Oh, those amazing canines. Their unique character and antics never fail to make our days. Despite being very friendly and loyal, many have hidden talents. All they need in order to gain confidence and share them with the world are supportive humans around them. Or, sometimes, what they need is just a rubber chicken. Like in the case with this lovely pooch.
He stumbled across the toy while casually walking around the house, and the moment he stepped on it, he realized the sound it was making was an interesting one. What he did next? He started singing along the noise the toy was making and it’s pretty hilarious to watch and listen to.
Take a look at this ‘musician’ in the making in the video below.
We all love a beautiful summer day full of warmth and sunshine. Enjoying a meal on the patio, hot dogs on the grill, s’mores over a campfire it doesn’t get much better.
Unfortunately, time spent outdoors in the summer does comes with it’s downside and 3-year-old Kristoffer Nordgarden painfully experienced one of them.
Summertime means no shoes, which increases your risk of injuries by accidentally stepping on a sharp object or a bee or even worse….a snake.
When 3-year-old Kristoffer ran to his mother Elisabeth Nordgarden crying one day, she initially didn’t think it was too serious.
“Me and the boys were visiting my grandparents. Kristoffer began to cry a little and climbed onto my lap. We thought he had been stung by a wasp or scratched himself on a branch.”
Elisabeth Nordgarden would have never thought that this would be the most terrifying weekend of her life.
A short 15 minutes after he started crying, Kristoffer’s foot began to swell and turn blue.
Elisabeth called the 911 the ambulance and helicopter arrived almost instantly. They repeatedly said this is a snake bite…Elisabeth had no idea.
Kristoffer received an antidote when he arrived and began to show signs of improvement. His vital signs quickly began to get worse… then even worse.
It turned out that the boy had internal bleeding in his intestine, his blood value was at a 5 (11 is standard) and he had lost weight (now 33 pounds down from 44)
Soon, Elisabeth began to understand how serious this situation was, and that’s when she really began to worry.
“Vipers are much more active in the summer. More people are also out in nature, and therefore there are greater chances of encountering one”
After a week and a half at the hospital, Kristoffer had survived! He finally recovered and was able to go home.
Despite everything, in typical 3-year-old fashion Kristoffer was back outside playing the very day he got home. However, mom is more cautious of the places he plays and the time of day he plays.
“I have much more respect for vipers now and I will ensure that my kids are wear boots when they go out in areas with high grass in the future,” she says.
It’s wise to be extra cautious with vipers or any other venomous animal. Kristoffer was lucky but this could have ended in tragedy.
Matt met his wife Dayna Mager back in high school and they both were in fact high school sweethearts too. Their first child was in October of 2015, they called her Luella, they were both delighted but just a few weeks later Dayna posted a sweet photo of her sleeping next to Luella…She really never expected that the photo would go viral!Dayna’s photo has a powerful and motivating message to deliver! She tells us that there is a really good reason for why she climbed the crib of her daughter when she screamed out. It is simply because Dayna had remembered a promise she made to her daughter!
She remembers hearing a story while at a worship conference with her hubby, the two of them were sat in the audience during which time a missionary shared an amazing story with everyone. On their recent visit to Uganda, the missionary went to an orphanage, it was there they were completely shocked!There were about 100 cribs all filled with babies, but not a single baby was crying or calling out, in fact, there were no babies even making much sound at all!Now in circumstances like these, you would think that babies would call out for a little love and comfort, just a little support even, but none of theses babies did that. The missionary said something that will forever be stuck in her mind!Keep reading to find out why it was that Danya climbed into her little babies crib…
Danya said:
“This was from several weeks back, yes, I climbed in the crib in hopes to soothe my screaming, teething, blushed faced, and tear-soaked little girl.”
“My husband came home to this, and I am re-posting because this captures the essence of my heart, and my ‘why…’
“There I was in the heat of this exhausting, beautiful thing we call parenthood, and I remembered a promise I made to her.”
“One of the first times Matt and I left Luella, was to a worship concert. At that conference, a missionary shared his story, and it shook me to the core.”
