Luke Thiull, 13 years old was not your typical teenager for his age, most kids have other things on their minds besides building houses, but Luke from Iowa is not like any other school going child you have seen before!This Talented kid proactively crafted his own little heaven in his own house, situate in his parents back yard; The little project cost him around $1,500 USD but is his dream little house, come and have a look!Facebook/Luke ThillIt is incredible that this bold teenager is doing what he is doing, especially in a time, for youngsters, of smart phones, ipads and revolutionary gaming computers and systems. He decided to bust himself in a more ‘traditional’ way.
He explains it all on his youtube channel about his desire to build himself a small house and how in respects to his boredom that spurred him on to do it.After a lot of thought and much consideration and quite a bit of research Luke had a pretty good idea how his plan he visualised would come to fruition!Facebook/Luke ThillIt took him in total about a year to get the money and materials all together to do the work on the house, he mowed lawns, did fund raisers online and did jobs for anyone he could and generally did anything he could to raise money.
Luke was friends with someone who knew electrics and he helped him install all the electrics in exchange for Luke clearing out all his garage for him, trade for trade so to speak.During his project Luke used about 75% recycled materials, a lot of things left over from his grandma’s house, the front door was a gift from the friend of his uncle!
Facebook/Luke ThillThe little house is about 89 square foot and a whole 10 feet in length at around 5 ½ feet wide, it has electricity but no plumbing, so no toilet sink or shower yet!Luke said:
“I liked the minimalism”
“And I wanted to have a house without a huge mortgage.”
Luke has made many short videos to post on youtube, he tells us about his project, there are many people curious about it and his motivation to do it.Facebook/Luke ThillLuke recieved quite a lot of help from his parents both with the building and with the finances, but dad Greg ensured that it was Luke that would pay for most everything himself.Greg said:
“It was a chance for a kid to do something more than play video games or sports”
“It teaches life lessons.”
The house is a complete dream house for a teenager, a little sanctuary for him to realx and have his own space, it has a microwave, TV and a loft with a bed, there is even a BBQ out back!Luke diligently does his homework after school time in his little house then in the nighttime, at least some of the time, he gets to sleep there too!Facebook/Luke ThillLuke already has ideas and dreams of building another house, but this time a little bigger for the time when he wants to start college, he also wants to inspire others too!He said:
“I want to show kids it’s possible to build at this age”
Have a look at this project below:Luke’s storey is an inspiration what a kid can do that has a clear goal and a determined work ethic, and of course a little support from his parents too!
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During a harsh winter, the second baby of the family Hulscher was born. Mom Maria and dad Jesse were over the moon and their sweet son became an older brother.
While Maria and the baby were still at the hospital, Jesse went home wanting to make sure everything was ready for the welcoming of the bundle of joy into the house. But then, he stumbled upon a problem. The furnace stopped working and he started panicking as he knew that finding a repairing company at a short notice would be an issue.
The winter was a severe one and the temperatures wouldn’t stop going down. He knew he had to act quickly before his wife and the baby came home. He was also concerned for the 2-year-old. So, Jesse called a repair service but he didn’t really expect for them to come soon. But exactly the opposite happened.
He told the staff at the Magnuson Sheet Metal why he was in such hurry for the furnace to be repaired and they were more than welcome to step in.
Once the job was done in no time, the repairman handed Jesse the bill. To his surprise, there was only a note written on it which said, “No charge. Take care of baby.”
Once this lovely story spread around, The Sun contacted the co-owner of the company, Craig Aurand, who said how the company maintains a policy of lending a helping hand to families in need during the holidays free of charge.
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The customers at an El Patron restaurant in Jersey City, New Jersey, hoped to have some nice time and enjoy great food when all of a sudden, they spotted a young girl carrying a baby in her arms. She was in distress and blood could be seen running down her legs.
It was obvious that despite her young age of just 14, it was her who had given birth to the bundle in her arms.
Not knowing what to do and who to turn to, she entered the restaurant and surrendered the little one to two customers, Alease Scott and her boyfriend Walter Cocca, who got really concerned for both the mother and the child.
Recalling that day, Scott explained how she asked the girl if she could check the baby’s vitals. “She readily handed the baby over to me so my focus went right onto the baby,” she added.
“The baby had a color but I just saw that the breathing was a little bit labored.”
At that moment, they called paramedics and Scott made sure she kept a close eye on the baby while they arrived. She ensured the one was breathing properly. “Once I applied the oxygen mask to the baby, all of a sudden we heard the most beautiful cry and the baby started moving, she slightly opened up her eyes and then she closed her eyes but the sweetest thing was when she got hungry and she was trying to suckle on the oxygen mask so we knew she was OK after that,” Scott recalled.
