Beauty really does come from the inside, but that doesn’t mean that we don’t care about how we look on the outside too, after all it’s the first thing people see and perhaps says a little about at at the least. It really is a great feeling to go mad at how you look and really make a big effort about out appearance, at least every once in a while. One thing that a few of us care about is the way our hair looks, which is not really that surprising after all, it kind of makes a statement to other people in a way about us, and our hair is a super visible feature! So it carries that a bad haircut can cause even the most confident of people to hide away and feel self-conscious until it’s fixed of course. A really bad or crazy or even forced upon us, type of haircut is really an assault on us, especially if its done with malice or on purpose, don’t you think? January this year a happy and jolly an confident young girl of 13 decided that she would try a different look, and naturally, that involved a change of hairstyle! She came to the decision that she wanted to get highlights, a request that her mom Christine Johnson had agreed to! Her mom took her to the hairdressers for a lovely birthday treat, awesome, right? Well, it would have been awesome to show off her lovely new look, but something terrible happened. Before that though, Christie took a photo of her lovely daughter, smiling, overjoyed with her new hairstyle… Her happiness was very sadly short and not so sweet, just days after this Kelsey stayed with her father and stepmother, what would happen there would completely traumatize her! The photos her mom took after the visit to them were awful and heartbreaking for her and for her mom, shocking even! Kelsey is even too ashamed to show her face, but you don’t need to see her face to feel for this poor girl and how she must have felt. What was once her long and lovely hair was hacked down to nothing, all gone, so incredibly short it would even make a grown woman cry, let alone a young girl! The Facebook post written by the aunt of Kelsey says that the girl’s father and stepmother had cut Kelsey’s hair after they saw the new highlights… ”Actions have consequences.” was their reason for doing it! …Really? For some unbeknownst reason, they were very upset over the girls’ new highlights and decided to do this awful thing to her hair, forced to have this boy’s haircut, like some kind of forced humiliation! The father and stepmother could now be facing consequences of their own, because, as they said already, we believe, “actions have consequences”. Since they both work as firefighters their actions have landed them a suspension without pay. Christie wrote in a Facebook post that the reason for the extreme haircut that she had was for the purpose of humiliating Kelsey. The post had many comments and from people who are equally devastated on Kelsey’s behalf! The post has of course gone completely viral and social services in Wood County have stepped in to conduct an investigation into what exactly happened. We really hope that Kelsey will get the justice that she deserves and her father and stepmother will be punished for their horrific alleged assault and the humiliation it caused to the young girl. I can’t quite imagine how Kelsey is really feeling, she will be reminded of the terrible incident every time she looks at herself, until it grows back, which could be a considerable amount of time. Do you think these parents should be punished severely? SHARE and shame and tell us what you think in the comments below.

One occasion that is always is joyful are weddings, but perhaps a little more special than that even is when you hear about gestures of love that are made at these wonderful events. The bride of this wedding was gorgeous and so pretty, her name is Elizabeth, and what she did for her hubby to be was so awesome it really touched everyone, the whole gathering, and everyone who watched, thousands of people were in tears over it! Scott her husband and Elizabeth, so to be married had their big day on 27th January 2018, in Sydney Australia and it was truly beautiful! The angelic bride came into the room with her son, she was getting ready for the big moment, which would be a complete surprise for her hubby to be! Scott had a really hard childhood, at the age of five he had already started to lose his hearing, and just three years on again and he was completely deaf! Elizabeth got in the right place and she was ready to walk down the aisle, Christina Perry’s song called “A Thousand Years” was playing in the background, all their friends and family were there… Elizabeth met Scott on Tinder about two years ago and the mother of two Elizabeth so head over heels in love she started to learn ‘Auslan’, Australian sign language! About 12 weeks before the big day, Elizabeth secretly taught herself the lyrics and how to sign, in sign language their super special song, it’s really amazing how determined she was! When Scott realized what she was doing he completely burst into tears, Elizabeth said that her husband has watched the video at least one hundred times now! The beautiful tribute was videoed and it was viewed over 400,000 times. The couple is so happy that the video is reaching so many people and at the same time, it’s raising awareness a to others about the importance of learning sign language. Elizabeth said:

“I have received so many private messages from people around the world telling me how the video impacted them …My favorites have been from parents of children with disabilities, saying I have given them hope that one day they will find love.”

You can watch the lovely video for yourself here: Please SHARE and spread awareness even further of this video to friends and family. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNATgH2Et4g

These elderly women, both in their 90’s, found out that their 97-year-old sister was in hospice care and rushed to pamper her. The medical staff was taking care of her, but the two sisters knew that she could use some extra support. With kindness and laughter, they brushed her hair and made her feel pretty and special on one of her darker days. The love between these sisters is truly heartwarming!

Seeing such a strong bond between sisters really warms a parent’s heart. According to Psychology Today you can help your children develop this type of connection! First of all it is suggested to start building this bond as early as possible. The younger your children learn to think of each other as best friends, the stronger bond they will have.

