I can never imagine the heartbreak which comes with losing a pet.
When Dwight and Melissa, a couple from Wisconsin, noticed that their dog Payday was nowhere to be seen, they were left heartbroken. It wasn’t in the dog’s nature to wander off, so they were really scared for him as they feared that someone could have stolen Payday from them.
Their 12-year-old daughter was crushed. The family searched everywhere, but to no avail.
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Then, some 2 years later, something extraordinary happened. Dwight was watching TV and forgot to turn it off when he went to sleep one night. In the morning, when he woke up, the first thing he saw on TV was Payday. At that moment, FOX6 News Milwaukee were introducing a “little brown dog with the most adorable underbite” during their “Adopt-A-Pet” segment. There was no doubt the sweet dog was the one this family was praying to be found safe and sound.
Dwight rushed to call the Wisconsin Humane Society and told them that the dog they featured on the program belonged to him. He explained that Payday went missing and that they were looking for him everywhere.
The rescuers couldn’t wait to arrange a reunion and made sure they caught the emotional moment on camera for everyone to see.
Payday was overly excited to see him humans again, and they were happy he could get home after so much time.
“We are beyond ecstatic for this amazing family to finally be whole again,” the shelter wrote.
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According to the most recent federal data, the number of children who are part of America’s foster care system is over 400,000. That number is devastating to say the least. It means that that many children struggle to find a permanent place to call home and to be accepted by the families they are placed at.
Some adapt easily. Others, however, have a hard time getting used to that kind of life and are left emotionally damaged long after they come of age and become adults.
Jessica Benzakein is a single mother of two. Today, she’s at a good place because she is independent and has her children by her side, but she had a pretty rough childhood. When she was only 12, Jessica’s mom lost custody of her and she spent the next couple of years going from home to home.
Unfortunately, she never settled and felt lonely most of her life.
HAPPENING NOW: Today marks a big day for Jessica Benzakein. She’s been a foster parent for years, opening her heart and home to foster kids in need.
Today, she finally gets to adopt these SIX kids she’s had for years.
Today, however, Jessica is doing fine and she wants to make a change. And that change starts with her adopting six siblings she fostered.
Namely, when she learned of Will, 17, Carter, 14, Sidney, 13, and Buddy, 8, as well as Kendrich, 6, and T.J., 4, she knew she couldn’t let them be placed in different homes. She really wanted to see them grow together, and the only way for that to happen was for her to welcome all of them in. The siblings loved their new place and were well accepted by Jessica’s biological children, Eli, 14, and Brenna, 9.
Being a single mom of two wasn’t easy, and being a single mom of 8 would be even more difficult and demanding, but Jessica was willing to take the risk.
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Sharing her incredible life journey with Today, this brave woman said, “Everybody tells me how lucky these kids are and what a good thing I did. But … I’m going to cry … they grounded me. I went through my 20s thinking I didn’t really need a family. But I did. They give me purpose.”
Finally, last year, a Milwaukee judge ruled that she could officially adopt her foster children.
“Do you think it’s in their best interest that you be their mom?” the judge asked her.
“I think we are pretty good together,” she said. “I don’t know if I’m the best mom, but I’m their best mom. I love ’em.”
Speaking to WISN, one of the kids, Sidney, said, “I feel like this is the best choice that I could have.”
Carter added: “The whole adoption thing doesn’t really matter, because we consider each other as a family no matter what.”
Jessica is a woman with a heart of gold. We wish her and her family a beautiful life.
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Best known for the role of Jimmy Palmer on the smash hit series NCIS, actor Brian Dietzen has had quite a lucky start in the business.
We are all perfectly aware that making a name for oneself in Hollywood is harder than one can imagine, but for Dietzen, it didn’t take long before he became a celebrity in his own right.
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Even as a young kid, Dietzen was interested in acting and writing. The now 44-year-old actor once recalled in an interview with The TV MegaSite:
“[Writing] is kind of an extension of acting. It’s creating a script, it’s moving forward and expressing some sort of artistic vision. I went to school at CU in Boulder, and even there, I loved reading scripts.
“I loved studying the classics, studying the masters, and that sort of stuff. And moving out here when I started writing with my friend Abby Miller, we wrote a musical together, a feature musical.”
He further added: “We realized, shortly thereafter, that it would cost millions of dollars to make that feature, so we decided to try our hand at writing something on a much smaller subject, and we came up with Congratulations.”