“All I saw was a child who just didn’t know what to do and made a very bad decision that worked out… for the good of that baby.”
Scott was very happy she could help someone during their most difficult of times.
One of the employees at the restaurant, Frankie Aguilar, said that the staff alerted authorities of the girl who seemed to be acting strangely.
Luckily, the young mom was later tracked down and taken to the Jersey Medical Center. Despite her decision to leave the baby at a place of business instead of a Safe Haven, she was given safe passage to the hospital instead of jail, in accordance with the protections guaranteed them by her state government.
What is Safe Haven and how does it work? The idea of introducing these “mailboxes” to the United States was presented by a woman named Mónica Kelsey, who was abandoned right after birth herself. She is the founder of Safe Haven Baby Boxes. “Baby Boxes will be placed in Safe Haven locations and will allow a woman to surrender her unwanted newborn under the Safe Haven Law by placing her newborn in an electronically monitored Safe Haven Baby Box (…) These women are telling us that they want complete anonymity and Safe Haven Baby Boxes will ensure that this happens,” the website of the organization says.
It was later reported that the young mom’s parents weren’t aware that their child of 14 was pregnant and that she had given birth. Upon learning this, they took both their daughter and her baby in.
“I didn’t know she was 14 years old when she dropped the baby off to me … We don’t know what she went through. We don’t know how she ended up in that state,” Scott said in a video in which she speaks of the situation.
“So glad she chose to give the baby away and not throw it away. She is adorable. I believe she felt stuck and did the right thing. But she clearly loved the baby. So sad,” one person wrote under the video.
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Teenage years are likely to be the best years of most people’s life. Those are the days when we get to hang out with our peers, have fun, and show the world that we know everything. Most teenagers refuse to obey their parents’ ‘rules’ because they feel like they are always right and don’t need anyone to give them directions or tell them what to do.
One mom named Nicole Poppic from California is sharing one of the struggles she goes through every morning because of her teenage daughter. While her 10-year-old son and 4-year-old daughter are behaving and still need their mommy by their side at all times, 14-year-old Cara does things her way.
Namely, Cara has troubles getting up in the morning and as a result she is late for school.
Nicole shared with Today how she manages to ‘control’ Cara when she refuses to listen and now the note she wrote to the school explaining why her teenage daughter misses the morning lessons has gone viral and makes us all laugh.
Apparently, Cara ‘suffers’ from a condition called teenage-ism. Well, I guess we’ve all been there and we can all relate to this young girl.
One morning, as the family got in the car, Nicole noticed that Cara had put her headphones on and didn’t really mind what her mom was telling her.
“That is when I saw that Cara had put in her headphones and was staring out her window, completely ignoring me,” Nicole told Today. “I reached over and took her phone off her lap, unplugged her headphones, and threw her phone out the car window.”
Afterwards, she wrote the hilarious letter which said:
“To whom it may concern:
“Cara is tardy this morning as a result of a condition called teenage-ism. Adolescents across our great nation are afflicted and there is no known cure. Symptoms are multitudinous, but this particular morning she suffered from an inability to remove herself from her bed, and also felt the need to talk back to her birth giver.
“She seems to be recovering her senses after watching her cell phone fly out of the car window.
“Please call me if there’s another flare up.
“Thank you,
“Nicole Poppic.“
Once she posted a photo of it on Facebook people loved it so much that it spread like a wildfire.
We believe Nicole is an amazing mom with huge personality and great sense of humor, don’t you agree?
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Besides being someone who always radiated joy and positivity with her presence and her dazzling smile, late actress and singer Olivia Newton-John was also someone who openly spoke of her breast cancer diagnosis and helped millions of women in her position to understand they are not alone in their fight.
Newton-John was first learned of the devastating diagnosis shortly after she released her third hits collection Back to Basics: The Essential Collection 1971–1992. This put her tour on hold and she had partial mastectomy of her right breast in just 24 hours after she learned she had cancer.
Doctors assured her that everything was going to be just fine, but she felt uneasy.
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She was aware that she was someone many looked up to so she decided to go public and speak of her battle openly. Having someone as loved and as influential like her open up about cancer helped raise awareness and many praised her for her bravery.
“I draw strength from the millions of women who have faced this challenge successfully,” she said at the time.
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Nine months after the surgery and everything that followed, Newton-John became an advocate for breast cancer.
She turned to healthy food and decided to spend millions on a “greenhouse” to boost her battle against cancer.
”When I was told I had cancer I kept asking myself ’Why?’ All I could think was that the cancer could have been brought about by the environment were living in,” Olivia told Sunday Mirror in 1993.
