Many times, when it comes to making decisions, we listen to our intuition. That gut feeling also tells us whether something bad is coming on our way.
Stephen Garofalo was on the job the day he could sense something wasn’t right. He knows all the people he delivers mail to as he’s been working as a mailman on the route in Wayne, New Jersey, for astounding 23 years.
Throughout his career as a delivery man, Stephen never experienced any inconveniences, neither he stumbled upon certain incidents or unusual situations. But that was all about to change when he spotted a two-year-old toddler wandering around the yard. What Stephen found concerning was the fact the child was all alone, unattended, and had a sad expression on his face.
When Stephen approached closer and asked the boy where his mother was, the little one pointed towards the house. After hearing that, the mailman felt like he should enter and make sure everything was alright. Once he was inside the place, he could see the boy’s mother hunching over a stroller, unconscious.
The woman had bad reaction to her medication and was just lying there unresponsive. Stephen immediately called 911 and asked for help. He stayed with her and her son until the paramedics arrived. A life was saved that day because of Stephen’s courage and kindness.
He later got a recognition from the United States Patrol Service for his action; he was presented with the Life Saving Award.
We believe what he did is really special. He didn’t think twice before offering help. He could have just ignored the boy, but he opted to care.
Take a look at the whole story in the video below.
Life is full of miracles and great things are just around the corner waiting from us to wide open our arms and embrace them.
When 30-year-old Katie Price went through a divorce, she didn’t see it as something negative, but as a chance to start her life over and discover happiness in fostering children.
She struggled with fertility issues, but despite that, she knew she would make a great mother one day, whether she would give birth to the children in her life or not.
Katie fostered four children during the years, but her life took a completely different turn for the better when she got a call about an abandoned 4-day-old baby who needed someone to take him in.
Katie and little Grayson bonded perfectly during the time he was under her care, and finally, once he turned 11-months-old, she adopted him. Needless to say, the day Grayson became her legal son was the happiest day of Katie’s life.
Grayson made Katie’s life complete, but she knew she wanted to adopt other children in the future too.
One day, she got a call from a caseworker who told her of a baby girl that was surrendered at the same hospital as Grayson was a year ago. They asked Katie whether she was interested in fostering the girl.
“I know over the next 10 minutes and subsequent phone calls I made that afternoon, the phrase ‘I know I am crazy, but God is telling me to say ‘YES’ kept coming out of my mouth.”
It wasn’t long after baby Hannah became part of Katie’s family.
But, as the girl was dropped at Katie’s house, something unusual caught her attention. The name of the woman listed as Hannah’s mother was the same as that of Grayson.
That could be just a coincidence, but something told Katie that there was more to the story.
Grayson and Hannah didn’t look alike at all, but that name written on their bracelets made Katie investigate further.
“Grayson is half African American with beautiful darker skin and dark curly hair,” Katie wrote on her blog. “Baby Girl has a pale white skin tone with straight red-blonde hair.”
After reaching Hannah’s birth mother, it turned out Katie’s intuition didn’t fool her. That woman told her how she had given birth to a baby boy before she had Hannah.
A DNA test confirmed Katie’s adopted children were biological half-sibling.
“What if Baby Girl had gone to another family?” Katie wrote in her blog post. “We would have never found her or Grayson’s mother. The connection would have never been made!
I could not believe the miracle that had just happened.”
Hannah was officially adopted in December of 2018.
“That day I said ‘Yes’ to taking the Baby Girl I felt the strangest feeling ever. I don’t think I had truly until that moment felt an undeniable calling from God.
My brain was telling me to say ‘no’ because it made no sense and was not in my plans, but something inside kept saying you have to say ‘YES’. It is a sheer miracle, once in a lifetime chance… call it what you will, but it is amazing that my children found each other.”
But Katie’s family journey doesn’t stop there. She’s now planning to adopt her children’s five-month-old brother.
Having baby Jackson in the house, the three siblings could be raised together.
“I am constantly taking leaps of faith and building my wings on the way down,” Katie says.
