America’s No. 1 inspirational fiction writer Karen Kingsbury can conjure up all sorts of stories about miracles and angels watching over us for her amazing novels. But it wasn’t until she personally experienced a breathtaking moment herself that she realized the full impact divine intervention can have on a person. Karen had trekked to New York City to meet with her publisher. Her daughter Kelsey and her hubby Kyle tagged along so they could soak up the sights of the Big Apple.
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It was beautiful autumn afternoon and Karen was thrilled that Simon & Schuster would be publishing her latest book and signed on for more. The first thought she had was to call her dad. But her dad had been gone for a while now, having succumbed to a heart attack. Karen fondly remembered the moment when her dad shared how he always thought of his grown kids, his wife and other loved ones whenever he heard the legendary Rod Stewart’s song “Have I Told You Lately.”
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Feeling a bit blue despite receiving awesome news about her book, the trio headed to the gorgeous High Line Park. The words to Rod’s song floated through her mind while they walked. This song had played at the strangest times in Karen’s life after her father passed away – that was no coincidence. They attempted to take a selfie when a stranger walking by offered to snap the photo for them. He looked at the picture and said, “That’s lovely.” He handed Karen her camera and said, “God bless you” before walking away. Mere moments later, it dawned on Karen and her daughter who the kind stranger was.
It’s sad that in this day and age woman have to worry constantly about being “roofied”. Whether they are on a date or at a party men have taken to slipping “roofies” in females drinks to incapacitate them and then take advantage of them.
Finally enough is enough and women may have a way to protect themselves against the predators they may encounter. This invention is a huge step when it comes to women’s safety.
A brand new form of nail polish for women has been developed. Woman will wear like any other nail polish but it will assist them when it comes to remaining safe in public places. All women need to do is simply dip their fingertip into the drink and wait to see if the nail polish changes color.
While this polish has yet to be released for mass distribution, the men are keeping interested observers completely up to date by providing progress reports on their personal website, as well as their Facebook and Instagram. These efforts will also include a transparent form of the nail polish that can also be used by men.
This nail polish is long overdue! Please be sure to share this with all the amazing woman in your life to keep them safe.
Spear fisherman Danny Henricks is fortunate enough to have survived the type of underwater experience that proves just how dangerous sea creatures can be – and he even caught it all on video.
Henricks, 35, was fishing off the coast of Australia when a bull shark charged at him at full speed, only to impale himself on Danny’s spear gun.
The hair-raising clip has been video more than three million times (and counting) since Henricks uploaded it last month.
The diver was spending his holiday diving off the coast of north Queensland when he suddenly saw the fierce beast emerge from the depths.
“I was going to go for a deep dive, got halfway down… I seen him [the shark] on edge of the channel deep down,” Henricks told a news outlet.
“He didn’t worry me at all, he didn’t care about me, then he saw me, turned and came towards me half-pace… I sort of stopped in the middle of the water,” he said.
“I thought he was going to come towards me half-pace … I thought he was going to suss me out so I was just going to poke him away to show I wasn’t food. I just wanted him to keep me at a distance.”
Henricks says the underwater animal went full charge within the last five to six meters.
“I lunged forward with the gun a little bit just before he got there but most of it was his force,” he said.
Henricks, an experienced diver and fisherman, said he was shocked by the incident.
“I don’t think it’s really sunk in yet because I don’t really understand what’s happened,” he said in an interview last month. “Some people would say not being there in the first place, which I think I have a right to be there.”
Though the incident knocked his confidence slightly, Henricks says that he will continue to spearfish.
He plans to take a dive buddy from now on.
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If society waits around for governments to solve the most important problems in the world, we’d probably be waiting forever in vain.
That’s why innovators are stepping up to find their own creative solutions.
One of those organizations is a San Francisco based non-profit called New Story. Their goal: “to create a world where no human being lives in survival mode.” They’re going to do that by ending homelessness.
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So far, their organization has built 534 homes in Haiti in eight communities for 1,848 people; 190 homes in El Salvador in five of their communities for 790 people; and 59 homes in one Bolivian community for 177 people.
They are currently building in Mexico. But they are still a long ways away from manifesting their vision.“There are over 100 million people living in slum conditions in what we call survival mode,” Alexandria Lafci, New Story’s cofounder and COO, told Wired. “How can we make a big dent in this instead of just solving incrementally?”Source: New Story
They figured that out while constantly coming up with ways to be more effective efficient. Their answer lied in 3-D printing.
They joined forces with construction technology company ICON print inexpensive 3-D homes.“We feel it’s our responsibility to challenge traditional methods and work toward ending homelessness. Linear methods will never reach the billion+ people who need safe homes,” Brett Hagler, CEO of New Story, told Business Wire. “By working with ICON and leveraging their 3D printing innovations, we’re able to reach more families with the best possible shelter solutions, exponentially faster.”Source: University of Eindhoven
Their collaboration produced a 650-square-foot house built in Austin, Texas that cost only $4,000 to make.
The house, which is a prototype, complies with the local housing code and can be built in one day.
It currently takes them eight months to build 100 homes at $6,000 a pop. If all goes right and New Story has its way, residents in the poorest communities of El Salvador, Bolivia, Haiti, and Mexico will have a safe place to call home.
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They can very well change the entire world. And the promise of 3-D printing technology to construct homes and buildings is, simply put, incredible.
It will create major advancements in affordability, building performance, sustainability, and customization.“You could print a house in the shape of a Fibonacci spiral if you wanted to,” Jason Ballard, cofounder of ICON, explains. “It’s just as simple as printing a square.”Source: YouTube ScreenshotThe printing machine is called the Vulcan. It’s designed to work in places where electricity and potable water might not be available.“Conventional construction methods have many baked-in drawbacks and problems that we’ve taken for granted for so long that we forgot how to imagine any alternative,” Ballard explains. “With 3D printing, you not only have a continuous thermal envelope, high thermal mass, and near zero-waste, but you also have speed, a much broader design palette, next-level resiliency, and the possibility of a quantum leap in affordability. This isn’t 10% better, it’s 10 times better.”Source: YouTube Screenshot
New Story hopes to print up a community of homes in El Salvador within 18 months through partnerships with cutting-edge materials and the highest standards for safety, comfort, and resiliency.
The original model of the home was completely printed on a 3-D printer, except for its roof.
The home includes a living room, small office space, bedroom, porch, bathroom and is absolutely adorable. Human workers installed windows, doors, plumbing and electrical systems. It will be used as office space for ICON until the design is perfected, according to Business Insider.
You can take a tour of the home and see it being built in the video below.
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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.
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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!
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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.
While this polish has yet to be released for mass distribution, the men are keeping interested observers completely up to date by providing progress reports on their personal website, as well as their Facebook and Instagram. These efforts will also include a transparent form of the nail polish that can also be used by men.
If society waits around for governments to solve the most important problems in the world, we’d probably be waiting forever in vain.
That’s why innovators are stepping up to find their own creative solutions.
One of those organizations is a San Francisco based non-profit called New Story. Their goal: “to create a world where no human being lives in survival mode.” They’re going to do that by ending homelessness.
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.
