Brent Gehring’s daughter Emma is only 6-years-old. And despite her young age, she will soon start her seventh round of chemotherapy.
Yes… her seventh round. The chemotherapy is needed to fight a brain tumor.
Most people can’t tell by looking at Emma that she’s sick. But right now her condition makes it difficult for her to get around without a walker. This is why Brent has to sometimes carry her.
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Brent knew that carrying around a 6-year-old might not be easy. He knew that watching his little girl and his wife go through such a trying experience wouldn’t be easy either.
What he didn’t expect was for people on the streets to pass judgment on his family instead of minding their own business.
But it did happen when he and his family went out to dinner one night and he shared the story on Facebook which ended up going viral.
Source: EmmaStrong“My daughter and I were leaving dinner the other night at Union Oyster House in Boston, MA. A dinner donated to us by an amazing business and friend that has been in our ‘family’ for years,” he explained. “When I crossed the street carrying her, she can’t walk without the use of her walker. A man yelled at me from 30’ away: ‘What the F*+k?’ He yelled. ‘Make her walk. That’s what is wrong with kids today.’”Source: EmmaStrong
Ahh, the age-old “that’s what’s wrong with kids today” bit. We hear angry bitter adults making the same tired argument decade after decade.
The same adults who fail to accept that they are the generation responsible for the raising the very same kids they are complaining about.
Brent was pretty pissed. Not only is this guy cursing and him and his daughter, he is judging his parenting style which is none of his damn business. At this point, Brent had to decide whether to sink down to this guy’s level and beat the crap at him, scream in his face, or teach him a valuable lesson. He chose the latter.
Source: EmmaStrong“I had a choice to make at that time. Can I make myself feel better by screaming at him or can I teach him something about life? I won’t lie to you and tell you that it was an easy choice but I got inches from his face, with my daughter in my arms, and quietly asked him if he was referring to my daughter. ‘Hell yes’ he said,” Brent explains in his post.
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Let’s just say this guy ended up getting his ass kicked. Not physically, but by the Universe teaching him a lesson he sorely needed to learn.
This is what Brent told the man:“My daughter has been carrying my faith and my strength for the past 5 years since she was diagnosed with a brain tumor. She can’t walk but I am happy to carry her because of all the amazing things she has taught me through the years. So I would advise you not address my daughter in any way other than respectful,” he said.
Source: EmmaStrong
The two ended up having a good talk that ended with them both crying. I bet that guy didn’t feel so tough hysterically crying in a public parking lot.
“This story is only important if it serves as a reminder that you don’t always know the whole story so don’t judge others,” Brent said.
But Brent says he learned a lesson that day too. He said the situation served as a reminder that “good can come from any situation.”
Source: Facebook“This post doesn’t come looking for pity for Emma or my family. What I am asking is for a change in today’s world… a change in the way we think. The world is what we as people make it. We have the power to make days better or worse for others. I choose to attempt to make lives better,” he said.
We’ll bet that Emma learned a great lesson that day too from the wonderful example her father made for her.
You can read Brent’s full post below.
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No one can replace a parent. But what would you do if you couldn’t see one of your parents for a year or more?
This can be especially hard on young children. They look to their parents for guidance. They look to them as role models and teachers.
One little boy was missing his dad so much he found a way to fill the void.
Brian Kelly is just a little kid. His dad is in the Air Force, and he has been deployed to Syria. The boy and his mom stayed behind, but they both miss Brian’s Dad dearly.
“When Dan [Brian’s dad] gets back, Brian’s going to cry and run to him with open arms,”
He is fortunate to have warm, friendly neighbors, and he has turned to them for help in his hour of need.
Molly and Dean Cravens are the best neighbors a boy could ask for. One day Dean was outside working, he had come in to cool off when suddenly the doorbell rang, and the man saw Brian standing on the porch.
With his head down and very little eye contact he asked if he could help with the yard work. This is what he used to do with his dad. The neighbor happily agreed.
Now Brian shows up to the neighbor’s house every day to do “dad stuff.”
Brian helps Dean clean up the yard and is always ready to help Dean. This bonding time with Mr Cravens has helped Brian immensely.
The two are a perfect fit, because Dean has 3 daughters but no sons. He loves getting the chance to do “dad activities” with a boy.
