The connection between a mother and her baby is the strongest there is. From the moment moms learn they are expecting, the love for their little bundle of joy grows more and more with each passing day. The same goes for animals.
When a panda named Min-Min gave birth, the staff at the ZOO needed to run some tests on the baby. Typically, the baby should have stayed with the mother right after birth, but in this case, zookeepers had to check on its welfare. They were aware that taking the little one away from the mother could affect their bond, but they simply needed to take the risk.
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As they made sure the baby was fine, they were ready to put it back with its mama.
“In these early weeks, panda mothers don’t leave their cubs, even when they need to eat or drink,” National Geographic explains. That is because baby pandas are completely helpless right after birth. They are blind and unable to regulate their body temperature on their own. On op of that, they don’t know how to crawl or hold themselves up. The little ones can’t poop or pee on their own either.
This is why everyone prayed for Min-Min to accept her baby.
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When they placed the little one in Min-Min’s enclosure, she showed little interest in it. She ignored the baby and turned away from it.
But after some time, Min-Min’s maternal instinct finally kicked in. She approached closer, took her baby in her mouth, and carried it over to a corner where she started cuddling it, making a mother and baby bond for good.
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This story is all about humanity at its’ finest. It melted the hearts of many because it showed the lengths one stranger was willing to go in order to save someone’s dog.
Chloe is a 14-year-old canine who got lost recently. She and a neighboring dog left their houses and embarked on an adventure. Days later, the other dog returned home, but Chloe was nowhere to be seen. Her owners looked for her everywhere, but to no avail.
The family lives on the east side of Mount Bross in Colorado, so many believed Chloe got lost there in the mountain, and after some hikers said how they heard barking while in the woods, it was very likely Chloe was indeed there.
When a woman named Trinity Smith read on Facebook how Chloe could be trapped on the mountain, she decided to investigate. When she hiked up the mountain, she could hear the barking herself, but getting to the dog wasn’t easy so she decided to get back the following day together with her boyfriend, Sean Nichols.
The next day, Trinity and Sean spend around 4 hours on the mountain, but there was no sign of Chloe. And just when they wanted to give up their search for the day, they heard a faint bark.
“I started to give up, thinking she hadn’t made it through the night,” Trinity told CBS News. “Then (I heard) that little bark, and the adrenaline started going again.”
Luckily, they managed to find Chloe who was all scared and exhausted. She had spent six weeks all alone, it was a real miracle she was alive.
“We got her!!!!” Trinity posted on Facebook after finding Chloe. “After hours and hours of yelling and climbing Sean Nichols & I finally brought this sweet, scared, hungry girl down to safety. The poor baby was stuck up there for over a month. After coming back down with her, Chloe’s owners were patiently waiting to see if this was their dog that they had been missing for 6 weeks who had ran off with another neighborhood pup. They assumed after a month of searching that their 13-year-old baby was gone forever.”
During the long time on that mountain, Chloe lost a lot of weight, but the good thing is that she’s now home and recovering from the traumatic experience all thanks to Trinity.
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Adriana Martinez, the mother of the gunman responsible for the deadliest school shooting in the US since Newtown, Connecticut, nearly ten years ago, begged for forgiveness for her and her son.
Speaking to the CNN affiliate Televisa, the mother said with tears in her eyes: “I have no words. I have no words to say. I don’t know what he was thinking.”
She spoke in Spanish and her comments were translated by CNN: “He had his reasons for doing what he did. And please don’t judge him. I only want the innocent children who died to forgive me.” She, however, didn’t say what those reasons might be.
Martinez’s son, Salvador Ramos, bought the fire arms the same day he turned 18. Before starting the fire at the Robb Elementary School and killing 19 children and two teachers, he shot his grandmother in the head. She’s currently recovering despite the severity of the injury she sustained.
Asked to describe her son, Martinez said that he was quiet. The gunman’s grandfather described him in the same manner when speaking of his grandson.
Ramos’ father, whom the shooter wasn’t particularly close to, told the Daily Beast: “I just want the people to know I’m sorry, man, [for] what my son did.
“He should’ve just killed me, you know, instead of doing something like that to someone.”
Following the shooting, Ramos was gunned down by a special agent.
A young woman named Katelynn Martinez had a friendly nature when she was young, but sadly, there were no plenty of kids around the neighborhood so she was bored most of time. Well, it was like that until she met two special people who remained a huge part of her life throughout the years.
Those people were Bill and Arlene, a couple living next door. The first encounter Katelynn had with them was when Arlene offered her some strawberries grown in her yard. Ever since, the girl spent plenty of time with the couple.