Psycology Today also suggests that you never play favorites with your children as it according to the publication can cause resentment among the children. The three sisters relationship is such a beautiful and rare thing to see. Thankfully they have been there for each other, know all each other’s strenghts and weaknesses and love one another unconditionally.

Learning that the eldest sister had started hospice care, they all rushed to be together. Knowing that they didn’t have much time left together all three they were deterined to make the most of the remainder of days. That’s why they brought a hairbrush with them on their visit – they wanted to fill their last memories together with love, laughter and beauty. Luckily the woman’s granddaughter recorded the precious moment on camera and shared the beautiful moment with the world.

Grab a tissue and get ready to watch this beautiful gesture in the video below!

John Greene, a veteran had a home that had sadly fallen into disrepair, so much so that he had resorted to sleeping in his car each night, just to keep warm on the cold nights of the winter! Thanks to the community spirit of the Barnesville community, he will not have to sleep in his car again or endure the cold nights in his car every night anymore. Eddie Felton works alongside veterans to help them, he heard that there was a guy sleeping his car. Both he and his wife decided they just had to make the journey down to see him and see what was going on with him. When they got there, what they found that John was sleeping in his car, keeping the engine running to keep himself warm through the night. Eddie said:

“I went and knocked on the window and said, ‘Mr. Greene, you can’t do this. If you have a pinhole, carbon monoxide will kill you”

But when Eddie then saw the serious condition of John’s house he then understood why he had been sleeping in his car! The house was really run down, it was actually falling apart, it really would be impossible to sleep in the house how it was… The community rallied to get him sorted out, look at the video to see the amazing lengths they went to look after him and his house: Please SHARE this amazing story with your friends and family!

All through the year and in all weathers, hot, cold, in rain or snow, even in ice, that UPS guy keeps coming round, he never fails to show up! Living in a rural area, like being in the countryside means that he has to drive down a long driveway then has to deal with a large but friendly dog and carry heavy packages across the yard and the porch to the front door. When he comes out the owner greets him and thanks him, but he always has a smile and kind words to say and a lovely treat for the dog too! He always carefully turns the truck around so no to tear up the grass in the front yard and he hardly ever delivers a damaged package! Online shopping and relying on delivery by courier are really getting more and more popular, hence UPS and other delivery drivers are more and more important to us all in our day to day lives. They deliver us many and varied things like groceries and prescription medicines, housewares, and if you live quite far from a city then life without them would be considerably more difficult all around. Leading up to the holidays it is common to see the UPS guy delivering packages up to 9 PM in the night, in fact, weeks before the Christmas. Its cold and dark outside when it gets to that time, but the UPS guy still shows up! This guy deserves more than the small gift he received, but the thought was priceless! This video shows his awesome reaction to the gift he finds on the porch waiting ready for when he makes his delivery! The security camera captured him finding the gift — and his hilarious reaction to it:

A powerful hymn is “How Great Thou Art”, but it’s not only powerful as it is an awesome hymn to capture a glimpse of Gods glory, which is a challenging thing to do! It’s such a classic hymn and it probably comes as close as anything humanly possible to giving a sense of the greatness and omnipotence of God. It hardly ever fails to bring tears to the eyes as I sing the words. I really didn’t think that is was actually achievable for the hymn to be even more emotive and deeply meaningful until I saw Robert Earl, Bob for short, singing the very sale, but on a different level! It really is two different things to sing about the greatness of God when life seems really great, but to still sing those famous words, how great thou art, from your hospital bed as your close to death, that is both strength and faith! Melissa Walter’s Moss put the video of her husband, 97-year-old Grandpa who was belting out the truly wonderful song, one evening on a Thursday at the Ohio Health Mansfield Hospital. He was surrounded by all his friends and family, and I’m not ashamed to admit I shed more than a tear as I watched the video! Faith and happiness are clear forces in Walters’ voice, just like the conviction he had for every single word that left his lips as he sang that song! From his daughter it was announced, an update, that her Grandpa, much loved had sadly passed away in the early morning on Friday, Jan 12th after that beautiful song he sang that evening, almost like he knew he was being called to Heaven after it. Moss wrote:

“I captured the sweetest moment when they were singing a hymn together, just listen to his sweet voice praising Jesus.”

“This morning my precious grandpa got to meet Jesus face to face as he peacefully went home to be with Him, uncle Rick by his side”

“How Great Thou Art” was the last song he sang and I certainly hope that before I pass away I could live up to Walter’s conviction and faith, what an amazing guy right up until the end! Walters video of him singing the hymn in the hospital bed was shared on the Facebook page “Love What Matters” and as a result man other people also shared memories of singing this wonderful hymn with loved ones in all sorts of situations. One other person shared that her family also sang the hymn around her Grandpa’s bed in a hospital just before he passed too. She said in a comment:

“Oh, wow…this is what we sang around my grandpa’s hospital bed …My oldest daughter was 4 years old (now 8 yrs old) and she still calls it -great grandpa’s song-”

“This is why we should still sing hymns at church…they connect generations together”

During life certainly, but even during death, Walters left a real impression on not just his family and friends but, I think, to God too, before he met him in heaven, our thoughts and prayers go to the family and friends to stay strong and keep their faith during these difficult times. Please SHARE this story of faith, Happiness, and Love with your friends and family!