“This is our little neighbor,” she wrote. “His dad is deployed in Syria and every day he comes to the door asking to work with our dad. Appreciate today.” Molly recently posted on twitter.
What would you do if this happened to you? Would you step in for a soldier that is protecting and serving your country, or would you turn him away?
A standout amongst the most wonderful minutes in life is the point at which you respect your tyke into the world. A surge an of feelings hit – depletion from the birthing procedure, energy about having somewhat one to look after and freeze with regards to being accountable for another life for whatever remains of your own.
This extraordinary blend of feelings more often than not makes unseasoned parents shed a couple of tears as they hold their infant – however when this new dad started to cry in the healing facility room, nobody could’ve speculated the genuine explanation for his peaceful wails…
The couple’s birthing picture taker, Kristie Perez, caught the minute this new dad separated in tears and later addressed him about it. Notwithstanding, when Kristie’s customer uncovered the genuine reason he separated before her camera focal point, she knew she needed to impart it to the world.
Kristie posted the spouse’s story and a progression of staggering pictures from that mystical day with the Love What Matters page.
“He helplessly watched his wife vomit profusely for 285+ days. He witnessed her lose 30 pounds in pregnancy not being able to nourish herself due to Hyperemesis Gravidarum & preeclampsia.She was hospitalized 4 times for dehydration throughout her pregnancy. Ate more dinners on the front steps of their home than he could count because any scent literally made her ill.After months of simply being there for her as much as possible, he supported her during birth. I told him I captured him crying seeing his son and he said, ‘That’s not why I was crying.’“Puzzled, I asked what he meant.
He teared up again and said, ‘This is the first time I have seen her smile in 10 months.’Men, please understand how powerful your empathy can be.To all of the mothers who have traumatic pregnancies and still find a way to smile… thank you for sacrificing yourself and enduring to bring your precious child into the world. That is no easy feat.”
Moms are extreme, imposing creatures and nothing flaunts this quality more than birth. This present spouse’s undeniable love and reverence for his better half is something all men can acknowledge.
Conceiving an offspring isn’t simple – and basically regarding the hardships that accompany pregnancy is unimaginably useful, from a lady’s point of view!
View more excellent photographs from their child’s introduction to the world underneath. What an enthusiastic minute, and a brilliant day!
Please SHARE this amazing moment with family and friends to show the true beauty of child birth!
This is quiet an unusual story of a senior citizen who had one of the shortest careers at Walmart.
It was just 2 hours into his first day when all of a sudden he got fired. What was the reason on would wonder? Well lets just say it will make you burst with laughter.
Many people who have read this story believe that his boss took the correct action, but others are convinced he should have backed up his employee.
I am pretty sure you all will have your own opinion, but let’s start at the very beginning of the events that took place.
The elderly man had served in the military and had only recently retired. His life now revolved around sitting at home alone with no one to talk to, he was having difficulty adjusting to this type of lifestyle as he was used to having contact with people. So he took it upon himself to go and find a part-time job.
After numerous days of job hunting he eventually landed a job as a greeter with the well known American discount store Walmart. Unfortunately his time there did not last long.
Below is the hilariously funny story of how it happened (in his own words):
“So after landing my new job as a Walmart greeter, a good find for many retirees, I lasted less than a day…About two hours into my first day on the job, a very loud, mean-looking woman walked into the store with her two kids, yelling obscenities at them all the way through the entrance. I said pleasantly, ‘Good morning and welcome to Walmart. Nice children you have there. Are they twins?’ Of course, her children were years apart, and while they shared common features, they certainly didn’t look like each other.The woman stopped yelling long enough to say, ‘Hell no, they ain’t twins. The oldest one’s nine, and the other one’s seven. Why the hell would you think they’re twins? Are you blind or stupid?’ So I replied, ‘I’m neither blind nor stupid, Ma’am. I just can’t believe someone slept with you twice. Have a good day and thank you for shopping at Walmart.’My supervisor said I probably wasn’t cut out for this line of work.”
What is your opinion about what he done? Please SHARE with family and friend’s if you think he did the right thing.
Second grade teacher Jen Beason asked her students to write about an invention they wished had never been invented.
Four of Beason’s students wrote that they wished their parent’s phones had never been invented. Why? Because their parents spend more time staring at their phones than they do talking to their kids.