One day, Katelynn knocked on their door and told them how she needed to ask them a very important question. Both Bill and Arlene were eager to hear what the little girl had to say. She then looked straight into their eyes and said: “Will you guys be my grandparents?”
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Of course, Kaytlynn was still very young and had no idea how much those words meant to the couple who never had children on their own, and with that, no chance to ever have a grandchild. They started crying tears of joy and gave the girl a resounding “yes.”
Bill then printed a certificate of adoption which said that they were both officially adopted by their new “granddaughter.”
Over the years, the three remained very close and the certificate stood hanged on the wall.
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Bill and Arlene always encouraged Katelynn to be hard-working and attend college. However, when the time came for her to start college, she decided not to because it cost a lot more than she and her parents could afford.
Bill and Arlene told Katelynn that they were saving up for her studies the moment the three of them signed the printed certificate. That meant the world to Katelynn. At that point, she wanted to learn why her “adopted” grandparents never had kids on their own. The couple explained that they both came from difficult backgrounds and had a tough life. That made Arlene turn to alcohol, and up until the point she managed to overcome her addiction, it was already too late to have children. They also said that they regretted not having children until the moment she entered their life and made it better. They truly considered her the kid they never had.
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Sadly, in 2013, just two days short of the anniversary of their adoption, Bill called Katelynn and told her that Arlene passed away. It was a huge blow for Katelynn who loved Arlene as her real grandmother.
During the funeral, Bill announced to the room that the greatest joy of her life was raising her granddaughter, Katie.
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It is beautiful how these neighbors became a family over the years. Katelynn remembers sharing some of the best moments of her life with her grandparents and she’s forever grateful for everything they did for her and how much happiness they brought in her life.
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The sad reality is that a huge number of dogs are being abandoned by irresponsible owners who simply decide they don’t want a pet in their life any longer. Most of these animals end up on the streets, while some find themselves at shelters. One such place was where a man named Steve Moore found his best friend, a three-year-old Golden Retriever named Jackson.
Whenever Moore needed to go somewhere, he would take sweet Jackson with him. However, as most shops won’t allow pets inside, and Moore didn’t want leaving Jackson alone inside the car, he trained him to wait for him while ignoring any distractions such as loud noises or passersby who feel the urge to get closer and pet him. The training involved a lot of trips and treats as the dog perfected his impulse-control skills.
These days, while Moore is running errands, he leaves Jackson outside with a cute sign around his neck which says: “Dad told me to wait here. Me waiting.”
These sweet dog is very patient and never leaves the place where Moore tells him to wait at. He just stands there until he spots his favorite human getting out of the store.
A number of people who see Jackson in front of Target with the sign around his neck assume he’s looking for a home or some food, but when they get closer and realize that he’s one happy and loved dog, they just smile and pet him on the head.
Moore says that he’s surprised at the number of people who would love Jackson to be their dog while just shortly ago he was a sad dog at a shelter that nobody wanted to give a second chance and a loving home.
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Five-year-old Alex Nash was invited to a friend’s birthday party at a dry ski slope in Plymouth, Devon, just before Christmas. His parents confirmed Alex’s attendance and the boy was looking forward to it, but on the day of the party they realized that Alex was double-booked and due to spend some time with his grandparents, which is exactly what the boy did.
Some days later, Alex’s parents, Derek Nash and Tanya Walsh, found a brown envelope inside their son’s backpack. When they opened it, they were left in complete shock. It was an invoice which required from them to pay a £15.95 no-show fee to Julie Lawrence, the mother of the child whose birthday party Alex missed.
“It was an invoice for a ‘child no-show’ fee for the party… and it was a proper invoice with full official details, even her bank details, and e-mail address, and name,” Nash told BBC News.
This is the invoice sent to Derek Nash after his son didn’t attend a children’s birthday party (Image: SWNS)
According to Alex’s mom, they didn’t call Lawrence to tell her that they changed their mind about the party because they couldn’t get in touch with her as they couldn’t find the invite. What’s most, Tanya even said how they weren’t sure if they had one.
Party guests enjoyed “three toboggan runs, a snow tube ride, and a hot birthday meal with ice cream or jelly during the Christmas holidays.” As Alex didn’t show up after his parents confirmed his attendance, Lawrence believed they were supposed to pay for the cost she made.
Nash said they weren’t happy about the invoice. He even told school officials about it and confronted Lawrence, saying she wouldn’t receive a penny from him. Lawrence on the other hand threatened to take Nash and Tanya to the small claims court because they refused to pay. She said they were supposed to inform her about Alex not coming to her son’s party beforehand as they had her contact details written on the invite.
