Kyleen Waltman, a 38-year-old mother of three from Honea Path, South Carolina, is fighting for her life after she was mauled by three vicious dogs near her home. The harrowing incident took place on March 21, and ever since, Kyleen is at the hospital, struggling to stay alive.
She could die at the scene had it not been for a farmer who noticed the dogs biting her. Luckily, he rushed towards Kyleen and fired his gun into the air to get them to disperse. Kyleen was then airlifted to the hospital where she has been treated for her severe injuries. Unfortunately, both her arms were amputated and her colon was removed, and now, her esophagus may have to be removed.
“She didn’t deserve it,” her sister Shenna said. “She was a good person. She helped everybody.”
Kyleen’s other sister, Amy Wynne, took to social media to post an update of Kyleen’s current condition and explain how the family is in need of finances to cover the huge medical bills, as well as of prayers. A GoFundMe page has been set up to help the family.
“I’m sorry this is kind of late but it’s been hectic here lately.. Kyleen has been fully woken up and the doctors told her about her arms but, it caused her a great deal of a anxiety, so they sedated her. Her blood pressure is still very and she is running a fever of 102+ her oxygen levels keep falling so she’s back on the ventilator. Mama says it’s like she’s giving up. Before ya’ll go assuming we as her family are not giving up. The lord has brought her this far for a reason. Her story is not done. Now they have took off everything on the arms that now she can not have regular prosthetics. So here we are trying to figure out how to keep her from thinking negative thoughts about her life. I understand that for 38 years she’s had arms and now she doesn’t, how she’s thinking. She’s still fighting. Prayers are working and slowly she healing. We just have to wait and allow God and time to do their there. I appreciate all the comments and prayers. Please just keep her and us in your prayers. I will update again when I have more information.”
A man has been arrested following a “vicious dog attack” that left a woman without both of her arms. https://t.co/DLUn7QzwO7
Following the attack, the dogs, two Pit Bulls and one mixed breed, got seized by the Abbeville County Animаl Control, and their owner, Justin L. Minor, was arrested and charged. He has since been released on a $15,000 bond.
We pray for Kayleen and hope she would find the strength to survive.
Getting adopted and finding a forever family is a magical moment all by itself, but when there are Disney princesses to sprinkle some extra pixie dust, the milestone gets even better.
Everyone at the Grand Rapids, Michigan, courtroom was stunned when they saw seven princesses and Prince Charming entering the place last week to support five-year-old princess-loving girl, Danielle, as her adoption by Jim and Sarah Koning became final.
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The hearing was definitely fit for a princess, as caseworkers became fairy godmothers with wands and tiaras. Even the judge played along, donning a princess-themed outfit under her robe to mark the occasion.
The family was happy to reach the end of the “long road” to adoption, mom Sarah Koning said, and the princess surprise for Danielle made the day even more special.
“It was something we had been waiting for a long time, so it was just an awesome day to begin with, but it made it extra special,” Koning told TODAY. “Having the princesses there made it even more memorable for her and something she can hold with her for the rest of her life, and know that we love her and she’s in the right place.”
During the hearing, the princesses wished Danielle well in her new forever family and celebrated the adoption.
“It was a long road because of the contested adoption,” she said.
But the Konings’ day finally arrived, and the idea for the princess theme originated with Kristina Grey, a foster care case manager at the Samaritas organization, who worked with Danielle.
Grey said she knew Danielle was nervous about her future. “She had been anxious about permanence,” she said. “She wanted to know where she belonged.”
“I knew right then and there I had to make her adoption day memorable for her,” Grey added.
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Watch all of it unfold in the video below:
Koning is thankful for such an unforgettable day.
“I was just blown away,” she said. “It was amazing to see it happen and just how memorable it will be for Danielle.”
“We just feel blessed,” Koning added, “to be able to have these two girls and raise them and teach them and love them.”
If this doesn’t bring a smile to your face or warm your heart, I’m not sure what can. Please share to spread the joy and show that there are indeed good people out there.
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Freddie Figgers is a young man whose life story has inspired many. Seeing him today and realizing how successful he is, one wouldn’t believe he was dumped in a dumpster when he was just a baby by his biological parents.
Going from rugs to riches, Freddie is a reminder that no matter how people treat you, no one can ever steal your talent and what God has prepared for you.
Thankfully, he was adopted by a family who only showed him love from the moment he became their legal son. In fact, it was his adoptive dad who motivated Freddie to be better and better with each passing day.