I am sharing my passions and loves along this crazy journey that God has blessed me with.”
If you would love to learn more of this incredible woman and her family, you can follow her on Instagram.
One of the greatest actors and movie directors of all time, Clint Eastwood has spoken about an event from his young age that had a huge impact not only on the way he lived his life, but on his professional career too.
Born in May 31, 1930 in San Francisco, Eastwood showed interest for music and mechanics when he was pretty young. Working some manual jobs along the way, he eventually decided to pursue a career in acting, and that was a decision that not only affected his life, but the movie industry in general because his work is one-of-a-kind and most of his movies are iconic.
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Eastwood got married twice and has seven children. His big-screen breakthrough came as The Man with No Name in Sergio Leone’s trilogy of excellent spaghetti westerns: A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More(1965), and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). From that moment on, his career only goes upwards and spans more than 50 years in both television and film productions. He has received many prestigious awards including Oscars for his movies Unforgiven and Million Dollar Baby, as well as Grammy Awards. Actually, the list is pretty long.
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When he was just 21, Eastwood was already a part of the U.S military. As a soldier, he was part of the crew that was flying with a Second World War-era navy bomber which unfortunately ditched. He found himself in the open, forced to swim to the shore.
“I was catching a free ride from Seattle down to Almeda,” Eastwood said in an interview with The Telegraph.
“It was stormy and we went down off of Point Reyes, California, in the Pacific. I found myself in the water swimming a few miles towards the shore. I remember thinking, ‘well, 21 is not as long as a person wants to live.’”
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Although this experience was unpleasant, it took it’s role in the filming of the legendary movie Sully: Miracle on the Hudson. Surviving a crash on his own, Eastwood gave this movie a personal touch.
The movie script was based on a real life event of 2009, when a plane navigated by Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, played by Tom Hanks, ditched in the freezing water of the Hudson river.
This decision was later challenged by authorities which resulted with the pilot being involved in a long and tiring hearing.
“I suppose having been in a similar situation as the pilot, I would have chanced a water landing rather than go someplace where there’s no runway,” Eastwood said in The Telegraph interview.
“And of course, Sully was familiar with that area…he picked the right spot…He knew that somebody would see them” he continued.
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However, it looked as though this director was trying to depict what happened after the actual accident more than he was willing to bring to the audience the landing itself. He was concerned that authorities could question the pilot’s decision after so many lives, all 155 to be exact, were saved.
“Anybody who keeps their wits about them when things are going wrong, who can negotiate problems without panicking, is someone of superior character, and interesting to watch on film,” Eastwood said.
“But for me, the real conflict came after, with the investigative board questioning his decisions, even though he had saved so many lives.”
Take a look at how Clint Eastwood’s career evolved in the video below.
A sibling is the best gift that life can ever give you. Having a brother or a sister, or both, means having a friend for life. Siblings are those people that you can always rely on as you share the same memories and embark on the same adventures while you grow up, so the bond between you only grows stronger and stronger over the years.
Presley and Reef Brooks are siblings who are about to meet their youngest sister, baby Charleigh. The little girl was born six weeks prematurely and had to stay at the NICU for a couple of weeks. Neither Presley nor Reef had any idea that Charleigh was home already as their mom and grandma wanted it to be a surprise.
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The siblings’ reaction to meeting the newest addition to their family for the first time is so incredible that the video of the encounter has been seen over 10 million times.
It took place in October of 2018, but it seems that it never grows old because it shows what true love really is.
The kids are aware something is going on as they see the camera rolling, but they probably expect some gifts. However, seeing their sister is way better than any toy out there.
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Reef does get excited, but it is what Presley does that steals the hearts of many. She could be seen running towards her baby sister, but then she suddenly stops and takes a moment to compose herself. That, however, doesn’t last long as she can’t wait to give Charleigh a hug. The moment she takes the little one in her arms is so touching that we have a hard time stopping tears from falling down our faces.
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Honestly, this is something you need to see yourself in order to understand the power of sisterhood. Awesome, indeed!