Derek Nash, with his five-year-old son Alex, was outraged by the invoice ( Image: SWNS)
The boys’ friendship fell victim to conflict. According to Alex’s parents, the two children no longer play together at school.
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As young children, we are all blessed with pure hearts and some form of innocence, but as years pass by, these characteristics somehow fade away to some extent. Spending time with youngsters reminds us of those days and that is why most of us enjoy the company of the youngest members of our family, whether it’s our own children, grandchildren, nephews or nieces.
A toddler named Brooklyn is a typical child. Fun, loving, and caring. She makes everyone’s days a bit brighter with her positivity and outgoing personality.
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This beauty loves playing with her parents and everyone in the family, but there is one man she is particularly fond of, the garbage man. Every Thursday, Brooklyn stays by the window waiting for the garbage truck to arrive. Her parents say this is the highlight of her week. When she notices her favorite garbage man, Delver, she waits for him to wave her hi.
Her third birthday was celebrated on Thursday, the same day Delver collects the garbage in Brooklyn’s neighborhood.
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She was waiting for him to arrive because she prepared a special gift for him, wanting to show him that he was her friend and that he was welcomed to be part of the celebration. She was about to meet him in person and she was looking forward to it.
The moment she spotted him, Brooklyn handed him a cupcake. He was very honored he was invited to the birthday party.
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The following Thursday, Delver came with a bunch of gifts for his little friend. He even sent Brooklyn’s mom a video of disposing the garbage as Brooklyn was eager to learn what happens to it once it’s picked up from the neighboring houses.
The beautiful story of the unlike friendship between Brooklyn and Delver found its way to the social media. People were glad the girl never minded he was a garbage collector, she just recognized that he is a good man. This story is just a reminder that racism isn’t something we are born with.
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Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, shared a heartfelt tribute on the website of the animal welfare charity Mayhew, reflecting on the death of her beloved friend, Oli Juste.
Juste passed away on January 15, 2022. He and Meghan shared mutual love for animals and he was the one who introduced her to the work of the Mayhew, the organization she decided to support as a royal patron back in 2019, following her marriage to Prince Harry.
Earlier this year, her contract with the charity came to an end, but she said she would continue supporting the work the people there do for animals in need.
Oli Juste was known as one of the best dog trainers and animal behaviorists in Britain. Many remember him from his appearance on Channel 4’s Puppy School. He was also running a personal podcast, A Dog’s Best Friend, which featured a number of guests who were interested in making this world a better place for our furry pals.
Although it’s been four months since Oli’s passing, many learned of the devastating news just after Markle’s post.
“Every day there was another twist and turn, every week another update—which Oli and I would connect about: ‘What can we do? How can we do more? Look at the amazing work they continue to do,’” Meghan wrote.
“In his memory, we will be creating the Oli Juste wing at Mayhew, to shelter the animals who may have a harder time finding their forever homes.
“Because, much like Oli, they will never be forgotten, and they will always be loved.”
A number of people who knew Oli personally or through TV and social media took to Instagram to share their condolences.
“Oh Oli, I am sorry to hear this, and only just today. You were a most lovely gentle person and so much fun…,” one person wrote. “So shocked to be just reading this. I was literally listening to one of Oli’s podcasts today-with Beverley Knight. I’m quite new to his podcasts but absolutely love them and have recommended them to so many people,” said another.
He and Meghan didn’t only work together but were close friends too.
Grandfather of massive shooter Salvador Ramos, who opened fire at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, and took the lives of 19 young students and two teachers, claims that the family was unaware his grandson had two legally bought guns.
Ramos, who was eventually shot dead by law enforcement officers, went on the shooting rampage before shooting his grandmother, Celia Martinez, in the head. He then took her vehicle and headed towards the school.
Ramos turned 18 on May 16 and that same day he allegedly purchased two AR-15s with three hundred rounds of gun ammunition from a store in Uvalde, the Oasis Outback.
The shooter moved in with his grandparents after an argument with his mother, who allegedly cut out the Wi-Fi. According to his grandfather, Rolando Reyes, nothing about his grandson spoke trouble. He said that on the day of his birthday, his wife Celia, who is now recovering at a hospital after being shot, took Ramos to Applebee’s to celebrate his birthday. Reyes further claimed that neither he nor any other member of the family was aware that Ramos purchased the guns.
“I didn’t know he had weapons. If I’d have known, I would have reported it.” Reyes, 74, told ABC NEWS further revealing that his grandson was a quiet young man who sometimes worked with him. “Sometimes I’d take him to work with me. Not all the time, but sometimes.
