Letting your kids grow up around a pet is the best thing you can ever do for them. Cats and dogs teach young children how to be responsible from early age and make awesome friends.
A 6-year-old boy named Xander Mellor from Springfield, Illinois, has always wanted a puppy as a companion, so he made his mission to save enough money to buy the much wanted friend. His mom said how he would wait for her to get home each day and ask for her spare change to put in his saving jar for nearly 18 months.
Xander even stopped buying sweets in order to save the money as fast as he could.
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But then, his grandparents learned what he was up to and just how much he wanted a puppy, so they decided to make his wish come true.
One day, they arrived at Xander’s house and the moment he saw them he rushed outside to greet them with hugs and kisses. His grandma then told him that they had a gift for him and asked him to close his eyes and stretch his hands. Little did Xander know that he was about to embrace the cutest little pup out there.
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When he saw what his grandparents’ gift to him was, sweet Xander started shedding tears of joy. He couldn’t stop thanking them for making him the happiest boy. Everyone who has seen the video below commented how it was one of the best things ever.
We know Xander and his furry-pal will have great time together in the days and years to come.
Some people work a lifetime in order to afford a home they can call their own. So how did a 19-year-old from Australia managed to buy a house working at McDonald’s? This is the inspiring story of Madison Pickering.
This young lady has always dreamed of purchasing her own place, and now that she did, no one believes her she saved the money all by herself and didn’t take a cent from her mom and dad. Not only her friends and people from her surrounding thought she was crazy when she said she wanted to buy a house, but the real estate agents and bank managers too, so her first attempt to get finance approval failed. That, however, didn’t stop Madison from working even harder and trying again.
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According to her, she started working at McDonald’s the moment she turned 14 and saved every penny that she could. After finishing high school a year early, she was accepted into university, but she decided to accept a full-time job as an online media manager in order to save more money and made her wish of becoming a homeowner true.
Eventually, Madison could turn to the bank again and was offered a loan for a $300,000 house and land package.
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So how did she do it? Well, having saved up $30,000 on her own, this bright lady got some help from the government as well. She says she was eligible for Queensland’s $15,000 first homeowners grant, and additional $25,000 from the federal government who are offering this sum of money in order to boost the construction sector during the pandemic.
“I had enough for a deposit, and that’s all that matters. And I think younger people who are watching and wanting to do what I’ve done need to understand, you don’t need to have the final price. You just need to have really good deposit,” Madison told Channel Nine’s A Current Affair program.
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At the moment, Madison’s house is under construction and is located in Logan’s Pebble Creek Estate, 50km south of Brisbane. We hope she will get to enjoy it and furnish it the way she likes very soon.
“Dear Mom, Love Cher” is a documentary from 2013 that features the life of Georgia Holt, an American singer, actress, a former model and mother of pop queen Cher. The film was a result of Cher’s love and appreciation for the woman who has always been by her side and helped her be the woman that she is today.
Georgia Holt, born Jackie Jean Crouch on June 9, 1926 in Kensett, Arkansas, has been married six times during her lifetime.
Her mother had her when she was just 13 years old and Georgia spent most of her childhood with her father who took her to nightclubs where she performed. She remembers her dad, Roy, as a caring father who wanted only the best for her. In hopes of a better life, Georgina and Roy moved to L.A. She changed a number of high school and recalls being the poorest kid in each of them. “I was the only poor kid in the school, and I was already insecure. But my voice saved me because I sang in school, and I was real popular because of my voice,” she said in an interview with the Chicago Tribune.
Georgia Holt with daughters Cher and Georganne. Source: Twitter/Cher
When she was 17, Georgia moved to California and started working at a donut shop where she met her first husband and Cher’s father, John Sarkisian. He was “a good talker and could talk anyone into anything,” so it wasn’t hard for him to make Georgia agree into marrying him.
It wasn’t long until Georgia got back to her mother telling her she was pregnant and asking to stay with her. Her mom agreed to let her in but told her she had to abort the baby. Georgia didn’t like the idea so she moved back in with John again.
Cherilyn “Cher” Sarkisian was born on May 20. 1946 in El Centro, California.
In 1950, the mother and daughter moved to L.A. without John and it was then that Georgia got her first movie roll in an episode of the TV series ‘The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet’.
Georgia’s second husband, Chris Alcaide, was very much in love with her, but he was a jealous man, so just 20 minutes after she said “I do,” Georgia said “I don’t.”
