time on her career as a professor at a university in Bucharest.

“I couldn’t even think about a child, as I was working,” she said and continued: “But, from the age of 37, after I had ­completed my doctorate, I was ready to have a child. But there was not IVF back then.”

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When she shared with her family and friends that she wanted to become a mother, they all considered her decision crazy and many turned their backs on her. However, she was determined to have a child and her wish came true after she met Dr. Bogdan Marinescu for a treatment. The first treatment failed, and then she became pregnant with triplets. Sadly, two of the babies died and Eliza was the only one who stayed alive. She was born prematurely and needed to spend quite some time at the hospital, but she eventually reached all the milestones and today she is a healthy 17-year-old lady.

Eliza is following into her mother’s academic footsteps and is an excellent student.

When Eliza was still young Adriana wanted to baptize her, but the nuns looked at her with resentment and one even said that the girl was “the product of dark force.” Adriana, on other hand, says that her daughter is a gift from God.

Today, at the age of 83, Adriana still works as a half-time lecturer and is writing children’s’ books.

Adriana made a deal with the doctor who performed her IVF that in case she passes, he will become the girl’s legal guardian.

We hope this brave mother will be around for a lot more years and will get to see her daughter graduate from college. We wish both of them only the best.

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109-Year-Old Woman Shared the Secret to a Long Life

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Some people are blessed with a long life. But is there a secret to longevity?

Well, according to science, if you want to lead a healthy life, which probably has to do with the number of age you reach, you need to eat healthy, exercise, be active, and have a social life. But who else would tell us exactly what leads to reaching many years of age than those who celebrated a milestone of turning 100 and even more years old?

 Susannah Mushatt Jones, a woman who got to live to 106, claimed that eating bacon on a regular basis added to her long life.

In order to learn more of the lifestyle and the habits of centenarians, Holiday Retirement commissioned a national survey in 2015. The answers they got from the elderly were pretty amazing. Some were surprising as well.

One of the most unconventional responses came from a 109-year-old woman from Scotland named Jessie Gallan.

Jessie, who passed away shortly after the survey was conducted, lived in a nursing home and was described by her caretakers as a vibrant person.

“Jessie is a lovely woman. She has got her best friend here, Sarah Jane, and they are always together. She likes her music and likes her exercise class and is a very independent person. Jessie is always walking about,” caretaker Gillian Bennett told STV when talking of Jessie.

Jessie was born in 1906 on a farm in Kintore, Scotland. She and her family, her parents and her six siblings lived in a two-bedroom cottage and slept on a straw-filled mattress.

Back in the day, not many young women attended school, but Jessie was among the lucky ones to start her education. However, she soon left school in order to work as a maid and later in the service industry in both the city and countryside.

Asked what her secret to such a long life was, Jessie stunned the reporter by saying, “My secret to a long life has been staying away from men. They’re just more trouble than they’re worth.”

Hearing this bold statement, we are certain there are AMENS coming from other women out there.

Besides avoiding men, Jessie said that another secret of hers was a dairy component. “I like my porridge. I have all my life.”

It turns out that the right life choices related can add to their longevity. For Jessie, that was staying away from men and having her oatmeal.

The truth is that what works for one person may not be fit for another, so we should all do what makes us happy. I guess that’s the ultimate secret to a long life.

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The life of Serena Williams, one of the best female tennis players in the world

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When it comes to female tennis, two of the names that come to mind are those of sisters Venus and Serena Williams.

The road to brilliance for these sisters didn’t come overnight, but with a lot of hard work and immense number of hours of practice. It’s safe to say that they owe much of their success to their father Richard, who saw tennis as a way of providing a better life for his daughters.

At the time they were still very young, he wrote what is now considered the legendary 78-page-plan on how to practice and become successful in the sport. The idea of his girls getting involved in the game came to Richard after he had seen Romanian tennis player Virginia Ruzici receive $20,000 for winning the 1978 French Open. He knew nothing about the game, but he was so determined to teach Venus and Serena master it that he quit his job and dedicated all his time on learning how to become a master of the game himself while his wife Oracene provided for the family who consisted of seven people living in a two-bedroom home.

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Serena played in her first junior tournament when she was just nine years of age and made it to the final. There, her opponent was nobody else but her sister Venus.

At the age of 13, Serena made her pro-debut at the Bell Challenge in Quebec but lost the match in less than an hour.

Then, in 1997, during the Ameritech Cup, Serena beat No. 7 ranked Mary Pierce, then No. 4 ranked Monica Seles, making her the lowest-ranked player (No. 304) to beat two top-ten opponents in one tournament.