“A moment that would forever be burned in my fragile, hormone raging, new mommy heart that had already become 100xs more fragile after meeting her.”
“That missionary was in an orphanage in Uganda, and he has been in many before, but this one was different.”
“He walked into a nursery with over 100 filled cribs with babies. He listened in amazement and wonder as the only sound he could hear was silence.”
“A sound that is beyond rare in ANY nursery, let alone a nursery where over 100 new babies laid. He turned to his host and asked her why the nursery was silent.”
“Then, her response to him is something I will never, ever forget. EVER. This was my ‘why’ moment.”
“She looked at him and said, ‘After about a week of them being here, and crying out for countless hours, they eventually stop when they realize no one is coming for them…’”“…They stop crying when they realize no one is coming for them. Not in 10 minutes, not in 4 hours, and maybe, perhaps, not ever… ““Broke…”“I broke. I literally could have picked up pieces of my heart scattered about the auditorium floor. But instead, it stirred in me a longing, a hunger. A promise in my spirit.”“We came home, and that night as Luella rested her tiny little 10lb body against mine and we rocked, I made a promise to her. A promise that I would always come to her.”
“Always.”
“At 2:00am when pitiful desperate squeals come through a baby monitor, I will come to her.”
“Her first hurt, her first heartbreak, we will come to her. We will be there to hold her, to let her feel, to make decisions on her own, and we will be there.”
“We will show her through our tears and frustrations at times, that it is okay to cry, and it’s ok to feel. That we will always be a safe place, and we will always come to her.”
Please SHARE this mother’s really lovely message with everyone you know.Here’s the original post that appeared on Facebook on March 31, 2016:
Jasmine Shortland’s 3-year-old son, Bryan-Andrew, got a case of the chicken pox. He had a sore neck and a little swelling, but otherwise he was fine.
Bryan’s 23 year old mom dropped him and his brother, Austin off at their grandmas house. Austin had chicken pox without any complications, so Jasmine thought it wouldn’t be any different.
This was about to turn into the worst day of her life quite literally a nightmare. Now she wants other parents to be aware so that they can prevent this from ever happening to them.
The morning afterward, Jasmine couldn’t wake Bryan-Andrew up. No matter what she tried following morning, Jasmine’s mother discovered that Bryan-Andrew would not wake up. No matter how hard she tried, even his grandma could not wake him up.
Paramedics were called they quickly rushed to the scene. But it was already too late. Bryan-Andrew was pronounced dead.
“The night before he was running around. He was happy. He was laughing and joking. It just doesn’t make sense,” Jasmine told Daily Mail.
The mother remembers saying “i love you” the final time. The loss is unimaginable. How could something like this happen? A healthy boy passes away with any serious symptoms that they knew of.
It was a few weeks later that the doctors finally understood.
Bryan-Andrew contracted a rare and aggressive for of steptococcus , also known as A strep. This infection causes blood poisoning (sepsis) which makes the individual severely ill.
“There were no symptoms because it was so rare he just had normal symptoms for mumps. He had no rash, nothing that you would normally have,” Jasmine told Daily Mail.
Her only comfort was knowing he didn’t suffer because he had fallen asleep and never woke up again.
Jasmine doesn’t want any other mother or families to ever go through what she had just witnessed with her son. Now she wants to help raise awareness of this unknown danger of chickenpox.
What would you do if you heard someone yelling for help from inside a house? Would you go in and help? Or would you call the police? Maybe even just keeping walking like you heard nothing?
UPS driver Lee Purdy was delivering packages like every other day when this exact thing happened to him. He ended up in this situation — and he chose to take action.
He didn’t know it but this was not going to end as he expected it to.
During his normal route off dropping packages off in Oregon, USA, Lee suddenly heard a scream from inside a house he walked passed.
He heard what sounded like a woman crying for help. He stood still, not knowing what he should do next. The voice sounded weird, as if the woman was having difficulty speaking or breathing. He called his wife to ask for advise. She immediately advised him to call 911.