The film Congratulations was released in 2012, and was selected by over a dozen film festivals. It also won Best Feature awards from United Film Festival and New Filmmakers.
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At that point, Dietzen has already had a career in film and starred in the 2003 film From Justin to Kelly, among the rest. A year later, in 2004, he was offered a guest role in NCIS which eventually turned into something huge. He became a regular at the start of the 10th season and all of a sudden, everyone knew his name.
“One of the big, memorable days is my first scene here. And I was hired to do one scene with David McCallum, one day,” he told CBS.
“And I went in there, we had a nice juicy scene with David, where I was nervous, and I was working on a tape recorder. He and I played really, really well together.”
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As he gained more and more popularity with each passing episode , Dietzen also experienced some health issues. Mare months before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, the actor had a stoke.
“I’m going to say something that’s going to sound like an advertisement, and it’s not, but the Apple Watch saved my life. I was on the floor of my bathroom, throwing up, and I pulled out my phone, and I was like, ‘Oh shit, I can’t use my fingers,’” Dietzen recalled in an interview with Variety.
“And so I said, ‘Hey, Siri, call Kelly,’ and called my wife. I said, ‘I need help.’ She said, ‘You sound like you have marbles in your mouth.’”
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Luckily, he managed to call 911 through a voice command and was rushed to the hospital where he was provided with medical assistance.
“‘I don’t think there’s much that I’ve left undone because everyone that I love knows that I love them’ — that sort of thing. But then I was like, ‘Whoa, no, I can’t start thinking that way,’ and then I started trying to get my mind in the right place,” Dietzen said.
“And I could feel something happen in my brain, but all of a sudden, I could move my hands and start moving my tongue. I started doing tongue twisters. They’re like, ‘Please stay still.’ But the clot in my brain cleared. And I was really blessed that I’d stayed really healthy and had a really healthy cardiovascular system.”
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After doctors ran tests, they found a hole between Dietzen’s atrial chambers and he was forced to undergo an urgent surgery. The procedures was successful and Dietzen recovered completely. This experience, however, and the time he took off to help his body and soul heal gave him the opportunity to look back at his life and everything he has achieved. He realized that it was his family and his career that made him happy. “And I realized there’s no reason why I can’t tell really great stories and branch out and still do what I love on this thing, and be surrounded by these people that have supported me and that I support and love,” he told Variety.
We are very glad Brian Dietzen was able to get back on his feet. We only wish him the best in the years to come.
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Learning that a family member has cancer or another vicious disease affects everyone around and it changes the life of the entire family. However, things are even harder when the person diagnosed is a child. In such cases, all the attention is focused on their healing and the other children are somehow put aside.
The parents are doing their best for the other children not to feel neglected, but that can be really hard.
The family of a named Beckett Burge, from Texas, were left heartbroken when they learned the sweet boy had acute lymphoblastic leukemia. But they were ready to fight his battle with him. His sister Aubrey, although only 15 months older than him, was aware of what her brother and her parents were going through and she was there, supporting them all the step of the way.
The little girl with huge personality didn’t mind sacrificing some of the things she loved, such as her gymnastics classes, in order to be by her brother’s side. Her life turned around as now it was all about the hospital visits, but she didn’t care about herself at all. All she ever wanted was for her sweet sibling to get healthy again.
Speaking to TODAY Parents, the children’s mom Kaitlin Burge said:
“One thing they don’t tell you about childhood cancer is that it affects the entire family. You always hear about the financial and medical struggles, but how often do you hear about the struggles families with other children face?”
Aubrey never got mad at anyone around for not paying as much attention to her as they used to. She showed compassion and empathy and acted way older than her age.
“We had to put a lot of things on hold because we didn’t know what life was going to look like. Aubrey never once complained,” said her mom.
The parents expected from Aubrey to get moody and even jealous, because they didn’t really know whether she was completely aware of what was going on, but despite her age, she knew they all had to be around Beckett.
Aubrey would spend her days around Beckett making sure he was not bored or alone. She replaced the jumping and the running with games that Beckett could be involved in and she even pretended to give him homework on the days he missed preschool.
Kaitlin was aware they were not the only parents going through such ordeal, so she decided to share her story on Facebook.
