




I just threw the phone down. I ran out of my hotel room. I took the elevator to the lobby. When the doors opened up, I just ran out in the street … I walked down the middle of the street in Hiroshima, Japan, and I remember looking up and I remember saying, Mom, I am so sorry.It was in this precise moment that he started to cry, the emotions of the moment grew as he then elaborates about his mother’s funeral saying:
I was so nervous to walk up to her casket, so I just stood way in the back. I kept thinking to myself, Mom, please wake up. Please, get up.His whole life was about being a millionaire and “winning the race”, but since then he has had a bigger realization of the real value of life and family and how quickly you can lose something you didn’t realize you had until you lost it! He left the teens with a final message:
I no longer live in time, I live in moments. And it’s not what’s in your pocket that matters, it’s what’s in your heart that truly matters. Love is just a word until somebody comes along and gives it meaning. You, you’re the meaning.This really is a message worth spreading!
Light was just shining through the driver’s side window and shone right through (the water bottle) and burned those two spots in the seat right there.The seat was incredibly close to setting on fire! The two burnt and blackened holes in the technicians seat show that without a doubt this unexpected accident was the result of simply leaving a water bottle laying in the vehicle. Many people have commented about the Facebook post and this unexpected occurrence, before this I bet none of them had even considered this could happen, a water bottle starting a fire in your vehicle, who would have thought it right? See for yourself that plain plastic water bottle really can cause a grave problem.
Brittney recently wrote on facebook and gave a shout out to the perfectly unlikely father in her daughter’s life, daddy’s newest girlfriend, called Kayla. So, starting with such a simple, however, profound question:
“To all of the mothers out there who throw a fit when another woman treats your child as her own …why isn’t that exactly what you want?”
Now, this is plenty, meaningful, sincere words to leave a lot of us speechless right? After all, there really is no good enough motive, besides sour grapes and vengeance, but, it doesn’t stop there.
Brittney continues to elaborate, throwing a spanner in the works, she says that all her prayers have been answered in the type of woman her ex-hubby is dating:“I prayed one night for the type of woman my daughter’s father would be with, knowing that she would be raised in two homes.”
“Kayla has been a gift of so much more than I could have hoped for.”
“… I’m raising a strong girl, a smart girl, and a sweet girl. And I want nothing more than for her to be surrounded with role models who are exactly that.”
“Thank you Kayla for showing Payton how to chase her dreams, how to work hard and stay up late to study for a test.”
“Thank you for still making time to ride her bike with her and make her mac and cheese even in one of the stressful times of your life.”
Kayla had even bought a nurses uniform for little Payton so they could play nurses together, this surely is a huge sincere gesture in many ways, and also a way to make a proud mother of her little girl. Brittney went on to say about Kayla:“You’re a true role model and an amazing bonus mom and we are so proud of you!”
“If you’re co-parenting, and seeing your child doing things like this doesn’t bring a smile to your face, reconsider what’s truly best for your child.”
“Payton has more people to love her this way, and what more could a mother ever want for her child?”
“Being best friends with me AND being best friends with Kayla, is exactly where P deserves to be. It takes a village, and I happen to love mine.” The message Brittney posted has gone viral, shared by almost 50,000 times with 100’s of thousands of people reacting to it on Facebook, what a powerful message don’t you think?
I thought it was an animal and it must be freezing in this weatherThe frozen fur ball was in fact a kitten crying for help, but cars kept passing without paying any attention to it. Slava said;
It was very cold, so I wrapped her up in a towel and brought her back to my car. I turned up the heat to full capacity to help remove the frost on her coatSlava then took the fur ball of a kitten home with him and dug out some warm soft blankets, a lamp, and a small radiator, the cat who he decided to call “Nika” was showing her appreciation, she could not stop pushing herself against Slava affectionately, purring contently and constantly. He took her to the vet to get her checked out properly and unfortunately she had to have her tail amputated!