“This past year he didn’t go to school. He didn’t graduate. You would try to tell him but kids nowadays think they know everything. He was very quiet, he didn’t talk very much.”
When Reyes’ wife was shot, he got a call from a neighbor telling him they heard a gun shot coming from his house. The grandfather rushed home but his grandson was already gone.
An Instagram friend of Ramos’ said that the teenager had sent him a photo showing a receipt for a gun he bought from Daniel Defense, a gun manufacturer, reported The Daily Dot.
Modesty is a virtue not many possess. One would say that it is hard to be grounded and modest once you’ve experienced the life of luxury, but that is definitely not true when it comes to the oldest-living former U.S. president Jimmy Carter.
This humble man and his wife of almost 75 years have been living in their family home in Plains, Georgia from the moment they left The White House back in 1981 and handed over the presidency to Ronald Reagan.
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The house, which is valued according to Zillow at $209,996, was built in 1961, when the Carters welcomed their fourth child in their lives and needed a bigger place. Namely, Jimmy Carter has always dreamed of becoming part of the military, just like his father who served in the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps during World War I.
Carter gained admission in the Naval Academy in 1943, the same time when he met his future wife Rosalynn. After he joined the Navy, the family moved places often, and it was back in July 1953 when Carter’s father died that they decided to go back to Georgia.
Carter left the Navy in order to take over his father’s business and work as a peanut farmer.
After serving as a president, Carter returned to his roots once again because he didn’t want to “capitalize financially on being in the White House,” according to Washington Post.
He never took any advantage of post-presidential popularity and was reported saying: “I don’t see anything wrong with it; I don’t blame other people for doing it. It just never had been my ambition to be rich.”
The Carters lead a very normal and modest life, and it has always been like that. What’s most, The Rolling Stone revealed back in 2011, that the former president shops at the local Dollar General.
Both he and his wife have been part of the Habitat for Humanity for many years and helped renovate around 4,300 houses in 14 different countries.
Speaking of his home, Carter said: “We feel at home here. And the folks in town, when we need it, they take care of us.”
They will be celebrating their 75th wedding anniversary this year. We wish them health and happiness in the years to come.
A very unfortunate event left one dog mother without her litter of seven puppies.
The barn where the dogs stayed and which belonged to Jessica Woodruff caught on fire one night. One of the heat lamps that was supposed to keep the animals warm broke down and the fire spread with great speed and intensity. Daisy, the dog, was desperate to save her babies, and she even tried getting inside the burning barn, but everything happened very quickly and nothing could be done.
Despite the puppies, four goats and a pig were killed.
Over the next few days after the accident, Daisy was completely heartbroken. She avoided her humans and the rest of the animals at the farm. All she did was looking for her puppies. Whenever she would go into the destroyed barn and realize the little ones weren’t there, Daisy would start whining and crying.
Jessica knew she had to do something for her dog, otherwise, she could lose her too.
Luckily, Jessica’s sister came up with an interesting idea. She posted on her Facebook page how they were looking for newborn puppies whose mother left so that they could foster them and pair them with the grieving mother. At the same time, another woman was looking for a mother dog who would help a litter of eight puppies survive after their mom passed away.
The tragedies these two families suffered brought them together in an unexpected manner.
Daisy was soon introduced with the puppies and her maternal instinct kicked in right away.
In the weeks that followed, Daisy was the puppies’ mother. She took awesome care of them and wasn’t sad any longer.
When the little guys were a bit grown, they were reunited with their owner. Well, except for the smallest one who stayed with Daisy and Jessica and was named Benji.
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They say crime doesn’t pay and the following story certainly proves it. Well, the truth is that whenever we come up with a plan, we usually give it some thought. However, not every plan which sounds perfect inside our head can be executed the way we hope.
One day, what seemed to be a brilliant idea popped up in the head of a 25-year-old New Yorker named Valiery Portluck. He decided to put on a police uniform and pull cars over. He then sat in his black car which had emergency lights on it and stood by the road. As he noticed a van approaching, he blared his air horn and hoped the vehicle would pull over.
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Well, that’s exactly what happened. But instead of making some money by pretending to be a real cop, Portluck got himself in big trouble. It turned out that the people inside the van were real detectives.
The Nassau County law enforcement officers couldn’t have been happier to see him, though.
In fact, they were looking for him as they received an anonymous call about a man on the side of the road impersonating an officer.
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The moment he realized he did a mistake and that his scam was revealed, Portluck tried to escape but was caught after a short but an intensive chase.