”I kept thinking maybe it was the air we were breathing and the water we were drinking in Los Angeles. I felt hemmed in, there are too many people in LA.”
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In an interview with Santa Cruz Sentinel in 1994, Olivia explained that a major part of the healing process was accepting all the support from family, friends, and fans.
“As a woman, it’s sometimes very hard to focus on yourself,” she said. “We’re always focusing on our families, everybody else besides ourselves. We always come last. You know, mother always gets the smallest potato.”
In 2017, Newton-John was told that her cancer returned and this time, it spread to her spine.
“I am feeling good and enjoying total support from my family and friends, along with a team of wellness and medical practitioners both here in the U.S. and at my Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness and Research Centre in Melbourne, Australia,” she said. It was then that she told the public that she also had cancer in 2013.
“A lot of people see it as a fight and wherever you choose to see it, that’s your prerogative. I see it as part of my… whatever you want to call it. I see it as part of my mission, maybe,” she said.
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Newton-John has spent a lot of money on cancer research through her foundation The Olivia Newton-John Foundation.
The actress’s niece, Totti Goldsmith, spoke of the last days of Newton-John’s life and said the family had a hard time watching her health decline. “It’s not a shock, we’ve known how sick she’s been, especially the last five days,” Totti, who lives in Melbourne, told A Current Affair.
She said that she and her aunt spoke through Facetime for one last time. “I told her all the things I needed to say. She was leaving us… but I could feel like she got it,” Totti shared.
“It wasn’t just the cancer that got her, it was other complications, being in a hospital and with a very susceptible immune system. She got secondary infections,” the niece said of Newton-John’s struggles during the last days of her life.
“She was really skinny and really unwell and I said to her, ‘Are you afraid of dying?” Totti recalled.
“She said, ‘Plonker’, which was my nickname, she said, ‘I’m not, I’m not afraid, I’ve done more in my life than I could have ever imagined’.
“She honestly never imagined her life would be how it was.”
Newton-John passed away on August, 8. May she rest in peace.
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Actress Anne Heche, who came to prominence during the late ’90s with movies such as Donnie Brasco, starring opposite Al Pacino and Johnny Depp, I Know What You Did Last Summer, and Six Days, Seven Nights, has been involved in a severe car crash on Friday, at around 10:55 a.m., and remains in critical condition. She was reported to have had her Mini Cooper crashed into a home in the the Mar Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles.
According to family representatives, she is not expected to survive.
The statement released on her condition says, “Unfortunately, due to her accident, Anne Heche suffered a severe anoxic brain injury and remains in a coma, in critical condition. She is not expected to survive.
“It has long been her choice to donate her organs and she is being kept on life support to determine if any are viable,” the statement revealed.
I feel grave concern for Anne Heche at this moment/ I have a prayer in my heart for all those afflicted with struggles that bring so much destruction and pain.
Wishing it were different for her and her loved ones. But I feel inky dark. Sad.
“Anne had a huge heart and touched everyone she met with her generous spirit. More than her extraordinary talent, she saw spreading kindness and joy as her life’s work — especially moving the needle for acceptance of who you love. She will be remembered for her courageous honesty and dearly missed for her light.”
As reported by Entertainment Tonight, Heche’s oldest son, Homer, 20, is facing the pressure of making decisions regarding his mom’s medical care. Heche is also a mom of son Atlas, who is 14 years old.
“[Homer’s] being as strong as he can be. Her family is ready to surround her and be there if she wakes up. Everyone is waiting for that to happen,” the media site revealed. “They are trying to focus on getting Anne better, and it’s very hard when they have these negative distractions. Anne is in a coma and fighting for her life. She has no voice here.”
EXCLUSIVE: Video shows the vehicle owned by actress Anne Heche speeding down a Mar Vista street moments before crashing into a home and sparking a fire. The story on @CBSLA 5pm. pic.twitter.com/1H93z5aVx7
According to CNN, the accident remains under investigation. The blood analysis revealed presence of narcotics in Heche’s body. However, it would take weeks before further analysis help determine what types of drugs it is and to rule out any substances that were administered in the hospital, where she remains in a coma for six days. LAPD Officer Jeff Lee spoke of Heche’s case and explained that “her blood showed signs of impairment and that is why it is now being investigated as a felony traffic collision.”
I’m very upset and sad that Anne Heche is not expected to live.And yes she would have been arrested for driving under the influence and putting lives in danger .she still is a great artist and struggled with addiction it’s terribly sad for her children and for her friends. ✌🏼
Despite severe brain injury, the actress sustained burns as well, as the accident resulted in a fire that required some 59 firefighters to put out and caused major structural damage. An eye witness of the crash told NBC Los Angeles that it took “a crane to move the car to extract the driver. It was crazy.”