Beason posted about her students’ responses in a Facebook post, “I don’t like the phone because my [parents] are on their phone every day … I hate my mom’s phone and I wish she never had one,” said a student in a picture Beason’s posted.
Many others weighed in. A fellow teacher wrote, “We had a class discussion about Facebook and every single one of the students said their parents spend more time on FB then they do talking to their child. It was very eye opening for me,” Abbey Fauntleroy commented.
It’s a sobering reminder that our kids need our time and our attention. It’s time to put down our phones and plug in our children’s lives.
Set aside time each night to devote to your children. Put the phone away, out of reach, so you won’t be tempted to use it. Your children deserve your undivided attention and time.
Age is just a number, as they say. But we all know that isn’t strictly true. As we grow older, it isn’t just the number that changes. Wrinkles creep in, you start to find grey hairs and your skin begins to sag. There’s nothing wrong with any of that, of course – there are plenty of beautiful pensioners out there!
60 year old Cindy didn’t feel beautiful. As her birthday approached, she decided it was time for a makeover. She wanted the image she saw in the mirror to match how she felt on the inside. So she contacted makeover expert Christopher Hopkins, and asked him to make her beautiful.
The result left both Cindy and her husband in shock…
Cindy hadn’t visited a salon in a while, and her hair felt dull and lifeless. On top of that, she had no idea how to do her make up to compliment her age. She hoped that Christopher could help her with that.
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Before Cindy sat in the stylist’s chair, she and her husband described their expectations on camera. Cindy had a lot of expectations, and her husband said that he didn’t want to influence what she decided to do with her look, only support her.
“I don’t want to give her my influences, this is her gift. She’s the canvas, she can paint the canvas the way she wants,” he explains.
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Cindy wanted to be beautiful, but she still wanted to look natural. She also wanted to learn a simple make up routine that she could fix herself in the mornings.
Christopher cut and colored her hair. Then he showed her how to apply simple make up that compliments her skin type.
When everything was ready, Cindy’s husband got to see the final result. Do you think he was surprised?
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She looks like a new person! Don’t you think?
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In the video below you can see the full transformation as well as interviews with Cindy and her husband.
Everyone deserves to feel beautiful! Share this article if you agree!
Reader Marie K. sent us recently forwarded us this story. It’s worth taking a second of your day to read.
My boss drove a luxury car everyday, and it was my duty to greet him and to open the gates for him, as I worked as a watchman in his villa. But he never responded back to my greetings.One day he saw me opening the garbage bags outside the villa in search of any leftover food. But as usual, he never even looked at me, it was like as if he never saw anything.The very next day I saw a paper bag at the same place, but it was clean and the food inside was covered well. It was fresh, like someone had just brought it from the supermarket. I didn’t care where it came from, I just took the paper bag and I was so happy.Every day I found this paper bag at the same place with fresh vegetables and all the food we needed at home. This became my daily routine. I was eating and sharing this food with my wife and kids. I was wondering who this fool could be. How could he forget his paper bag full of fresh food everyday?One day there was a big problem in the villa, and I was told that my boss has died. There were too many guests coming to the villa that day and I didn’t find the bag of food, so I thought that one of the guests must have taken it. But the same thing happened the 2nd day, the 3rd day and the 4th day.It went on like this for a few weeks and I found it difficult to provide food for my family, so I decided to ask the wife of my boss for a raise in my salary or else I would quit my job as a watchman.After I told her, she was shocked, and asked me, how come you never complained about your salary for the last 2 years? And why is this salary not enough for you now? I gave her so many excuses but she was never convinced!Finally in the end, I decided to tell her the truth, I told her the entire story of the bag of groceries, and as to how it was my daily provision. She then asked me when the mystery bags stopped appearing. I told her after the death of her husband. And then I realized that I stopped seeing the paper bag immediately after the death of my boss. Why didn’t I ever think of this before? It was my boss who was providing this for me, all along. I guess I never thought that a person who never even replied to my greetings could ever be so generous.His wife started to cry, and I told her to please stop crying, and that I’m really sorry that I asked for a raise, I didn’t know that it was your husband who was providing me with the meals, I’ll remain as a watchman and be happy to provide my service.His wife told me, “I’m crying because I’ve finally found the 7th person my husband was giving this bag full of food. I knew my husband was giving to 7 people everyday, I had already found the 6 people, and all these days I was searching for the 7th person. And today I found out.”From that day onward, I started to receive the bag full of food again, but this time his son was bringing it to my house and giving it to my hand. But whenever I thanked him, he never replied. Just like his dad!One day, I told him THANK YOU in a very loud voice! He replied back to me to please not be offended when he doesn’t reply, because he has a hearing problem, just like his dad.”