Jamie and Skyler Scott of St George, Utah, have always dreamed of having a big family. They already had two sons, but wanted more children. However, getting pregnant again was more difficult than they assumed.
After five years of trying, they turned to IVF treatments. After a couple of tries, Jamie’s pregnancy test finally showed two red lines.
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The entire family was over the moon. They couldn’t wait to welcome another bundle of joy. Little did they know, however, that they would get more than what they hoped for.
As the level of HCG hormones was pretty high at Jamie, which is usually a sign of multiple pregnancy, she suspected she was carrying twins so she booked an ultrasound. To her and her husband’s surprise, they heard five heartbeats.
Jamie was advised to consume around 4,000 calories a day. “It’s a little much because it’s already like having a giant pumpkin in my belly. I feel full all the time, but yet I’m hungry and thirsty all the time. I have to eat more small meals throughout the day but packed with high-calories,” she said at the time.
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Since multiple pregnancies are pretty complex, the family moved to Phoenix, Arizona, where Jamie was kept under the constant supervision of experienced obstetricians, among which Doctor John Elliott who has helped delivered 24 sets of quints and 108 sets of quadruplets. That meant Jamie was in safe hands.
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“I wanted to be a great mother for all these individual human beings, and I was thinking about how we were going to do this. Then, I just had this overwhelming peace come over me, and just this message, ‘Just be love.’ I thought, I can do that,” Jamie said.
“Our goal was 32-and-a-half weeks. Dr. Elliott’s goal was 34 weeks,” this mom told LDS Living. “Given that our little Logan wanted to come at 21 weeks, I am so grateful that our babies stayed put until 29 weeks. I am just amazed at how well they are all doing.”
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Babies Lily, Violet, Daisy, Logan and Lincoln were born on March 21, 2018 at the St. Joseph Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix. They were all delivered in under 60 seconds and all of them weighted just under 3 pounds. Luckily, they were all perfectly healthy.
“The messages of love and hope that we’ve received from around the world have really helped strengthen us to get through this tough time of very, very high risk pregnancy,” Jamie said.
The little ones are now nearly four years old and have plenty of followers on social media.
A lot has been said of the unique and sometimes complex bond between twins. The fact that they share a womb together and get to spend time around one another even before they are welcomed into the world makes their relationship special.
“Whether or not your babies come home together or separately, the relationship between them will shape their lives right from the start. They are individuals who are born as members of a team. They will grow up with a strong relationship to the other members of their team,” Twin Magazine writes.
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“Their relationship bond brings with it life-enhancing possibilities which are seldom enjoyed by single-born children. Soon they will begin to light up with joy at the sight of each other. Their daily companionship during early childhood lays the foundation for lifelong comraderie.”
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One proud father named Mike Lasky shared an adorable video of his two babies whom he named Baby A and Baby B watching over one another just an hour after they were born. The little ones turn their heard towards their sibling making sure that they are there and that they are fine.
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Although it only lasts for around 20 seconds, the video captured the attention of over 14 million people. A lot of people were eager to share their own stories about twins they know of and tell how exceptional that bond really is.
Some argued that twins use special language they use to communicate, something known as cryptophasia.
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One thing is certain, the video of Baby A and Baby B will melt your heart. Check it out below.
Most adopted children are curious to learn more about their biological parents. While some succeed in tracking their moms and dads, other spend a lifetime searching, but to no avail.
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A woman from Washington DC named Christina Housel knew she was adopted. She, however, had a great life and didn’t think much of her biological family until she became a mother herself. All of a sudden, she wanted to learn more and her search led her to an astonishing discovery. Housel had a brother.
It didn’t take long before she learned who her brother was; Lyle James Berryman, a young man from Arizona who was also adopted.
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The moment they both saw photos of one another, they knew they were siblings. According to both of them, their physical similarities were striking.
When they finally met and shared details about their lives, Berryman revealed something shocking. As it turned out, he knew his biological mother and was in touch with her. Before her passing, she told him that besides Housel, he also had twin sisters.