When Georgia auditioned for the movie The Asphalt Jungle, she believed getting the role would help her with her big breakthrough, but producers decided to give it to another Jean; Norma Jean Baker aka Marilyn Monroe.
After she experienced the disappointment of not getting any work in the movie, Georgina married her third husband and father of her second daughter Georganne Elizabeth, John Southall. He was a loving man who was nasty when drinking, so once again, Georgina found herself alone and now with two kids to raise on her own. Sadly, that meant getting back to working double shifts.
After she divorced her fourth husband, Gilbert Hartmann LaPiere, who adopted both her daughters, Georgina married Cher’s father John again, and the marriage lasted for a year. Her sixth husband was Hamilton T. Holt whom she married in 1970 and divorced four years latter.
Today, Georgina is in a relationship with Craig Spencer who is 21 years her junior. “I knew deep inside he was a good person, but I thought he was interested in me just so he could tell people he went to bed with Cher’s mother,” she told People. But it turned out that wasn’t the case as the two have been together for 44 years.
Georgina Holt is 94 today and looks as beautiful as always, so it’s obvious who her daughter Cher inherited the good looks from. This incredible mother and woman sacrificed a lot for her girls to turn into happy and successful individuals. Her dreams of making a name for herself in the film industry didn’t really come true in the way she has always imagined it, but she’s happy that her daughter became one of the most famous female singers in the history.
“And I don’t think I would have been as good as she is. I don’t think I was equipped, strength-wise, to do it,” she said.
Had Great Day at Moms 🎂Day. Gee,Mom,Me. Sharing my Medal With My Mom.SHES SO PROUD.SHE SAYS SHE’LL LOOK AT IT EVERYDAY.SHE’S 93 & THE LOOK IN HER EYES SAID IT ALL. AT FIRST SHE DIDNT UNDERSTAND…THEN I SAID “MOM WE CAN SHARE IT” SHE WAS SO PROUD . pic.twitter.com/dXastaixwv
Some people are so charming that we can’t help but love them. 16-year-old David Thibault from Quebec, Canada, is one of them. This teen isn’t just humble and good-looking, but he’s a music sensation as well. I guess the world first heard of him after he appeared in an episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show and was introduced as someone who sounds exactly like the King of Rock and Roll, legendary Elvis Presley.
To be honest, I personally expected for some resemblance, but thought it was probably an exaggeration as we all know Elvis is one and only, but the moment I heard him singing, I was in total disbelief. If you listen to him with your eyes closed, you will definitely think it is a recording from the King himself.
Ellen learned of David when a video of him singing ‘Blue Christmas’ at a radio station, which reached over eight million views, was posted on YouTube, and she had to invite him over and hear him perform in person.
David explained how he inherited the love for music and Elvis’ songs from his granddad. He sang the same song again and got amazing gifts from the host. To learn how she surprised him and to hear his incredible voice, go to the video below.
The following has to be the most hilarious story ever.
“A lady about 8 months pregnant got on a bus. She noticed a man opposite her was smiling at her. She immediately moved to another seat. This time the man’s smile turned into a grin, so she move again. The man seemed more amused. When she moved for the fourth time, the man burst out laughing, she complained to the driver and he had the man arrested.
“The case came up in court. The judge asked the man, (about 20 years old), what he had to say for himself. The man replied, “Well your Honor, it was like this: When the lady got on the bus, I couldn’t help but notice her condition.
“She sat under a sweets sign that said, THE DOUBLEMINT TWINS ARE COMING, and I grinned.
“Then she moved and sat under a sign that said, LOGAN’S LINIMENT WILL REDUCE THE SWELLING, I had to smile.
“Then she placed herself under a deodorant sign than said, WILLIAMS BIG STICK DID THE TRICK, I could hardly contain myself.
“But, your Honor, when she moved the fourth time and sat under a sign that said, GOODYEAR RUBBER COULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS ACCIDENT, I just lost it.
The case was dismissed.”
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When it comes to celebrities, one thing is certain, their lives are everything but ordinary, and the life story of living legend Willie Nelson is just the perfect example of that.
This incredible man has been making our lives a bit better since the 60’s when he started writing songs that turned huge hits for famous names like Ray Price, Patsy Cline and Billy Walker. By 1975, Nelson was already a star himself and did what no one has done it before; he created music mixing a variety of styles, including traditional pop, Western swing, jazz, traditional country, cowboy songs, honky tonk, rock & roll, folk, and the blues. The final result was a huge number of fans and everlasting hits.