The police arrived quickly. They had no idea what to expect, but, as always were ready for anything. Or at least, they thought they were ready.
When they finally entered the house they were in the living room, they realized that the house was vacant. Vacant, not including the parrot on his stick in the middle of the living room… shouting “help me”.
The police were surprised — but also relieved. Lee had heard the parrot not a woman. It was sure nice that no one, not even Diego, was in need of help.
Diego’s owner Susan Baird told police that this wasn’t the first time the parrot she triggered someones reaction.
Lately the bird has been mocking sound from human and animals. Apparently the words ‘help me’ had been heard on television and was her latest favorite phrase.
When I travel my kids know that I am bringing something home for them. I love finding the perfect gift for them and giving it to them when I arrive. I love seeing their reaction and it’s an awesome feeling.
Bill and Linda Modry felt the same way and were looking forward to visiting their newly adopted granddaughter. They were beyond joyful that they were finally welcoming a little girl into the family. They brought a special gift for her to help her remember this moment in time for the rest of life.
Sadly, when they got to the security gate at the airport, they were forced to throw the gift away.
Amarri Hernandez and her boyfriend were waiting at St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport when they saw the whole thing go down.
“I witnessed a man being told that he was not allowed to take his package on the plane,” Amarri writes on a Facebook post. “The guy looked at the officer and said ‘Could I leave it at the airport in the lost and found. It’s a snowglobe for my adopted grandchild.’”
The officer, like so many at the airport, was unsympathetic to the man’s plea.
“The officer replied ‘Put it in file 13’ and pointed at the garbage can,” Amarri writes on Facebook. “The man was hurt and threw it in the garbage.”
When Amarri saw the man walking away from the trashcan in tears, she was heartbroken. When her boyfriend decided to go to the trash can and retrieve the package they discovered something that made them cry. The gift was a snowglobe containing photos of the couple and the little girl.
It was engraved with the message:
We love you Katie, Nana and Papa 1/25/16.
Amarri was determined to find the man that was forced to leave this precious gift in the trash. She sent out a post on Facebook to try to reunite the man with the gift.
Her post went viral and was shared over 40 000 times. It caught the eye of just the right person. An employee of ‘Things Remembered’, the company that made the custom snow globe. She contacted Amarri right away.
“She’s just amazing. I can’t believe that she did this,” she tells Fox13 News. “People are basically really good, and she’s just exceptional.”
Amarri did what was right because she knew it was right not because she had to.
“My mom raised us to always be good to people,” she says. “I would want the same thing to happen to me.”
Watch the emotional reunion for yourself in the clip below:
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33h_X1nM3r0]
I’m so happy when I hear stories of kindness, the world needs more of them. Be sure to share this story and spread the kindness.
Many times, life doesn’t treat everyone fair and different obstacles are constantly getting on our way to success. However, we should always do our best in order to look at things with optimism and never lose hope that everything is going to turn out just fine at the end.
When sweet Addie was born, her mother Julie Bryan didn’t know how her little girl would have to spend most of her life at the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital in Dallas, Texas. The reason behind these frequent hospital visits were her legs that were positioned backwards. This condition was a result of the Larsen syndrome she was born with which affected the normal development of the bones.
During her life, Addie had to go through four surgeries and around 60 or 70 casts.
This girl’s family did everything in their power to gather the funds needed for all those treatments that cost them an arm and a leg. Knowing how her parents and other moms and dads out there whose children were in a similar position were struggling to make ends meet, Addie decided to help them with the finances by doing something truly amazing. In fact, this brave girl’s act helped the world learn of her condition and people were happy to step in and help as much as they could.
As her birthday was approaching, this 8th grader had only only wish, and that was for other kids like her to be able to do everything their peers could and that was running and dancing. Addie’s condition improved a great deal over the years, and she was able to lead a completely normal life.
Mom Julie told WFAA:
“When she was born, her knees were backward, her legs were all the way up to her head, she had hip dysplasia, and a club foot. We didn’t know if she would ever walk, if she would ever run.”
