When Amanda Scarpinati was 3 months old, she rolled off the sofa and fall onto a steam vaporizer. The outcome was a scolded and burned skin. As she grew up, she had to undergo several reconstructive surgeries.
She was taken to the Albany Medical Center where she was taken care of by Sue Berger, a special nurse. Berger took the bandaged girl into her arms and gave her some comfort while she was experiencing pain. That was back in 1977.
After Scarpinati’s discharge, all she was left with were the photos she had taken with Berger while in her arms. Scarpinati was determined to find the carrying nurse and thank her for her unconditional compassion.
While growing up, bullies took advantage of her burn and tormented her. That is why the sincere gesture of the caring woman mattered a lot to her. Scarpinati went ahead and posted a note about it on Facebook. It did not take long before the nurse was identified.
In the clip below, we see Scarpinati and Berger reunite at the place where they had first met and it is a special moment to watch. You can’t miss watching to see how the two express their feeling towards each other.
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Lisa Marie Presley is no stranger to the spotlight. As the King of Rock N’ Roll’s daughter, every childhood memory was larger than life and every flash of the paparazzi’s camera is stuck in her mind. After a recent struggle with drug addiction, Lisa Marie was finally ready to speak out about her struggles, getting clean, her father’s legacy and her upcoming album with Today’s Jenna Bush Hager.
Jenna had no idea the interview would get so personal so fast.
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Instead of shying away from the problem that plagued both herself and her father, Lisa Marie spoke directly about the issue with Today’s Jenna Bush Hager:
“I’m not perfect, my father wasn’t perfect, no one’s perfect. It’s what you do with it after you learn and then you try to help others with it”
Thankfully, Lisa Marie’s children, Riley, Benjamin, Finley and Harper, helped her see the light. On the hard days, she turned to music as a place of solace – just as her father had done when things got tough in his own life. Lisa Marie even released a new compilation album of Elvis’ gospel recordings she co-produced called “Where No One Stands Alone.”
It was a way to keep her father close while he’s up in Heaven.
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But when the music just won’t fade her worries away, she admitted to Jenna reaches out to Elvis in Heaven. It’s something she’s done for years now and his unspoken wisdom guides her.
“‘I think I already said, ‘Help me, God help me…’ I would want to know he’s there. Yeah, It would be pretty much, ‘I could use your help right around now.'”
He may not be around anymore, but Lisa Marie knows he’s there with her in spirit. There’s nothing that can separate a father from protecting his little girl – not even death.
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As for her father’s legacy? She said the gospel album is the perfect embodiment of who he was as a person. Lisa Marie told Jenna:
“He just loved it. He would break out into Gospel music whenever and wherever he was, at any time. It’s what moved him.”
Now she hopes her father’s songs can help bring other people peace the same way his spirit guided her during her time of need. We’re so impressed with Lisa Marie for picking herself back up and reaching out when she needed help!
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Listen to their full interview in the video below. Lisa Marie is making her father proud every single day!
As adults it’s easy to sometimes forget that kids pick up on everything that we do. Sometimes catching us off guard with just how observant they are of our actions and behavior. It can sometimes even get us into trouble! So when mom attended a CPR class with her baby girl she wasn’t expecting the baby to pick up on everything from the lesson that day. But what mom soon witnessed after class made her mouth drop.
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Unbeknownst to mom her baby girl was paying extra close attention to the class that day. So after class when the baby saw a CPR dummy lying on the ground she didn’t hesitate to show off her new skills. As mom watched in awe she could hardly believe what she was witnessing. The baby crawls over to the dummy and begins to give it chest compressions as she babbles to the dummy, possibly checking in to see how the dummy is doing. But it gets even better.
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After some chest compressions baby girl begins giving the dummy mouth-to-mouth. It may seem shocking but it’s true! She alternates between chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth leaving mom in complete awe of her little lifesaver in the making. Barely even able to walk, the family can certainly expect great things from their little girl in the future. It truly is remarkable how quickly children can learn things and implement them on their own. Watch the baby demonstrate her CPR skills in the video below. What a doll!
Finding the right woman isn’t easy. And honestly, nowadays, wives don’t get ‘orders’ from their husbands, which is totally fine as partners should equally be responsible for all those tasks that come with keeping the house clean.
But what happens when when you ask your wife to do the dishes and the house cleaning? Three friends who married girls from different parts of the world did that and we can’t stop laughing because of one of the woman’s reactions. I guess that is what you get when marrying a Texas girl. This is hilarious!
Three friends married women from different parts of the world.
The first man married a Greek girl. He told her that she was to do the dishes and house cleaning. It took a couple of days, but on the third day, he came home to see a clean house and dishes washed and put away.
The second man married a Thai. He gave his wife orders that she was to do all the cleaning, dishes and the cooking. The first day he didn’t see any results, but the next day he saw it was better. By the third day, he saw his house was clean, the dishes were done, and there was a huge dinner on the table.