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Realizing he was truly special, Freddie’s new mom and dad knew he would go far in life. So when he was just nine years old, they bought him his first ever computer. But the product didn’t work, and instead of asking from his parents to take it back to the manufacturer, Freddie said he could work out what the problem was himself. His curiosity was both natural and intense, and it led him to great things in life.
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After taking the computer apart and building it again, Freddie made it running. In fact, he still owns that piece of technology that reminds him how his love for computers and technologies started in the first place.
Believe it or not, Freddie was a real computer prodigy, and the fact that he got a job as a computer technician at the age of just 12 speaks best of that fact.
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Three years later, Freddie felt like he could start his own business, so when he was 15 years old he launched a cloud computer company. Many small business used his services, and that was the start of his journey towards becoming one of the youngest millionaires.
But this young man has a lot more to be proud of under his belt. He later used his talent and knowledge to help people who shared his father’s health condition, dementia.
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Freddie attended college, but soon realized that the time he would spend in the classroom could be better used in advancing his products. And he did the right thing.
Four weeks after dropping classes, Freddie invented a computer program and earned $80,000 which he used to create a shoe for people suffering from dementia. But it wasn’t an ordinary shoe. Inside, there was a GPS tracker that worked two-way communication.
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Later, he also invented a phone with a built-in wireless blood glucose meter.
Working hard and using his talent the right way made Freddie an owner of a company that is now worth $62 million. It is at the same time the only minority-owned telecommunication company in The U.S.
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No matter the rough start early in life, Freddie was taken in by the right people who helped him make his talent shine.
“Believe in what you do. Don’t let anyone talk down to you. People will not see your vision. People will not believe in you. But just believe in yourself and keep thriving,” this inspiring young man says.
Take a look at the full story and and don’t forget to share it with your friends.
This past Father’s Day showed us once again why the family of the two iconic Hollywood legends, Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell, is picture-perfect.
The Escape from New York star and Hawn’s children, Oliver and Kate Hudson, have always been very close. In fact, they consider him their father and love him unconditionally. The same, however, cannot be said of Kate and Oliver’s estranged biological father, musician Bill Hudson, who asked from his children to stop using his surname.
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Neither Oliver nor Kate miss any chance to remind Kurt Russell of how important he is to them. When their mom started dating him, they were 6 and 3 years old, and he has been the father-figure for them ever since.
When speaking of her relationship with Bill Hudson, Kate says she doesn’t regret not growing up by his side or being close to him because he doesn’t know her “from a hole in the wall.”
“But I don’t care. I have a dad,” the Almost Famous star told Vanity Fair according to ABC News, referring to Russell.
This Father’s Day, Kate posted a heartwarming message for the man who raised her. “Our great loyal protector. Our dependable authentic captain. Our wild, sometimes untamed adventurer father!” she wrote in her Instagram post.
“A childhood and adulthood of adventure,” Kate added. “Our Pa always makes life fun. Always down for exploring, always ready to take on the good life with his family. He’s one hell of a Dad.”
On his 70th birthday, Kate paid lovely tribute to Kurt Russell. “He gave me the gift of confidence instilling a knowingness in me that I deserved everything I worked for and I knew that he’d always have my back in whatever challenges may lay ahead,” she wrote.
“When you have a dad who gives you permission to be confident you live courageously.”
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Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn make the most amazing couple there is, so it doesn’t come as a surprise they raised beautiful and successful children together.
How far would you go to help a stranger in need? When we notice someone is in danger or in need of help, some of us decide to turn a blind eye, while the rest would go the extra mile without hesitation.
It was a hot day in Scotland and one 8-year-old girl named Tierney Batt was enjoying near the cool water of the River Tay’s Moncreiffe Island in Perth in an attempt to get away from the high temperatures when she heard someone screaming. As she ran closer to the river, she noticed a boy in distress who was struggling to stay afloat.
Tierney doesn’t know how to swim, but that didn’t stop her from getting in the water. She did all she could in order to keep the boy’s head above the water. Had it not been for her bravery, a tragedy could take place.
Luckily, the boy, Cayden Peterson, managed to get out of the water safe and sound. His mother, Kerry, said Tierney was “incredibly brave, calm and simply amazing” for what she did, as per the Daily Record.
“For a young child she did something some adults might not have thought about,” she added.
“I can’t express just how grateful I am – things could have been very different if she hadn’t helped him. She put herself in a situation of danger too, so I’m just so happy they’re both okay.”