The doctors were true miracle workers as they significantly improved Addie’s condition and enabled her to walk, and this girl wouldn’t settle for anything less than having completely normal legs and knees.
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But this time, it wasn’t about her, nor her legs, it was all for all those kids who needed casts and who had to spend a lot of days at the hospital. Addie had a plan of rising $8,000 for the hospital and the doctors who did so much for her. She somehow felt it was about time for her to do something nice for them in return.
The money she would collect holding that sign at the busy street corner near her home would help in buying prosthetic devices for those in need.
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Amazingly, many people were eager to stop and hear this girl’s story. And as many learned of her condition and her goal, she eventually raised more money than she could ever expect. Her kind deed got media coverage and quickly spread across the country. She was able to raise an astounding $19,500 all by her self. But wait, the best part is yet to come. An anonymous donor was so touched by everything Addie had to go through that they decided to write the hospital a check on $50,000.
Addie was beyond happy. She knew how many children in need would get their casts and other devices that would facilitate their walking a great deal. She spent so much time at the hospital that she considers it her second home. During her stay there she was not only surrounded by professionals who treated her condition, but doctors who showered her with kindness and love.
This sweetie says how giving all those money to the hospital is the least she can do for all the help she got from them.
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Check Addie’s story in the video below.
This little 75 year old woman was about to be arrested and taken away in hand cuffs when a group of young boys in Texas stepped up. They never even met this woman but they didn’t want to see her got to jail because her grass was over 18 inches tall.
Gerry Suttle is the 75-years-old woman, she was issued a notice to appear in front of a judge regarding grass on her land being unkept. The law states that grass needs to be under 18 inches, Suttle said she was unaware of this law.
The woman also said that she hadn’t received the letter regarding a court date with the judge. Unfortunately, when she failed to appear in court a warrant was issued for her arrest.
When a group of local young boys heard about the woman’s arrest warrant they immediately jumped into action to help.
“It’s a summer day, we don’t have season passes yet to Warren Falls. What else could we do? Just go out and help some people”
The boys knew that she need their help she was 75 years old it was the ‘least we could do’ one of the boys said.
The boys effort was about more then cutting grass in the overgrown yard it was about keeping her from going to jail, being kind, and treating others with respect.
Shortly after the boys began mowing the lawn, other neighbors in the area began to notice their efforts. It was over 90 degrees and the boys were using push mowers to mow the large lot.
That’s when some of the neighbors showed up with riding mowers and began to help the boys with the enormous job.
With everyone’s help the lawn was mowed and looking beautiful in a short 2 hours.
Suttle came out she was shocked! She couldn’t believe what the boys and her neighbors had done for her and she was left completely speechless.
“I cannot believe this. I’m very seldom without words. but this is one time, you mark it down in history. that I didn’t have something to say”
She couldn’t believe it! These young boys would go out of their way to help an old woman like her, for no reason. Her faith in the younger generation has been restored.
“I really wouldn’t want her coming out here doing it or paying a bunch of money. when we could have just done it for free”
If we all did one thing a day randomly to show others in the world kindness. The world would certainly be a much better place to live.
Please share this video and spread the positivity!
Elisabeth called the 911 the ambulance and helicopter arrived almost instantly. They repeatedly said this is a snake bite…Elisabeth had no idea.
Kristoffer received an antidote when he arrived and began to show signs of improvement. His vital signs quickly began to get worse… then even worse.
It turned out that the boy had internal bleeding in his intestine, his blood value was at a 5 (11 is standard) and he had lost weight (now 33 pounds down from 44)
She really never expected that the photo would go viral!
Dayna’s photo has a powerful and motivating message to deliver! She tells us that there is a really good reason for why she climbed the crib of her daughter when she screamed out. It is simply because Dayna had remembered a promise she made to her daughter!
She remembers hearing a story while at a worship conference with her hubby, the two of them were sat in the audience during which time a missionary shared an amazing story with everyone. On their recent visit to Uganda, the missionary went to an orphanage, it was there they were completely shocked!