The third man married a girl from Texas. He ordered her to keep the house cleaned, dishes washed, laundry washed, and hot meals on the table for every meal.
The first day he didn’t see anything, the second day he didn’t see anything either but by the third day, some of the swelling had gone down and he could see a little out of his left eye and his arm was healed enough that he could fix himself a sandwich and load the dishwasher.
He still has some difficulty when he pees.
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Every parent worries whether their child will fit in at school or be the outcast. With bullying so prevalent nowadays, those concerns are legitimate.
When that child has special needs, the anxiety is even greater. Fortunately at smaller schools, everyone knows everyone and can help look out for each other.
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Wayne Community Schools in Iowa has slightly more than 200 students in seventh through 12th grades. When Angie Sloan’s daughter Chelsea was ready to enter junior high, she fretted about her daughter being included.
That’s because Chelsea has Down syndrome. But it didn’t take long before Chelsea had a big group of caring classmates who didn’t just look out for her, but were her friends.
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When Chelsea was a senior, she was ecstatic to be named to her high school’s homecoming court. Mom Angie said Chelsea could not stop beaming.
She wrote on Facebook:
“Ever since she found out, she’s been counting down the days, telling EVERYONE, including doctors, therapists, receptionists, seriously, EVERYONE, she talked to the news. I was so excited, because she doesn’t usually get to worked up about these types of things. We went dress shopping, did her hair, and nails, and she even decided wearing a little make-up would be okay. All of these things made this mama so happy, just getting to experience these normal everyday things that most people take for granted. Unbeknownst to me, the real pride and joy would come later.”
When the homecoming king and queen were announced during the coronation, Chelsea was so excited to be standing up there with everyone. She watched her classmate Katie Gassman be crowned queen.
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But then Katie did something so surprising that it made Angie cry. In fact, everyone was struggling to hold back their tears.
After the crowns were presented an announcer came over the loud speaker. She informed everyone that Katie had handed her a letter beforehand to read during the event.
The woman over the microphone struggled to read the heartfelt words. Although it began with Katie saying how honored she was to be named queen – there was something special she wanted to do.
Her note read:
“…tonight I would like to share my crown with the girl who always has a smile on her face and has overcome so many hardships.”
Katie then removed the crown from her head and walked over to Chelsea to put it on hers. Being overcome with surprise and joy, Chelsea’s mouth instantly dropped.
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The entire gymnasium cheered as Katie led Chelsea over to the king to take her spot as one of the homecoming queens. It was a scene that was just too beautiful for words, especially for her mom Angie.
She said:
“This wonderful, selfless, young woman, Katie Gassman chose to share her crown with Chelsea. There really are no words that can describe how I feel. We are so fortunate to live in such a loving community. The students at Wayne Community Schools have proven time and time again that they have kindness and integrity that is so easily forgotten in this day and age. I am so humbled by the love and compassion that they have always shown Chelsea. Thank you Katie.”
You can watch the incredible act of kindness for yourself in the video below, just grab a tissue first!
Dealing with the serious illness of a child can make even the sanest of families go crazy. What do you do when there’s nothing to do to help your child?
Ruth Scully never thought her life would come to be being scared of looking at the bathmat in her own bathroom.
For most, a bath mat is something that is just simply there. However, for Ruth it became much more.
At just three-years-old, her son Nolan began to get sick. When his breathing became difficult, Ruth took Nolan to the hospital.
With a resistance to antibiotics, steam, and saline spray, Nolan received tonsil removal surgery in 2015.
When doctors tested the tissue, they discovered he suffered from rhabdomysosarcoma, a soft tissue cancer.
In one day, the Scully family learned their life would be turned upside down.
Dealing with chemo, radiation, and hospital visits, the family prayed for Nolan to win his battle.
While he was sick, Nolan always wanted his mom. He never left her, including in the shower. He simply sat on the bath mat to wait for her.
One day in 2017, doctors broke the news there would be no more suffering because his treatments were exhausted. Ruth understood her days with her sweet son were coming to an end.
She told Nolan the news. He felt relieved he didn’t have to fight anymore.
The family gathered his things to go home. However, Nolan told mom he wanted to stay.
Ruth asked her baby if she could grab a quick shower.
Returning a few minutes later, Ruth saw Nolan fell into a deep sleep.
Ruth lay in bed, beside her son, knowing that she didn’t have much time left with Nolan. But then, in what his mom describes as a ‘miracle’, Nolan woke up, smiled at his mother and said: “I love you mommy”.
After that, he fell back to sleep without waking up again.
Since then, the bathroom mat always brings pain to Ruth. She’ll never forget the way Nolan used to lie there waiting on her.
A needle threader can be actually really just a computer tool for helping put ribbon throughout the attention of a needle. Many forms exist, even though a frequent type unites a brief period of wire bent into a diamond structure, with just one corner held with means of a parcel of tin-plate or even plastic. The user moves the cable loop through the needle eye, so enters the rope through the cable loop, and lastly pulls both loop back through the needle by the grip, which pulls through the thread. The most common needle threader with the type gets got the image of a woman in profile into the plate handle.