A teacher from Mueller Elementary in Wichita, Kansas knows that education alone is not enough to get her students excited to go to school, so she decided to create a class ritual that is dubbed the coolest way to attract her students to become eager to come to her class.
Jerusha Willenborg greets each of her students with a personalized handshake.
Even more impressive, the handshake does not only consist of shaking hands, but Jerusha and her students can be seen doing every popular move from high-five to the trending dab.
She says that the personalized handshake is created to represent her sincere feelings towards every one of her students.
It is also important to build a long-lasting and strong relationship and trust and the ritual has made the students always look forward to attending the class.
Watch how this amazing teacher does her unique ritual with her students in the video here
With his head down and very little eye contact he asked if he could help with the yard work. This is what he used to do with his dad. The neighbor happily agreed.
Now Brian shows up to the neighbor’s house every day to do “dad stuff.”
Brian helps Dean clean up the yard and is always ready to help Dean. This bonding time with Mr Cravens has helped Brian immensely.
The two are a perfect fit, because Dean has 3 daughters but no sons. He loves getting the chance to do “dad activities” with a boy.
“This is our little neighbor,” she wrote. “His dad is deployed in Syria and every day he comes to the door asking to work with our dad. Appreciate today.” Molly recently posted on twitter.
A standout amongst the most wonderful minutes in life is the point at which you respect your tyke into the world. A surge an of feelings hit – depletion from the birthing procedure, energy about having somewhat one to look after and freeze with regards to being accountable for another life for whatever remains of your own.
This extraordinary blend of feelings more often than not makes unseasoned parents shed a couple of tears as they hold their infant – however when this new dad started to cry in the healing facility room, nobody could’ve speculated the genuine explanation for his peaceful wails…
The couple’s birthing picture taker, Kristie Perez, caught the minute this new dad separated in tears and later addressed him about it. Notwithstanding, when Kristie’s customer uncovered the genuine reason he separated before her camera focal point, she knew she needed to impart it to the world.
Kristie posted the spouse’s story and a progression of staggering pictures from that mystical day with the Love What Matters page.
“He helplessly watched his wife vomit profusely for 285+ days. He witnessed her lose 30 pounds in pregnancy not being able to nourish herself due to Hyperemesis Gravidarum & preeclampsia.
She was hospitalized 4 times for dehydration throughout her pregnancy. Ate more dinners on the front steps of their home than he could count because any scent literally made her ill.
After months of simply being there for her as much as possible, he supported her during birth. I told him I captured him crying seeing his son and he said, ‘That’s not why I was crying.’
“Puzzled, I asked what he meant.
He teared up again and said, ‘This is the first time I have seen her smile in 10 months.’
Men, please understand how powerful your empathy can be.
To all of the mothers who have traumatic pregnancies and still find a way to smile… thank you for sacrificing yourself and enduring to bring your precious child into the world. That is no easy feat.”
Moms are extreme, imposing creatures and nothing flaunts this quality more than birth. This present spouse’s undeniable love and reverence for his better half is something all men can acknowledge.
Conceiving an offspring isn’t simple – and basically regarding the hardships that accompany pregnancy is unimaginably useful, from a lady’s point of view!
View more excellent photographs from their child’s introduction to the world underneath. What an enthusiastic minute, and a brilliant day!
Please SHARE this amazing moment with family and friends to show the true beauty of child birth!
After numerous days of job hunting he eventually landed a job as a greeter with the well known American discount store Walmart. Unfortunately his time there did not last long.
Below is the hilariously funny story of how it happened (in his own words):
“So after landing my new job as a Walmart greeter, a good find for many retirees, I lasted less than a day…
About two hours into my first day on the job, a very loud, mean-looking woman walked into the store with her two kids, yelling obscenities at them all the way through the entrance.
I said pleasantly, ‘Good morning and welcome to Walmart. Nice children you have there. Are they twins?’ Of course, her children were years apart, and while they shared common features, they certainly didn’t look like each other.
