Back in 2015, Nolan had a blocked nose, it seemed fairly inconspicuous. His mom and dad thought that it was just a cold, but no longer after he also had trouble breathing, his medicine wasn’t even helping him.

Just two months on than this, his doctor found out, while investigating the case, that it was a tumor causing the blockage in his air passages.

It turns out he had a condition called rhabdomyosarcoma, which is a rare form of cancer. Its resistant to all forms of treatment that we currently know….

Ruth felt a compulsion to share with everyone the hard reality of this disease. She shared a photo of Nolan sleeping on the bathroom floor because he was terrified to leave his mom, even when she was in the shower.

After many rounds of treatment unsurprisingly Nolan was becoming very weak, the cancer had very sadly, spread all over his body. When cancer has migrated around the body so much, it decreases the chances of survival from 40% to around 20%. Nolan’s mom made the hard decision to document all his final months with them to spread awareness about the condition to others.

On the final time, she took Nolan to the hospital, the poor little boy hadn’t eaten for days, he couldn’t hold any food down at all, he was constantly sick!

THE FINAL DAYS

Nolan’s mom posts to Facebook about their final days in the hospital. “I sat down with him and put my head up against him and had the following conversation:” Me: Poot, it hurts to breathe, doesn’t it? Nolan: Weeeelll…. yeah. Me: You’re in a lot of pain aren’t you baby? Nolan: (looking down) Yeah. Me: Poot, this Cancer stuff sucks. You don’t have to fight anymore. Nolan: (Pure Happiness) I DONT??!! But I will for you Mommy!!

Me: No Poot!! Is that what you have been doing?? Fighting for Mommy?? Nolan: Well DUH!! Me: Nolan Ray, what is Mommy’s job? Nolan: To keep me SAFE! (With a big grin) Me: Honey … I can’t do that anymore here. The only way I can keep you safe is in Heaven. (My heart shattering) Nolan: Sooooo I’ll just go to Heaven and play until you get there! You’ll come, right? Me: Absolutely!! You can’t get rid of Mommy that easy!! Nolan: Thank you, Mommy!!! I’ll go play with Hunter and Brylee and Henry!!”

As the next few days went past Nolan mostly slept. His mom and dad thought that they might go home to spend one last night together, but when they were finished packing everything, Nolan said to his mom, that it was OK, they could all stay at the hospital. Ruth wrote on Facebook:

“My 4-year-old Hero was trying to make sure things were easy for me….”

The mom goes on to say:

“About 9:00 pm we were watching YouTube in bed (Peppa Pig actually) and I asked Nolan if I could get in the shower, as I was not allowed to leave him and Mommy had to be touching him at all times.”

“He said ‘Ummmm ok Mommy. Have Uncle Chris come sit with me and I’ll turn this way so I can see you. “

“I stood at the bathroom door, turned to him and said ‘Keep looking right here Poot, I’ll be out in two seconds”

“I ran and jumped into bed with him and put my hand on the right side of his face. Then a miracle that I will never forget happened….”

“My angel took a breath, opened his eyes, smiled at me and said ’I love you, mommy’.”

“He turned his head towards me and at 11:54 pm Sgt. Rollin Nolan Scully passed away as I was singing ‘You are My Sunshine’ in his ear.”

The little boy had woken up one last time, just to tell his mom he loved her one last time. What a little hero!

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Anyone who breaks into someone’s house, especially someone who is old or vulnerable is a despicable person, they want to steal other hard-earned things, without actually having to do any work to get money, the lowest of the low. To attack an elderly person is even worse, to take from them the things they accumulated over a lifetime if work possibly, things that they may not be able to replace and to terrorize that person in the process. A Pennsylvania robber thought he had come to an easy target when he broke and entered into this elderly woman’s apartment, what a mistake! This guy had really messed with the wrong woman, for sure! The 88-year-old lady, called Helen Reynolds wasn’t going to take it lying down, she wasn’t about to become a victim. It all started on an afternoon in February, Helen heard a noise, it was somebody knocking at the door, at her home in Parkesburg, Pennsylvania. She opened the door, there was a young man standing in the doorway, he looked very smart and official, like an estate manager, she thought… The man forced past her and into the house, it was the beginning of a three-hour long attack, the intruder began looking around the house, searching for things of value to steal, he found some ten dollar bills and pushed them into his pocket. Helen was tied up with duct tape while he completely rifled through the house, then he turned his attention back to Helen. He took off her jeans and threw her onto the bed 88-year-old Helen knew that she wasn’t strong enough to pose a threat to him, but still, she had the upper hand, all because of her fast mind! She looked at the man and told him to listen to her:

“Well, it’s like this …You might as well know the truth …I have HIV and my husband died from it.”

Her quick thinking worked like a charm and the man gave up his attack on her, she thinks that those words saved her life! Helen said:

“When I said that, he just walked out of the bedroom”

Before he left the house the man tied up Helen’ feet and her hands tightly. Helen was alone and had to fight furiously to break free, it took quite a while to break free though, the duct tape was strong, but she didn’t give up until she was free. She called a neighbor and together they called the police. The police are still hunting the person responsible, we all hope that they catch him! Helen hopes that other women her age and beyond will be inspired to defend themselves if something like this were to happen to them. If you can’t fight back in a physical way, then remember that words are just as an effective weapon, think fast and fight! Share this story to help spread Helen’s message to everyone else!