Tierney’s dad Greig said he is glad his daughter helped save a life but added that he was fearful.
“Proud isn’t the word,” he told the Daily Record. “The whole family were so nice, they thanked us so much and Kerry sent me a message on Facebook just saying how grateful they were.”
Another water hero. Second this week. Glad to live in such a caring community!
“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life,” the great Confucius once said. I truly believe that loving what you do makes life way easier and more enjoyable.
Betty Reid Soskin is one of those people who never get tired of their job. If you wonder why, you may find it incredible that she is the oldest park ranger in America who retired last September upon turning 100 years old. Yes, you’ve heard that right.
During the last 15 years or so, Betty has been sharing her life stories, including those from World War II, at Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historic Park in Richmond.
Speaking of her passion for the job, many of her coworkers agree that Betty has had a huge influence for the park to be what it is today.
A public celebration honoring Betty’s retirement and her milestone birthday will be held on April 16, 2022.
Happy Retirement, Betty!
Betty Reid Soskin, the oldest active ranger in the National Park Service at age 100, retired today after a remarkable career. Learn more: https://t.co/sUOb3R5ZFQ
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“To be a part of helping to mark the place where that dramatic trajectory of my own life, combined with others of my generation, will influence the future by the footprints we’ve left behind has been incredible,” Betty wrote in a statement.
During her young years, Betty worked as a file clerk in a segregated Union hall. Later, she and her husband ran a record store, Reid’s Records, which closed in 2019.
After working at the park for some time, Betty got permanently hired as part of the National Park Service at the age of 89. She led public programs.
“Being a primary source in the sharing of that history – my history – and giving shape to a new national park has been exciting and fulfilling,” this incredible woman said. “It has proven to bring meaning to my final years.”
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Chuck Sams, the National Park Service Director, said: “Betty has made a profound impact on the National Park Service and the way we carry out our mission. Her efforts remind us that we must seek out and give space for all perspectives so that we can tell a more full and inclusive history of our nation.”
Betty, who has also been a social activist her entire life, will be honored in a beautiful way, with a school named after her. Lovely gift, indeed.
Competing at the Olympic Games is a dream of many professional athletes, but getting there is pretty hard because among the rest, it takes a lot of hard work, dedication, and not giving up.
McKayla Maroney took the world by storm when she won gold medal atthe 2012 London Olympics. She was only 16 years old when she left judges and millions of people in awe with her flawless Amanar performance. Of course, it took long years of practice for her to make a name for herself in the world of gymnastics, but she loved every second of it.
Besides her huge success, Maroney became knows worldwide because of the facial expression she made when she received silver for ending up second after the women’s vault competition. Her “not impressed” face became a viral meme and was all over the Internet.
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So how did everything start for Maroney who’s no longer competing professionally?
Born on December 9, 1995, in Aliso Viejo, California, to parents who were heavily involved in sports their entire life, it didn’t come as a surprise that young Maroney showed interest in sports early in life.
Being an energetic child, Maroney’s parents believed she needed to be involved in some sort of activity.
“My mom put me in gymnastics because I had so much energy, and I was always running around, so she thought gymnastics might take away some of the insane amounts of energy,” Maroney wrote on her profile on U.S. Gymnastics.
At the age of eight, Maroney practiced up to eight hours a day. Even then, she somehow knew, or at least wished, to be in the Olympics.
“She was happiest in the gym,” Maroney’s mother Erin told OCRegister. “When she walks in the gym, there’s a feeling that comes over. It completes her.”
“I just loved doing stuff that most people can’t do with their body,” Maroney added. “I can flip in the air and just fly on certain things. And I just love that feeling of working so hard on something that you really, really want and reaching that goal. It’s the best feeling.”
Her love for gymnastics, along with her dedication, took Maroney to the U.S. National Championship where she won bronze in the Vault Junior Division. At the time, she was only 14.
Her incredible talent was noticed by many, and it was very obvious she was meant for great things.
In 2011, Maroney competed at the World Championship where she won the National Championships in the Vault Junior Division. A year later, the entire world would learn of her. At the Olympics, she was a member of the American women’s gymnastics team dubbed the Fierce Five. The best thing of all was that her childhood friend she shared her dreams with was part of that team as well.
“When I think about it, it makes me want to cry almost. To have that childhood friend, to have somebody you’ve worked so hard with, we went through so many things together, to have two girls from the same place like Aliso Viejo to make it to the Olympics would just be awesome,” Maroney said of her friend Kyla Ross.