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Nelson was first introduced to music and instruments when was still very young. In fact, he has written his first song at the age of just 7 and by the age of 13, he performed with Bob Wills, the inventor of Western swing music. He and his sister Bobbie, who plays in his band, were raised by their grandparents, Alfred and Nancy Nelson, who both studied music courses. Nelson picked the guitar and never let it go, not even today at the age of 87.
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His personal life was surrounded by controversies as he has been married four times and has 7 children.
In the book he wrote, “Me and Sister Bobbie,” he blamed his “roving eye” for the mess he created with the wives in his life. There, he spoke of his first wife, Martha Matthews, whom he was married to for 10 years, and who was reported to be very violent to him. He also shared how his second wife, Shirley Collie, learned he was having a baby with another woman. Apparently, she found a medical bill for the birth of a baby girl and confronted him. “I tried to play it off as no big deal,” he said, according to Page Six. “I told her that I had to go to the hospital for something minor.”
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However, Collie knew all too well that Nelson had a weakness for beautiful women and was way too smart to fall for his excuses, so he had to tell her the truth. The mother of that baby girl, Connie Kopek, became his third wife. They stayed together for 17 years before Nelson married makeup artist Marie D’Angelo whom he refers to as the true love of his life.
“My love for Annie was all-consuming, but winning her over wasn’t easy. She had to be sure my marriage was over and that I was truly free,” he said speaking to Daily Mail. “You’ve already seen that when it comes to romance, I had a gift for complicating things. But marrying Annie wasn’t complicated at all.”
“It’s about the smartest thing I ever did… thirty-four years after we first met, we’re still together and going strong.”
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This 13 time Grammy Award winning artist’s love life might have been complicated in the past, but we are glad he found what he was looking for at the end and is happy with his wife.
With all those stories of animals who are being abused, neglected, and abandoned in the worst ways possible, I can’t help by wonder why would those people even take a pet in if they are not ready to commit and take great care of them.
A cruel owner dumped a tiny puppy in the middle of the street. And as if abandoning the fragile creature wasn’t mean enough, he hurt his head severely before getting rid of him.
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The poor pup was staying there in pain and helpless to even ask for help from the passersby who ignored him and pretended he didn’t exist. Luckily, a woman and her son noticed the curled up pup and got closer to him. They noticed the injury on his head and realized it was a serious one and the little guy was in need of medical attention.
However, the pup was way too scared to feel comfortable around these people who were there to give him a second chance in life.
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Eventually, the mom and her son alerted an animal rescue service who lifted the pup up and took him to the vet’s. There, it was determined that the sweet animal suffered a brain injury and doctors didn’t know whether things would get better or worse in the days to come. They gave him medicines and said he needed around the clock care, something the good Samaritans were more than willing to give to the pup who became an important part of their life.
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As weeks passed by, the puppy showed immense progress. He started wagging his tail and gave his human family lots of kisses. The vets were amazed at the significant improvement and were happy the dog was found by the right people.
Justin Hanley from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania left his home that day not knowing he was about to stumble upon the saddest sight he’d ever seen. A sweet pup was tied to the railing with some pizza slices placed by its side. What was even more unusual was the note left under the doormat.
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The note read: “Please take me home. I’m a girl named Diamond. We can no longer keep her in our home. Thank you.”
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No matter how much Justin wanted to keep the beauty, he couldn’t really take a pet in so he decided to share this unusual story with a group called East Falls Rants by posting it on their Facebook page.
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Justin was more than happy to keep the dog until someone willing to provide her with a forever home would come along. Shortly after she entered Justin’s life, the dog which was later named Serenity was taken in by the Don’t Bully Us Rescue in southern New Jersey. They knew exactly where this dog should be placed. In the home of a retired Army special forces officer Chris King.
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Serenity was extremely happy to be fostered by an animal lover like Chris. You won’t believe how many animals he and his girlfriend are taking care of. They have nine other dogs and seven pygmy goats. Chris also has four siblings but says it’s never crowded and there is always space for another animal in need of a loving home.
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She was later given for adoption and placed in another family, but it turned out she missed Chris so much that she couldn’t get used to living with someone else. Once he realized the pup wasn’t happy with her new human parents, Chris took her back in and doesn’t plan on letting her go ever again.
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