If there is one thing that seems to be a reoccurring theme, between father and daughter, at least by any measure of normality, it’s that Fathers rule! One father, in particular, is shining bright, a lovely touching video shows him helping one of his daughters! The video shows him working thought his daughters anger with her, Randy Gaines is crouching down to speak to one of his daughters who is sitting on a table… He says to her:

“You don’t always have to be happy, you don’t always have to be silly or funny, you don’t have to be anything …The important thing is, whenever you’re feeling that way, to not just stay there all the time. You want to accept it, you want to honor it, you want to acknowledge it, and let it go.”

So you might think to yourself, that’s not the most original advice on how to deal with anger or when you feel sad. But given with love between father and daughter, it’s so much better and honest and deeper in feeling! As you see the video go on you see that Randy had been having a joke with his daughter a little earlier in the day, he called her something that he usually does when he is joking, but this time she was not having it at all! Instead of telling her she was not being reasonable, Randy took another approach, the best way of all, by taking his own advice, and talking to her about it calmly… how awesome!

Randy’s wife in the video’s caption writes:

“My heart explodes when he connects to his girls like this …No yelling. No screaming. Talking. Discussing emotions and why we have such feelings.” The caption explains that neither Randy nor his wife saw this tenderness in their own childhoods, but together they’re teaching their girls they are “still loved no matter what.”

“I am so blessed and so thankful to have this man as my other half …the girls are blessed to have him as their father. Thank you, Randy Gaines, for being you!”

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There are some moments that are just amazing in life, the moments that really make life worthwhile. This is one of those moments and it’s really impossible not to smile in moments like these! Dad decided to sing a lovely song called “You Are So Beautiful” by Joe Cocker for his lovely daughter. As he sings to her it’s completely clear, she is so happy! At the tender young age of two months old, it’s really rare to see a tiny baby like this smile for long periods like this. She’s still and calm and quiet and not flapping about like usual at all, she just looks deeply into dads eyes and listens to his voice… If your a parent already, then you will know that the best part of having kids is the joy they bring you. You can see how she reaches out to his face as she giggles for dad, it’s evident that this dad loves his little girl. The best part of all is as she stares at him with such admiration. See this lovely display of affection:

Most everyone knows that working in a restaurant is one the most grueling types of work because you’re on your feet all day long, so it’s no surprise that working as a waitress is hard work. On top of this, you have to smile and greet customers every day, and smile and be happy every minute of every day! Working literally for tips can seem like your performing tricks for treats and that effect of smiling and being on your feet all day makes you ache all over, in places you didn’t know could ache!

A waitress working at Spring St. Smokehouse, called Chelsea Roff is one of those wonderful people who endure their work every day as a waitress. Always a smile on her face but sometimes people can make her cry too, especially when they callously remark how she is not getting a tip from them. Chelsea raised her sister since she was a little girl, going through problems with eating disorders, going to yoga, she even runs a non-profit to help others with eating disorders with yoga! She really struggles with her finances but she works on hard to make ends meet.

Chelsea kept her cool even when there was a couple that she served, they politely said they only had enough money to pay for their meal, nothing was left for her, at all! She really relies on tips to pay the bills, but she was compassionate towards them, kind as always. The couple were very kind and they offered Chelsea something else, even though they couldn’t afford to leave a tip, she was stunned! Earlier in the day, someone else had put her a surprise of cash on her table, which of course she split with her co-workers.

Chelsea really wasn’t up to what was happening with her customers that day… We’ve all heard about paying it forward right? Well… it was revealed to Chelsea that day something that blew her away when she realized!

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At this joyous time of year its all to easy to lose sight of the true meaning of Christmas as it approaches at the speed of light. And this year there is a new trend popping up all around us and it’s catching on just as fast. It looks like people are trying to light poles and trees more popularly fashionable, really they are tying scarves around trees and poles for something much more heartwarming than you would think!

Many people after people and from all over the place, nationwide are taking their old scarves, or making handmade scarves then securing them around the base of trees in parks, then light poles in city roads and neighborhoods. They are leaving them there for homeless people who are exposed to the cold perishing weather of the winter months. The cozy scarves are free to anyone who is in need and they are providing much-needed protection from the sub-zero temperatures.

The scarves are left with really kind messages like this one:

“I’m not lost! Please take me with you if you are cold. Stay warm. God bless!”

The people who are leaving these scarves are really the people who care deeply about the less fortunate and want to spread the holiday joy to the people who need it! People who take part in the project, like Elizabeth Sammons, knit scarves and create comfortable homemade scarves for strangers in need!

Elizabeth said that she thought it was simply amazing how it feels to help the homeless community to survive and hopefully feel a little better in these hard cold times. She said:

“I think it’s a great thing to be able to do for the community. [There’s] a lot of people behind it, a lot of support. It’s really nice.”

The very moments that the trend started in Seymour, Indiana, church groups, students and kind strangers from all over and every state then started helping too. They wanted to make sure that a many of the millions of homeless Americans can be that little bit warmer this winter time!

Learn more about this heartwarming new trend that has started by pressing “play” on the video below, and don’t be scared to join in!!