From that moment on, it took Serena only two years to become a sensation and a huge tennis star adored by many. Not only she started winning major tournaments, such as Grand Slams, but she found herself on the covers of prestigious magazines such as Sport Illustrated and signed a multimillion-dollar contract with Puma.

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At the same time, Venus was reaching quite a success in her own right and the rivalry between the sisters was apparent.

Becoming two of the best female tennis players in the world, Serena defeated Venus in the French Open, the US. Open, the Wimbledon final and, in early 2003, she won her first Australian Open.

What Serena achieved on the tennis court is a staggering number of titles.

Both Serena and Venus have been fierce advocates for gender equality in sports and have served as inspiration to many young people who dreamed of conquering the tennis courts.

“[Serena] undeniably revolutionized women’s tennis, and gave so many women and girls, especially those within the Black community, a powerful representation of what it looks like to rise above adversity, fight for what you believe, and be a champion,” Marisa Grimes, chief diversity & inclusion officer at the United States Tennis Association, told Insider.

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Earlier in August, great Serena Williams announced she is retiring, and that certainly means spending her days with her daughter Olympia and her husband, Alexis Ohanian.

Serena and Alexis met when they were both staying at a same hotel in Rome, the place where he would propose a year later.

As he sat next to Serena’s table, she tried to chase him off by sending Zane Haupt, who handled her business development opportunities, go and tell Alexis there was a rat under his table. His answer was that he’s from Brooklyn and sees rats all the time.

Since she realized he wasn’t going anywhere, Serena invited Alexis to her table. It was then that he realized she was the famous tennis player. He, however, had never watched a single game of tennis until then as he didn’t have respect for the sport. But meeting Serena changed that.

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Alexis is best known as the founder of Reddit. He and his business partners sold the site for $15 million. Today, its worth is estimated at $4 billion.

Some years after selling it, Alexis went back to Reddit as an executive chairman but left the position in 2020.

Serena has spoken of her daughter Olympia and said that nothing she does for her ever feels like a sacrifice.

In the past, the tennis goddess never thought she would be a mother, or at least, she believed there would be someone taking care of her child 24/7, but once Olympia was welcomed into the world, that all changed.

Serena says she’s “an incredibly hands-on mother.”

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Serena remains one of the greatest female players there are.

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How Priscilla Presley, 77, had plastic surgery procedure gone wrong: Inside her life

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The first ever meeting between The King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley, and his wife Priscilla was a serendipitous one.

Priscilla and her family were living in Germany at the time, and Elvis was serving in the United States Army’s 3rd Armored Division.

One day, she was eating at a restaurant when a customer approached her and asked her if she wanted to meet Elvis.

She was quick to say ‘yes,’ and met him that same night.

“Three or four of Elvis’ friends were with their dates, and a couple of girls dropped by. It was a very casual evening – a family atmosphere. Elvis was sitting in a chair when I arrived and he got up and shook my hand. Then reality hit me, and I thought, ‘What am I doing here?” she recalled in her book.

It looked like The King knew this girl was the love of his life the moment he laid eyes on her. During the next two years of their life, the two stayed in touch before Elvis invited her to spend the summer with him in his Los Angeles place. By the next spring, Priscilla moved to the US in a house near Graceland before she moved in with Elvis.

The couple tied the knot on May 1, 1967 and welcomed their first and only child Lisa Marie the following year.

“My wedding was very unusual,” Priscilla told Closer Weekly. “It was the people closest to us, and private, and that’s how we wanted it. We didn’t want a fan club.”

The union didn’t last long, and the couple finalized their divorce in 1973. The reason behind the split that left many in shock was infidelity on both sides.

“He wasn’t faithful,” Priscilla told AU News. “Not that he had someone special, but when you’re in the entertainment business there is always that and I tried to turn my back to that, but I just didn’t want to share him.”

On the day of their divorce, the two left the courthouse hand in hand. They both spoke how they still loved each other, despite the decision to get separated.

“I divorced him even though I still loved him, but I needed to find out what the world was like, but the greatest thing about our relationship is that we still loved each other,” Priscilla said.

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Unfortunately, Elvis passed away at the age of just 42, leaving the entire world mourning his loss.

After his death, Priscilla turned the Graceland into a tourist attraction and pursued a career as an actress. Her most significant roles are that of Jane Spencer in the successful Naked Gun films and Jenna Wade on the long-running television series Dallas.

She also became part of the infamous Church of Scientology defined by many as a cult, which is the church to many celebrities, among which Tom Cruise.

LOS ANGELES – circa 1991: Actress Priscilla Presley, the ex-wife of Elvis Presley, leaves Spago restaurant.