“My two kids, 15 months apart, went from playing in school and at home together to sitting in a cold hospital room together. My then 4-year-old watched her brother go from an ambulance to the ICU. She watched a dozen doctors throw a mask over his face, poke and prod him with needles, pump a dozen medications through his body, all while he laid there helplessly. She wasn’t sure what was happening. All she knew was that something was wrong with her brother, her best friend.”
Often times, Aubrey would beg her mom to take her with her at the hospital to see how her little brother was doing.
“Children need support and togetherness, and should not be kept at a distance from the person who is ill. Vomiting between play sessions. Waking up to throw up. Standing by her brother’s side and rubbing his back while he gets sick. Going from 30 lbs to 20 lbs. This is childhood cancer. Take it or leave it.”
Aubrey became Beckett’s greatest support and his most loving caretaker.
“If Aubrey wakes up and Beckett isn’t there, she starts crying. She needs to know where he is at all times. He prefers her to us when he throws up. Aubrey has always been mature and nurturing. When Beckett throws up, she’s right there with him or running to get him water. Last night, she asked if she could help me sort his medication.”
Along with the message, Kaitlin posted a touching and heartwarming photo.
After years of treatments, brave Beckett started doing better and better and he eventually won the battle with cancer. With his loving parents and sister by his side, he managed to overcome every obstacle that came along his way.
“He is feeling great, he is done with treatment, and is back to school, currently in the first grade,” the happy mom shared.
We are very happy this brave boy was able to come through his battle with cancer and emerge healthy on the other side.
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A couple from North Carolina who became parents later in life are a proof that God works in mysterious ways.
Susie and Tony Troxler, who are now 50 and 61 respectively, got married back in 2008 and believed they would become parents shortly after that because that was what they both wanted so very much. Unfortunately, things didn’t turn out as expected and they had trouble conceiving.
“One year turned into two, then three, but when it got to be nine, 10, 11 years, we were like, something is up, and I’m not sure what it is.”
They both experienced some minor health issues, and age seemed to played a big part in their inability to get pregnant.
“I had a boatload of uterine fibroids. I was too old, and Tony had some medical issues, so, between the two of us, there was not going to be a baby,” Susie told 13 News Now. She was also aware that getting pregnant in her 50s would come with certain risks, such as gestational diabetes, ectopic pregnancy, or even a miscarriage, but she was willing to accept all that if that meant she could become a mother.
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After years of unsuccessful tries, the couple went to a fertility clinic. “None of that worked, and we were down to our last embryo,” Susie said. “They bring me into the ultrasound, and the first thing they said was, ‘Oh, she’s moving!’ I was like, ‘Yes!’”
They finally heard the news they were waiting for so long and were over the moon.
Their beautiful daughter Lily was born in September, 2021.
“I love her so much. Every time I look at her, I feel myself just staring at her. It’s amazing!” proud daddy Tony said.
“We are thrilled. Sleep-deprived, but totally beyond worth it. She is a miracle baby,” mom Susie added.
We are so happy for this beautiful family. We wish every couple who struggles with infertility to receive this miracle from God.
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Young or old, everybody craves for a Big Mac every now and then. Just imagine the joy of treating yourself with one of these delicious burgers after a night out.
However, as much as we enjoy the luxury of pulling up to the restaurant’s drive-thru, we may question whether we would do that again after a McDonald’s employee revealed some secrets which gave many the creeps.
Taking to TikTok, where she shares some tricks of the trade, user @secretfitzz revealed that the restaurant takes secret screenshots, and people are totally unaware of it. What’s most, the user added that the employees listen to customers’ conversations.
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“The fact people don’t know we can hear your convos even when we aren’t speaking to you taking your order,” the TikTok video reveals.
“And we have a camera at the speaker that takes a picture of you so we know whose order is whose.”
The user added that the highlight of her day at work is “seeing the mugshots of random people.”
Needless to say, this revelation left many angry and fuming.
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Of course, we cannot be sure whether this is true or not, but just the thought of it makes us feel uncomfortable.
Some users couldn’t help but comment on the video, with one person writing, “If this is true, I’m never going again,” while another joked: “How can you hear my convo when you can’t hear me screaming into the mic from 5cm away?”
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This story comes from Reddit and was shared by a user who goes by the name u/Johnny_Provolone. It is about a sweet revenge this person plotted against a teacher who wouldn’t stop bullying him.
We are not sure if what this user shared is a true story or not but it is definitely a situation we can all find ourselves in. How he handled the way he was treated by his algebra teacher is definitely worth a read.