She knew that we were trying to help. She was patient, did not complain and was very sweet the whole timeNika really is one happy content cat with an amazing home with Slava, who dotes over her, and what an amazing day they both found each other. It just goes to show that a cold winter’s day can ultimately bring joy in the most unexpected ways! Slava, a Russian man saw something in the road while he was driving…
This kid looked like he had been turned down 100 times. He looked ashamed, hungry and broken. In my heart I screamed a loud “yes!”, but to him I just chuckled and said, “yeah dude, we’ll get you some donuts.Matt discovered quickly that the teenager didn’t have a phone, just a bus pass and a hungry mother waiting for him at home, completely depending on the kindness of a stranger to help him before the bus would take him home in the hour. Matt wasn’t prepared to just give the teen some donuts, he really needed a helping hand, so what was he going to do? Well, he loaded up the shopping cart with all sorts of goodies Chauncy could take back home to his mother.
So, needless to say, he and I went on a shopping spree. We had so much fun! We got cereal and chips and frozen veggies, pizzas, Cheetos, melons and pasta, peanut butter, milk, soap, toothbrushes, just a little bit of everything.During the time Matt spent with the teenager he found out that Chauncy was a straight-A student and was trying to get a job to help his mom pay the rent, and besides the rough start he had been unfortunate to experience he had ambitious dreams of helping others that were also in need.
This kid was amazing. Chauncy kept calling himself poor, but he told me that one day he was gonna be wealthy and own his own businesses so that he could help other people in his neighborhood and buy them groceries like me. I was in awe.
I gave him a ride home so that he didn’t have to take the bus and when we got to his house I was truly humbled. He wasn’t kidding. He and his mom had nothing. They didn’t even have beds or furniture. They were sleeping on pads made out of sleeping bags, they had two lamps and nothing in their fridge.Matt saw that Chauncy’s mom was very ill and fragile, she shook uncontrollably and she had great difficulty walking. Chauncy and Matt were unpacking the groceries when Matt saw hope come back into Chauncy’s eyes!
As I was leaving I gave him a hug and told him how much God loved him and that he was going to grow up to be an incredible man. I’ll never forget that hug. It meant more to me than any possession I have.That “goodbye” however wasn’t really the end of this amazing story. Matt setup a GoFundMe account to help raise money for all the necessities that the family desperately needed. Chauncy was ashamed of his tattered clothes and needed pants for his mom, he also needed a $10 Ross gift card for himself, but he actually got an incredible $341K raised in response to this family’s basic needs. Finally Chauncy could purchase the equipment he needed to start his own lawn mowing business, now he can finally get a real bed to sleep in. See the video to get more insights about Chauncy’s incredible story!
LOOK!!!!! AHHHH!!!!!!!It's happening!!!! In 3 weeks Chauncy went from no mower, no support, no resources to this!!! Look how incredible this community is!! How good our city and God's people are!! It's so unbelievable!!!! Thank you Rob!!! You are a living angel!! Thank you everyone!!! Look at him go!!! Hahahahaha!!!! Yes!!!!
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Happy Veteran's Day! I am proud to have served.
Gepostet von Shelly Foster am Freitag, 11. November 2016
… she found a match!A bittersweet discovery came when she found her mother’s obituary, she had missed the chance to hug the woman who brought her into this life, BUT she was not alone, she had a half brother called Fredric Vanderwoude. Shelly’s children came to her aid and found her brother living in Breckenridge, Texas. He agreed without hesitation to take a DNA test which gave a 100% biological match making it clear that they did share the same mother and father! Shelly and her newly found brother talked on the phone, this was such an exciting time looking into the future, she had finally found her closest blood relation besides her parents, they decided to meet! She spent 60 years searching for her biological family before she could be reunited, that moment she so desperately sought soon approached. So, Shelly headed to Shreveport, Louisiana, where she finally got to meet her biological family. The moment they met was completely breathtaking, Shelly told the NWF Daily News:
I looked into his eyes and saw me. We both had hazel eyes. He hugged me and said, ‘Where have you been all of my life?Could you imagine that moment if it were you? What would you think, feel?