I got to confess, I still have a box full of them. As you get older or have bad sight, they make sewing so much easier. That thread gets harder and harder to get in that needle eye hole as it gets smaller!
Yes, they are called needle Threaders. One of the handiest things ever made…. Have you ever used one?
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When Melissa Ann Work’s husband, Gene, had a heart attack while laying sod, Melissa’s first concern was for his health. This was her nightmare, and there was nothing she could do to ensure her husband would make it through this painful ordeal. What would life be like without him?
Thankfully, a handful of quick-thinking first responders were there to support Gene through his medical episode and rush him to the hospital. Without their help, Melissa knows that she might have lost her husband that blistering summer afternoon.
The entire Work family was forever indebted to the first responders for saving Gene’s life – but it’s what they did after speeding Gene to the hospital that’s gaining a ton of attention online.
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After getting her husband back from the hospital, Melissa took to Facebook to share what happened with her home, thanks to the same group of first responders who saved his life.
She wrote:
“I don’t know how to start this, but PLEASE read and PLEASE PLEASE share!!!!! Before my husband had his massive heart attack, he was working on the sod with my amazing brother-in-law. That is what triggered and set it off. We had just received our last four pallets and were going to finish it. It’s been my husband’s biggest stress as our HOA date to fine us a huge amount was getting closer. While he was having his heart attack, literally in and out of consciousness, he kept begging me to figure out the sod and have it put down because he didn’t want it to go to waste and die. It’s ALL he kept asking about literally during a massive heart attack. LOL. I calmed him and kept saying, ‘Jesus will help us. It’s ok. Jesus will figure this out, babe.'”Facebook/Melissa Ann Work“We were sent off to the hospital and my incredible brother-in-law (who witnessed the heart attack) stayed back with my 2-year-old niece. He was planning on staying there by himself until midnight to get it finished. He finished getting the old grass out and then began laying a few rows of the new sod.
As he was laying it, he heard huge trucks driving back down the road. He turned around and saw the fire truck and ambulance had come back. He was confused and thought they were coming to check on him.
Before he knows it, seven firefighters and EMT’s jumped out, put on gloves and said they came back because they knew Gene was in serious trouble and they wanted to lay the new sod so it didn’t die. They knew he wouldn’t be able to do any work for weeks so they came back.”
Not only did these men save Gene’s life, but they also took time out of their insane schedule to save their grass. Now Gene can sit back, heal, and watch his beautiful new grass grow.
Facebook/Melissa Ann Work“They came back! They saved his life, dropped him off and then cared enough to save our GRASS!They didn’t know our HOA was going to fine us.They didn’t know that this guy’s wife (me) is about to fight for my own life during my bone marrow transplant next month.They didn’t know that my husband pawned his favorite gun to pay for the sod that he thought was going to die.They didn’t know all we have been through as a little family.They simply saw someone in need, something in need and did this for us. This wasn’t in their job description.We have no words. Just sobbing.PLEASE help us get these men honored! PLEASE help us find them so we can thank them!”
Melissa did her best to find the men whose she’s convinced are her guardian angels – but to no avail. That’s when she turned to the Internet for help. And boy, did it deliver!
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Within days of posting her story online, Melissa was able to hound down the group of men who saved her husband’s life and her lawn! After meeting up with the men at their local fire station, Melissa took to Facebook a second time to share her update.
She gushed:
“You guys. We did it! They were honored. The world knows about them.We got to meet our heroes. We love them so much. They are now family. They saved his life and his sod. We can never repay them. They feel so loved by y’all. Keep it coming.Our hearts are so full. Captain paramedic Boyd Marshall. Driver paramedic Dave Schaffer. Firefighter Paramedic Jason Freiesleben. Firefighter Paramedic Robert Gerstner. Firefighter Paramedic Tyler Romanowski. Firefighter EMT Logan Campbell.”
These names are ones we should remember. They didn’t have to go above and beyond to help the Works – but they did without thinking twice.
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This may seem like a random act of kindness, but it’s what first responders do by nature. They would rather give the shirt off of their back than watch a single person go cold. We thank all first responders for their service!
When doctors tested the tissue, they discovered he suffered from rhabdomysosarcoma, a soft tissue cancer.
In one day, the Scully family learned their life would be turned upside down.
Dealing with chemo, radiation, and hospital visits, the family prayed for Nolan to win his battle.
While he was sick, Nolan always wanted his mom. He never left her, including in the shower. He simply sat on the bath mat to wait for her.
One day in 2017, doctors broke the news there would be no more suffering because his treatments were exhausted. Ruth understood her days with her sweet son were coming to an end.
She told Nolan the news. He felt relieved he didn’t have to fight anymore.
The family gathered his things to go home. However, Nolan told mom he wanted to stay.
Ruth asked her baby if she could grab a quick shower.
Returning a few minutes later, Ruth saw Nolan fell into a deep sleep.
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