“I was a senior in high school at the time and I had never been the brightest student. I was a solid C student and i had never received a detention or had any kind of bad student record. This is important because to this day, i still have no idea why the teacher treated me this way. The teacher, who we will name Mrs. Frank, had been a teacher there for more then a decade. She was widely known for being a petty heartless bitch who the administrators saw as the golden child,“ this user started his story.
“Mrs. Frank taught algebra, which is my worst subject. So naturally I had issues understanding the lessons and would ask questions frequently. To some these questions are easily answered but to me it was rocket science.”
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However, instead of providing help, the teacher would use every chance to bully Provolone calling him slow and refusing to answer any of his questions. She simply didn’t see him fit for her class and never even tried to teach him the things he couldn’t understand. The thing is that no one ever believed him when he told them he was treated badly.
Once, he went to the school’s administration and told them about the issue. They sent someone to observe the class, but the teacher acted on her best behavior when she knew someone was watching her. When she was left alone with her students, it was a different story. Her bullying continued and that made Provolone take matters into his own hands.
So, one day, he went to a local store and purchased a recorder. Having in mind this happened some 15 years ago, it was the best piece of equipment that could come in handy for Provolone’s plan. He decided to record every insult.
At the end of the year, Provolone asked his teacher a question. Her reply was just another proof that she wasn’t fond of him as her reply was: “I’v been teaching here for over 10 years and that was the single dumbest question i’v ever heard come from anyone’s mouth.”
The day was over and Provolone went home and “compiled all of the brutal tapes into one glorious masterpiece.” Once he did that, he went straight to the principal’s office and pressed play. They asked for more evidence and told Provolone to bring the full tape the following day.
According to him, the following morning was one of the best in his life.
“I watched as the administrators went from fed up with being in another useless meeting, to furious and speechless with some of them keeping their mouths open for the duration of the tape. I also watched Mrs. Frank go from confident and stuck up, to her realizing that she had fuc**d up beyond repair.
“She was publicly roasting herself in front of the most important people from the district.
“The tape ended and without hesitation, the administrators looked around in astonishment and the principal turns to me and says ‘I think we have heard everything we need to, thank you.’ And i was quietly dismissed from the room.
“The final time I saw Mrs. Frank was leaving the room. I looked back and we made eye contact through her tear filled eyes as I gave the biggest most evil smile.”
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Recently, the entire country, and even the world, was caught into a Deep-Heard frenzy as the two actors and former spouses went through an extensive and intense court trial. Johnny Deep sued Heard on the grounds that she defamed him in an op-ed she wrote for The Washington Post. The trial was broadcast on Court TV and according to Vanity Fair, the channel’s ratings had doubled as a huge number of people closely followed the accusations the exes threw at each other.
Not only ordinary people, but fellow actors and people close to both Depp and Heard were eager to learn the outcome. On June 1, the verdict was finally reached.
Johnny Depp won on all three counts of defamation. The Pirates of the Caribbean actor received $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages. However, Judge Penney Azcarate reduced the punitive damages to meet the state’s limit of $350,000.
Amber Heard on the other hand won on one count and will receive $2 million in compensatory damages.
As expected, both of them released statements following the verdict.
Heard wrote that she was disappointed and heartbroken, claiming that her ex’s power, influence, and sway was to blame for her loss.
“I’m even more disappointed with what this verdict means for other women. It is a setback. It sets back the clock to a time when a woman who spoke up and spoke up could be publicly shamed and humiliated. It sets back the idea that violence against women should be taken seriously,” she added.
“I believe Johnny’s attorneys succeeded in getting the jury to overlook the key issue of Freedom of Speech and ignore evidence that was so conclusive that we won in the U.K.
“I’m sad I lost this case. But I am sadder still that I seem to have lost a right I thought I had as an American — to speak freely and openly.”
In his statement, Depp thanked the juries for giving him his life back.
Both statements were read and commented on by a huge number of people, including other celebs.
However, what attracted the attention of many was the Game of Thrones star Jason Momoa’s reaction. He pressed “Likes” on both statements and it raised eyebrows. Many believe that this means he wants to keep his neutral position or he’s simply glad the trial is over. Momoa has not publicly taken side in the trial that pitted the two actors against each other, unlike other celebs such as Amy Schumer who supported Heard, or model Naomi Campbell who responded to Depp’s statement with a heart emojy.
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