A hole in the heart doesn’t so much describe metaphorically a heartbreak in life, but it does refer to an actual real hole in the heart, Christie Cunningham, 35, had exactly this condition, she was unaware of it… Her daughter was not feeling well at school either and this too played a role in the events of the day. It was September and all these events seemed to play a role in what was about to happened that day. Her daughter, Kailey George, 8, was at Vision Charter School, she felt a little ill, it was her coming home that saved the day and more! Christie made the decision that she would try to leave work early to pick up her daughter early from school, but when they arrived home, it wasn’t Kailey that needed care, it was her mom! Christie’s back began to hurt, she really didn’t feel well at all… Christie got a foam roller, she used it to ease her back pain, she stumbled to the ground. Her daughter approached her mother, she sensed there was something serious going on with her mom. She noticed that her mom’s mouth was drooping in a strange way and that she was talking in a weird way, she knew she had to do something quickly. Her mom is a nurse and she just thought that she needed to hydrate, drink a little water, her daughter asked her something really important! It was when her mom couldn’t use her arm properly to drink the water… She asked her mom:

“Are you playing tricks?”

Christie wasn’t aware of the severity of what she was experiencing, but, in fact, she was experiencing a stroke and her arm was paralyzed. It was, of course, the hole in her heart that was the root of the problem! A blood clot had moved through the hole in her heart and it had found its way around her body and ended up in her brain and cause the stroke. She really wasn’t aware of the seriousness of her situation even though her daughter was, her mom didn’t want her to ring 911, she thought it wasn’t that bad, but Kailey knew she needed to take action. She called her dad and told him what was happening to mom! Her dad called 911 straight away after hearing Christie trying to speak, fortunately, she survived the stroke, but it could have been a lot worse had it happened and her daughter was not there to call for help. The hole in her heart was repaired during a surgical procedure, before the surgery she had to take blood thinners, but afterward, she will take some baby aspirin, for the remainder of her life. An award was presented to Kailey in front of classmates, police offices and paramedics! This wonderful little girl was just in the right place at the right time, like she sensed that she needed to be there to help, or maybe God had a hand to play? Every single event that day contributed to the positive outcome for her mom, every little detail, and it all payed off and she came out of the experience alive, the more time your left untreated with a stroke the more of yourself you loose! Please SHARE this wonderful and amazing story with your friends and your family!

What began as an awful tragedy very soon after became one of the most incredible stories I have ever heard! Ryan from Oklahoma and Jessica from Michigan had both lost the other halves, their spouses, to brain cancer in August of 2010, they hadn’t a clue what to do or where to turn to, they felt completely lost. Their spouses had passed only four days apart, both of them had also been keeping a blog of their difficulties, somewhere though, somebody had been reading both their blogs! That person contacted Jessica, they said:

“There’s this man in Oklahoma who lost his wife four days after you lost your husband and I just think you could be encouraging to him.”

She left him a message on his own blog, she offered to talk on email or phone, if he wanted to. However, she didn’t know was that one of Ryan’s children came home and was asking about a “new mom”. It really caught him off guard, it had, after all only been two months since she had passed away. That night, he prayed with his children, and he said:

“God, if that’s what I’m supposed to do, give me a sign, show me something… just prepare my heart for something like that.”

The very following morning he got Jessica’s message: After that the rest really seems history, they chatted each other’s socks down, hours at a time, then in December, they decided to meet. They chose Savannah to meet, in Georgia, after all, it was “neutral ground,”. It was a place both had always intended to visit, but never quite made it there, they certainly didn’t anticipate they would make it there under these circumstances! In all the phone calls and emails they had really made such a great connection with each other, it really helped them figure out what they wanted, no kids involved, just the two of them communicating. Ryan said:

“Both of us had really good marriages and thought, ‘I want to do this again.’ I knew very quickly, even in the conversations, that I wanted her to be my wife and spend time with her for the rest of my life”

Everything was really great between them, and so it was that they got married in April 2011, the only thing next was to decide who would move in with who! Jessica’s son was disabled, Lucas, and he went to a lovely school already, it was logical that Ryan moves his three kids to Grand Rapids, Michigan, which he did, with Jessica and of course her four children she already had. Wow, seven kids, half of them not your own, well they are really strong and they absolutely made it work. Ryan said:

“The kids all just meshed as if they were brothers and sisters from day one. It’s just amazing how they just took to each other immediately”

Just to put the icing on the cake, they are a family of ten, having had another child of their own in 2015. In 2013 they upped and moved to Tennessee, they now have 30 acres and a big country style house they all live in! This huge happy family really is a great example of how to fight for love and live your life with determination and zest! Please SHARE with friends and family and let’s inspire others to have the same zest for life!