Priscilla was involved with Rob Kardashian from 1975 to 1976 and then dated Marco Garibaldi for almost two decades with whom she has her son Navarone Anthony Garibaldi, a musician and part of the band Them Guns. Priscilla is a grandmother to four grandchildren. Sadly, her grandson Benjamin Keough died of suicide on 14th of July 2020. Lisa Marie Presley was said to be left completely heartbroken. Her manager Roger Widynowski told TMZ, “She is completely heartbroken, inconsolable and beyond devastated but trying to stay strong for her 11-year-old twins and her oldest daughter Riley. She adored that boy. He was the love of her life.”

14NOV97: Actress PRISCILLA PRESLEY at the 5th Annual Race to Erase MS Gala & Fashion Show at the Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles.

Over the years, many speculated that Priscilla underwent a number of correction surgeries, one of which was botched. Sadly, she was one of the victims of Argentinian-born Dr. Daniel Serrano who was later arrested for injecting low-grade industrial silicone similar to that used by mechanics to grease car parts in his patients.

“Priscilla Presley was one of many documented victims of Dr. Serrano,” her spokesperson said in 2008.

“An investigation which uncovered his misconduct ultimately lead to his imprisonment. Ms. Presley dealt with this matter years ago and everything is now well.”

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Plastic and reconstructive surgeon Dr. Robert Stephen Mulholland, the medical director and physician owner SpaMedica Cosmetic Surgery and Infinite Vitality Clinics in Canada, explained that Priscilla’s surgeries had a good start but a bad finish, saying her cheeks are a little over-augmented and her mouth is a little pulled.

“Her brows, which used to be very severe eight years ago when she had a brow lift that changed her whole look, are now settled. And her eyes actually look fairly reasonable,” Dr. Mulholland told Now to Love.

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“I think at this point you’d want her not to do any more volume with the mid-face section – just let it settle a bit. If she’s had a tension pull, allow it to relax. And just allow her face to age more appropriately,” he said.

One thing about Priscilla Presley is certain, she’s doing a great job keeping Elvis’ legacy alive.

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Man’s mother-in-law was pictured sitting on a chair in the kitchen, and that changed everything

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You can choose your friends, but you can’t choose your family, and most of us are perfectly aware that family relationships can be tough at times.

It is a common belief that out of all the relationships between members of a family, the one between the son-in-law and the mother-in-law is often the most tenuous one, so it makes it hard for many women to just sit and watch the war unfolding between the people they love; their husband and mother.

A man named Scott and his mother-in-law, Sharon, didn’t get along. He thought she was not minding her own business and she believed her daughter could choose better. The two, however, didn’t show any hostility towards each other all for the sake of the happiness of the woman whom they both loved unconditionally.

However, an unpleasant event changed the relationship between these two forever and Scott is now trying to teach everyone a lesson of acceptance.

Namely, his wife was diagnosed with cancer, and she needed help around the clock. With Scott having to work and provide for the medical bills, it was Sharon who took care of her daughter. In order to do so, she and her husband, who was a war veteran, moved in with Scott and his wife.

What Scott saw in Sharon during the two years she lived with them was a strong woman who was there for everyone despite the hardship and the personal struggles she was facing.

This is what Scott wrote of his mother-in-law:

“This is Sharon.

“I learned from her that it’s crucial to accept people for who they are, not for what you want them to be.

“My mother-in-law made it difficult for me to understand her when I first met her. She appeared to be behaving rudely demanding and aggressively. But I welcomed her into my family because I understood how much she meant to the love of my life. I still had no idea who she was after 7 years.

“When my ex-wife was diagnosed with leukemia at the age of 30, with just a 10% chance of survival, when our world was wrecked and changed forever, Sharon calmly and firmly assumed the position for which she was born. She relocated to our home with her husband, who had sustained an injury during the Vietnam War, to work as my wife’s nurse. She transported both of the family’s patients to the more than 300 doctors they required, handled hundreds of prescriptions, performed the majority of our shopping over the course of two years, prepared all of our meals, washed all of our clothing, cleaned us, and made sure we were all okay at all times. And she did this even after receiving a cancer diagnosis while providing care for another person. She had her breast removed. She was also receiving chemotherapy. While working, she slowly sings. She speaks up on her own when no one would listen, and she moves through each day with dignity and humility. I took this image one day before heading to work. She was unaware that I was there,” Scott wrote.

“Friends, this is what greatness looks like when everything is serene and peaceful. Waiting for her daughter’s oatmeal to be prepared for the 300th time since she became ill. Chemotherapy caused her to lose her hair. Despite having every reason to give up, she chose not to. Not everyone gets the privilege to live with a superhero. And each day I am grateful beyond measure for it.”

The photo of Sharon speaks ultimate love, devotion, and what it means to never give up.

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