The woman stopped yelling long enough to say, ‘Hell no, they ain’t twins. The oldest one’s nine, and the other one’s seven. Why the hell would you think they’re twins? Are you blind or stupid?’
So I replied, ‘I’m neither blind nor stupid, Ma’am. I just can’t believe someone slept with you twice. Have a good day and thank you for shopping at Walmart.’
My supervisor said I probably wasn’t cut out for this line of work.”
What is your opinion about what he done? Please SHARE with family and friend’s if you think he did the right thing.
Second grade teacher Jen Beason asked her students to write about an invention they wished had never been invented.
Four of Beason’s students wrote that they wished their parent’s phones had never been invented. Why? Because their parents spend more time staring at their phones than they do talking to their kids.
Beason posted about her students’ responses in a Facebook post, “I don’t like the phone because my [parents] are on their phone every day … I hate my mom’s phone and I wish she never had one,” said a student in a picture Beason’s posted.
Many others weighed in. A fellow teacher wrote, “We had a class discussion about Facebook and every single one of the students said their parents spend more time on FB then they do talking to their child. It was very eye opening for me,” Abbey Fauntleroy commented.
It’s a sobering reminder that our kids need our time and our attention. It’s time to put down our phones and plug in our children’s lives.
Set aside time each night to devote to your children. Put the phone away, out of reach, so you won’t be tempted to use it. Your children deserve your undivided attention and time.
Reader Marie K. sent us recently forwarded us this story. It’s worth taking a second of your day to read.
My boss drove a luxury car everyday, and it was my duty to greet him and to open the gates for him, as I worked as a watchman in his villa. But he never responded back to my greetings.
One day he saw me opening the garbage bags outside the villa in search of any leftover food. But as usual, he never even looked at me, it was like as if he never saw anything.
The very next day I saw a paper bag at the same place, but it was clean and the food inside was covered well. It was fresh, like someone had just brought it from the supermarket. I didn’t care where it came from, I just took the paper bag and I was so happy.
Every day I found this paper bag at the same place with fresh vegetables and all the food we needed at home. This became my daily routine. I was eating and sharing this food with my wife and kids. I was wondering who this fool could be. How could he forget his paper bag full of fresh food everyday?
One day there was a big problem in the villa, and I was told that my boss has died. There were too many guests coming to the villa that day and I didn’t find the bag of food, so I thought that one of the guests must have taken it. But the same thing happened the 2nd day, the 3rd day and the 4th day.
It went on like this for a few weeks and I found it difficult to provide food for my family, so I decided to ask the wife of my boss for a raise in my salary or else I would quit my job as a watchman.
After I told her, she was shocked, and asked me, how come you never complained about your salary for the last 2 years? And why is this salary not enough for you now? I gave her so many excuses but she was never convinced!
Finally in the end, I decided to tell her the truth, I told her the entire story of the bag of groceries, and as to how it was my daily provision. She then asked me when the mystery bags stopped appearing. I told her after the death of her husband. And then I realized that I stopped seeing the paper bag immediately after the death of my boss. Why didn’t I ever think of this before? It was my boss who was providing this for me, all along. I guess I never thought that a person who never even replied to my greetings could ever be so generous.
His wife started to cry, and I told her to please stop crying, and that I’m really sorry that I asked for a raise, I didn’t know that it was your husband who was providing me with the meals, I’ll remain as a watchman and be happy to provide my service.
His wife told me, “I’m crying because I’ve finally found the 7th person my husband was giving this bag full of food. I knew my husband was giving to 7 people everyday, I had already found the 6 people, and all these days I was searching for the 7th person. And today I found out.”
From that day onward, I started to receive the bag full of food again, but this time his son was bringing it to my house and giving it to my hand. But whenever I thanked him, he never replied. Just like his dad!
One day, I told him THANK YOU in a very loud voice! He replied back to me to please not be offended when he doesn’t reply, because he has a hearing problem, just like his dad.”
Even more impressive, the handshake does not only consist of shaking hands, but Jerusha and her students can be seen doing every popular move from high-five to the trending dab.
She says that the personalized handshake is created to represent her sincere feelings towards every one of her students.
It is also important to build a long-lasting and strong relationship and trust and the ritual has made the students always look forward to attending the class.
Watch how this amazing teacher does her unique ritual with her students in the video here