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Both Housel and Berryman knew they needed to look for their sisters. Finding them wasn’t going to be easy, but they were determined to stop at nothing.
The first thing that came to their mind was to ask Internet users to help them with their search. They posted a plea on social media holding signs which read: “Just met after 30 years,” and “Still looking for twin girls born in Florida around May or April 1992-94. Their plea went viral with thousands of people re-sharing it online.
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Luckily, the search was a huge success.
Sisters Lauren Rutherford and Ashley Bo had a story on their own. They were both adopted as babies and they had no idea they had older brother and sister. It took this family three decades to reunite, but it was all worth it.
Despite living at different parts of the country, the four siblings got together for a touching reunion. They had the time of their life and tried to make up for the lost time.
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Make sure you watch the video below for more on this beautiful story.
Joyce DeWitt became a huge celebrity after landing the role of Janet Wood in what is now considered a cult TV series, Three’s Company.
At the time she auditioned for the show, she couldn’t possibly imagine how successful it would turn out to be. The story revolved around three roommates living in an apartment complex in Santa Monica, California. Their constant misunderstandings, social lives, and financial struggles brought so much laughter to people from every corner of Earth. Even today, 37 years after it ended, Three’s Company remains popular in syndication and through DVD releases.
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DeWitt starred alongside Suzanne Somers and John Ritter and the three helped made the show what it is today, a true Hollywood classic.
“It was such a gift. I mean, it was iconic. But who would have thought it?” Joyce DeWitt told The Spec. “All we were trying to do was make people laugh. When I think about it, the show was really an attempt to do a contemporary version of a 16th-century farce. It was about silliness running wild. I mean, we were talking about serious issues at times, but that was always somewhere underneath.”
“John Ritter used to say, ‘We don’t want people to just laugh but to fall over their couch laughing,’” she added. “The real issue was always the depth of friendship and the love those characters had for each other. That’s what drew people to them.”
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The show was cancelled in 1984 and DeWitt decided she needed to take a short break. However, things didn’t turn out as expected and she stayed out of the spotlight for over a decade. Being someone who enjoys privacy and a quiet life, she didn’t regret her decision to distance herself from television.
“It was time,” she said. “I was ready for quiet and reflection. I loved being Janet, but she was never my whole reason for getting up in the morning. My identity and self-worth weren’t wrapped up in her, and that show.”
“Of course, there’s a lonely period. I missed the characters as much as the people who played them,” she added. “But I’m basically a hermit. My natural instinct is to go into the cave and ponder, not stand outside and howl. ‘Oh, I have a gregarious side, but there’s the inner Joyce too.’”
It wasn’t until 1995 that she turned to filming again, but no project she has been involved in reached the success of the series which helped her career skyrocket back in the day.
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Suzanne Somers left the show in 1980, four years before it was canceled, because she wasn’t paid as much as her male colleague. She was mad at the producers and the directors and stopped speaking to everyone involved in the show, and that included DeWitt. The two only reunited again after Somers invited DeWitt to be her guest on her talk show in 2012.
“We had very different approaches to our careers,” DeWitt said of the relationship between her and Somers following the show. “We had very different needs. I did not have a child that I was supporting on my own. I didn’t have a business head, so I didn’t understand someone who did.”
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Unlike her relationship with Somers, DeWitt remained very close to Ritter until his passing in 2003.
A month before he died due to an undetected flaw in his heart called an aortic dissection, DeWitt called his hotel where he stayed, which happened to be close to her home. She left him a message and he called her back some seconds later.
“As I’m walking out the door, the phone rings, and I pick it up, and it’s Johnathan,” she said according to Outsider. “And he goes, ‘Baby, we’ve got three parties and a dinner to do tonight. I’ll pick you up at 7!” It was so delicious … and a month later, he passed.”
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For what we know, DeWitt never married and doesn’t have children.
Today, at 72, DeWitt is still very active both on stage and on the screen.