There were about 100 cribs all filled with babies, but not a single baby was crying or calling out, in fact, there were no babies even making much sound at all!
Now in circumstances like these, you would think that babies would call out for a little love and comfort, just a little support even, but none of theses babies did that. The missionary said something that will forever be stuck in her mind!
Keep reading to find out why it was that Danya climbed into her little babies crib…
Danya said:
“She looked at him and said, ‘After about a week of them being here, and crying out for countless hours, they eventually stop when they realize no one is coming for them…’”
“…They stop crying when they realize no one is coming for them. Not in 10 minutes, not in 4 hours, and maybe, perhaps, not ever… “
“Broke…”
“I broke. I literally could have picked up pieces of my heart scattered about the auditorium floor. But instead, it stirred in me a longing, a hunger. A promise in my spirit.”
“We came home, and that night as Luella rested her tiny little 10lb body against mine and we rocked, I made a promise to her. A promise that I would always come to her.”
This was about to turn into the worst day of her life quite literally a nightmare. Now she wants other parents to be aware so that they can prevent this from ever happening to them.
The morning afterward, Jasmine couldn’t wake Bryan-Andrew up. No matter what she tried following morning, Jasmine’s mother discovered that Bryan-Andrew would not wake up. No matter how hard she tried, even his grandma could not wake him up.
Paramedics were called they quickly rushed to the scene. But it was already too late. Bryan-Andrew was pronounced dead.
“The night before he was running around. He was happy. He was laughing and joking. It just doesn’t make sense,” Jasmine told Daily Mail.
The mother remembers saying “i love you” the final time. The loss is unimaginable. How could something like this happen? A healthy boy passes away with any serious symptoms that they knew of.
It was a few weeks later that the doctors finally understood.
Bryan-Andrew contracted a rare and aggressive for of steptococcus , also known as A strep. This infection causes blood poisoning (sepsis) which makes the individual severely ill.
Her only comfort was knowing he didn’t suffer because he had fallen asleep and never woke up again.
The police were surprised — but also relieved. Lee had heard the parrot not a woman. It was sure nice that no one, not even Diego, was in need of help.
Diego’s owner Susan Baird told police that this wasn’t the first time the parrot she triggered someones reaction.
Lately the bird has been mocking sound from human and animals. Apparently the words ‘help me’ had been heard on television and was her latest favorite phrase.
Amarri Hernandez and her boyfriend were waiting at St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport when they saw the whole thing go down.
“I witnessed a man being told that he was not allowed to take his package on the plane,” Amarri writes on a Facebook post. “The guy looked at the officer and said ‘Could I leave it at the airport in the lost and found. It’s a snowglobe for my adopted grandchild.’”
The officer, like so many at the airport, was unsympathetic to the man’s plea.
“The officer replied ‘Put it in file 13’ and pointed at the garbage can,” Amarri writes on Facebook. “The man was hurt and threw it in the garbage.”
When Amarri saw the man walking away from the trashcan in tears, she was heartbroken. When her boyfriend decided to go to the trash can and retrieve the package they discovered something that made them cry. The gift was a snowglobe containing photos of the couple and the little girl.
It was engraved with the message:
Amarri was determined to find the man that was forced to leave this precious gift in the trash. She sent out a post on Facebook to try to reunite the man with the gift.
Her post went viral and was shared over 40 000 times. It caught the eye of just the right person. An employee of ‘Things Remembered’, the company that made the custom snow globe. She contacted Amarri right away.
“She’s just amazing. I can’t believe that she did this,” she tells Fox13 News. “People are basically really good, and she’s just exceptional.”
Amarri did what was right because she knew it was right not because she had to.
“My mom raised us to always be good to people,” she says. “I would want the same thing to happen to me.”
Watch the emotional reunion for yourself in the clip below:
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33h_X1nM3r0]
I’m so happy when I hear stories of kindness, the world needs more of them. Be sure to share this story and spread the kindness.