My heart goes out to Anne Heche’s children. No child should lose their mother at such a young age. #KidVicious🙏🏼
Another eyewitness, David Manpearl, said how he left his house after hearing the crash, only to find Heche’s Mini Cooper wedged in the back wall of his neighbor’s house. The owner of the house was in a state of shock as he stood in the middle of the kitchen asking for help.
“She couldn’t move because the ceiling had come down, so there was all kinds of debris everywhere,” Manpearl said. “It got to a point where there was fire everywhere. It was all around us,” he added.
UPDATE: Anne Heche died on August 12, a representative confirmed to media outlet TMZ.
“We have lost a bright light, a kind and most joyful soul, a loving mother, and a loyal friend.
“Anne will be deeply missed but she lives on through her beautiful sons, her iconic body of work, and her passionate advocacy. Her bravery for always standing in her truth, spreading her message of love and acceptance, will continue to have a lasting impact.”
Her death comes a week after the tragic accident.
Rest in peace, Anne Heche, you will be missed.
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Getting close to wild animals is both terrifying and majestic. Not many can say they made friends with deer, elephants, or bears, but an Alaska man named Jessie Peck has gotten so close to some of the most incredible birds there are that we can’t help but get a bit jealous of him.
Living in Unalaska, Alaska, it’s hard not to stumble upon bald eagles. The population of these birds of pray is over 600 in this place of around 5,000 inhabitants. The magnificent birds are drawn there by the carrion and the waterfowl.
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Of course, everyone knows that bald eagles should be avoided because they can be very dangerous, especially when they feel their little ones are threatened by humans.
“We have these signs that we put up every year to remind people that there are nesting eagles in the area,” Deputy Police Chief Jennifer Shockley told Alaska Republic. “They will do whatever it takes to protect their young, and that typically includes launching themselves at people and using their talons to lacerate their heads.”
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Well, this doesn’t concern Jessie Pack much. In a video he uploaded on YouTube, and which has nearly 9 million views, he could be seen feeding a large group of bald eagles. The crowd is cheering as the birds land on the ship one by one.
Many of the people who have seen the video are simply stunned by the incredible sight.
“This is wonderful! How fortunate Alaskans are to have so many of these glorious raptors! ❤️” one person wrote.
“That would be such a majestic experiences. Hundreds of natures most beautiful creatures just coming to chill with you on your boat…so cool,” another added.
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Commercial fisherman Bob Wilson told Men’s Journal: “Do I think they’re pests? Oh, absolutely. But they’re cool pests, so that’s OK. They make a mess of my boat, which is kind of the bad part, but they are our national bird and we love them anyway.”
I wish I could experience something as beautiful and as unique as feeding these awesome birds.
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You can take a look at the video below. Enjoy!
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Baby Valentina Garnetti gained national attention after her mother, Francesca, a single mom of three, shared her life story and asked for prayers for her little one.
Since the moment she was welcomed into the world, Valentina was diagnosed with congenital cardiac abnormality. As a result, she spent her entire life at the hospital, around 700 whole days, to be exact.
Once Franceska opened up about her baby’s struggles on the social media, everyone learned of Valentina and millions of people prayed that she is cured and home with her mom and siblings.
Over the three and a half years, this little angel endured numerous treatments and four open heart surgeries. And if this wasn’t painful enough, she also experienced strokes, epilepsy attacks, and allergic responses.
Finally, in April of 2021, for the first time ever, Valentina was discharged from the University of Michigan’s CS Mott Children’s Hospital.
After her third surgery, her mom took to Facebook to share that her girl ‘was really unwell.’
Ever since her birth, she spent all her birthdays and happy moments at the hospital, and now that she was home, she was still forced to use oxygen, a feeding tube, and a bunch of medicine. “She’s not only here, but she’s also happy and flourishing,” Francesca said. “She has a great attitude about life.”
On July 16, Francesca made an urgent appeal for prayers as her child wasn’t fine and stopped breathing all of a sudden. Until paramedics arrived, she performed CPR on her baby girl. Unfortunately, when they finally arrived, they said there was nothing to be done. Valentina was dead.
Francesca said she was aware of that as she could hear her daughter taking her final breath while she was in her grandmother’s arms.
“My daughter battled so hard for so long, and her body was simply weary.”
The devastated mother said that her girl is now “healthy in paradise with a heart that is no longer damaged, and she can run, walk, speak, eat and do all the things that she enjoyed seeing other people do.”
Are thoughts and prayers are with the family during these difficult times of grief.
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