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Maroney won gold in team competition and even though everyone was convinced she would get one in the individual vault competition too, that didn’t happen. As she was on the podium, Maroney made her now famous face expression which made her an internet sensation. At that moment, she had no idea her photo had gone viral. She only learnt of that once she returned to the Athletes’ Olympic Village and saw a message of her father which said to check the Internet. Maroney even tried doing the same expression together with former President Obama.
She spoke of the famous photo of her and told Inside Gymnastics in 2014 that she literally did the face for two second.
“Like, if you watch the video, it’s two seconds. And I remember thinking, did I just make a face? Because it’s natural. I do it all the time, I have pictures of me when I’m little doing it. I have it on my Mac computer when I’m like 13,” she said.
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In 2013, Maroney won another gold at the World’s Championship and focused all her time and energy on competing at the Rio Olympic Games but was prevented to attend it because of health issues. Today, even though she’s no longer competing professionally, she hates it when magazines say that she retired.
“I don’t want anybody to ever think that McKayla is retiring. I don’t even want people to use that word,” she said in 2016. “The only difference is I’m not competing anymore.”
“You have to be so passionate and so in love with gymnastics to be able to get to the Olympics,” she said recently. “When you start losing even just an ounce of that, I was just like, I’m not going to make it.”
Maroney was brave enough to speak about former U.S. gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar who worked at USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University for years. He was accused by a number of gymnasts that he was abusive, which he later admitted.
Maroney opened up about her experience with the infamous doctor and took to Twitter to speak of the importance of not staying silent.
In 2018, shortly after she was witness in the case of Nassar, she developed an eating disorder. She struggled for a year before she enrolled in an online course for people with eating disorders. Currently, she could be seen in a commercial for Geico, where she uses her incredible gymnastic skills.
She’s interested in health and wellness and is running an Instagram account related to it. She’s also writing a book in which she speaks of her professional life, as well as her personal struggles.
“I want to be looked at as someone who just keeps going because that’s what we have to do in this life,” McKayla Maroney told Elle.
“For so long, I was surviving. Now I feel I’m actually living.”
Ever since the news of Bruce Willis’ retirement from acting spread like a wildfire, millions of fans were left in disbelief. Now that the world learned the Pulp Fiction star has been diagnosed with aphasia, a condition which affects one’s ability to communicate, people close to Willis opened up about the problems he was facing during the filming of his recent movies and how they all knew something wasn’t right with his health.
A source was reported to have told Page Six: “He was having cognitive problems, they all knew Bruce was having problems.”
The source further revealed, “Everybody knew, the cast and crew. His family has stepped in, they moved in to take care of him.”
Apparently, many of the people who worked alongside him noticed he was struggling with his lines and was using “earpieces, hearing things, for them to feed him the lines.” As it turned out, this made it difficult for them to have him on set.
For some of the films released last year, as well as this year, such as Survive the Game, Cosmic Sin and Hard Kill, the production team was forced to use doubles due to Willis’ apparent problems no one spoke about publicly until his family decided to step in for him.
“It became very apparent that he was having problems,” the source said. “So they’d use body doubles, not just for action [sequences], but for maximizing his screen time.”
Willis didn’t film more than three days in a row and needed time off very often. He asked to be allowed to shoot the movies close to home. “It was becoming super obvious he was having trouble … he could not act anymore,” the source told Page Six.
The Die Hard star starred in a number of movies during the last two years, most of which were low-budget projects. While some suspected he was facing health issues, others were convinced he was aiming to easy paychecks. One thing was certain, there were speculations about him until his family revealed the truth.
In a statement, they wrote: “To Bruce’s amazing supporters, as a family we wanted to share that our beloved Bruce has been experiencing some health issues and has recently been diagnosed with aphasia, which is impacting his cognitive abilities,” adding that he’ll be “stepping away from the career that has meant so much to him.”
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The statement further read: “This is a really challenging time for our family and we are so appreciative of your continued love, compassion and support. We are moving through this as a strong family unit, and wanted to bring his fans in because we know how much he means to you, as you do to him.
“As Bruce always says, ‘Live it up’ and together we plan to do just that.”
Beyond the statement, no other representative of Willis or the family commented on the actor’s health.
We hope things would get better for Bruce Willis and he would receive the treatment and the time he needs to live a normal life.