This not so bright criminal was charged with three violations, first-degree criminal impersonation, second-degree reckless endangerment, and unlawful fleeing from a police officer.
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His neighbors told the police that he was suspicious. Couple of days before he was arrested, Portluck was seen installing flashing lights on his car.
His plan backfired on him and he ended up in jail.
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Every person is beautiful in their own way. Some people are a bit different than the rest, but those differences are what make them special and unique. In fact, it is the differences that make this world a colorful place. Unfortunately, the number of people who give themselves the right to judge others based on the way they look is huge.
The mean words, the stares, and the judgment will always be present. What we need to do is learn to ignore the mean comments and always see the positive in life.
One mom, who is a blogger and has a son with Down Syndrome, had the perfect answer for a stranger who called her boy ugly. Her words were praised by many and she received the support from thousands of people who got to read her reaction to the mean comment.
She published the letter on HuffPost before it was shared worldwide.
“Dear @JusesCrustHD,
“Since I started blogging about my son Quinn and his disability, I knew this day would come. There’s no shortage of trolls on the Internet who hide behind the anonymity of a screen name with the intent to be cruel, and I’ve seen their hostility many times before. In fact, in the wake of a recent robbery at the Down Syndrome Association of Houston’s headquarters, in which $10,000 worth of technology was stolen, there was no shortage of ignorant comments on the news story reporting the incident. One user asked, “how will they learn to count to potato?” Another claimed that wasting computers on “retards” was stupid anyway and that the organization deserved to be robbed. These comments, while offensive, simply serve to showcase people’s hate-fueled ignorance and aren’t worth my time. I grimace when I read them, but realize there’s little to be done about such stupidity. But last Saturday, you targeted my son personally and instead of being angry, I’d like to give you some advice: Don’t be a d*ck. It will come back to haunt you.
“I don’t want to make assumptions about you, but I can only guess that you know little about the helplessness that parents feel when caring for a sick infant with respiratory issues. Quinn was sick last week, but was feeling much better by Friday. We decided to sit in the backyard and soak up the sun after school. There aren’t many things in this world more beautiful than seeing your recently-ill child light up in a smile, and I snapped a few photos to celebrate his recovery, then posted them on Instagram with the hashtag “#downsyndrome.” I love to look through those photos myself in my spare time, because damn if those kiddos aren’t adorable. Of course, you feel differently because you, JusesCrustHD, found this photo and left a comment with one simple word:
“Ugly.
“The fact that you find my child ugly is one thing. You are entitled to your opinion.
“But the fact that you intentionally search #downsyndrome to find pictures to insult (sadly, Quinn is not the only victim of your behavior; I came across many other inflammatory responses) is both childish and sad.
“Your profile is also full of offensive posts and crude statements. “In one such photo, featuring two kids with Down syndrome and the word “wiitard,” you get bent out of shape because many, MANY people called you on your prejudice.” the mother wrote.
“You claim it was a joke and that people should lighten up. But what about purposefully seeking out pictures of our children What about the fact that a beautiful photograph of my son was tarnished by your hatred? That’s not a joke. That’s cyberbullying. Needless to say, I reported your profile. This will not be the last time someone discounts my son because he is different. It will not be the last time someone makes a joke at his expense, but to actively seek out actual people to tease goes beyond cruel. It’s inhuman.
“I recognize that you want to see me get worked up about your little “joke.” I’ll be honest; it’s hard not to be angry about it, but I can’t allow myself to carry that weight on my shoulders. I can’t allow myself to feel anything but sorry for an individual with so little tact. Because in end, you will be the one to face the consequences of your choices someday. There are few people in this world who tolerate that kind of backwards thinking, and you’ll eventually mouth off to the wrong person. My guess is that you already have, which is why you hide behind a screen name.
“God knows there were plenty of cruel adolescent boys in my time: boys who took pleasure in pranks and jokes at others’ expense. There were even a few of them that were directed at me, but it gave me tough skin and I grew from the experience of facing such mistreatment. Maybe that’s why I’m willing to let this one go; I know where most of those boys ended up, and it’s nowhere I’d want to be. And as a teacher, I’ve seen kids like you crash and burn. Go outside. Read a book. Compliment someone. Most importantly, enlighten yourself; there’s already enough cruelty in this world, and anyone worth their salt should be striving to make this place better, not worse.
“I simply hope my own children learn to look past ignorant comments and actions and treat others with respect and dignity. We all deserve it, even you.”
She signed the reply “Proud Mama.”
Way to go mama! Quinn is so happy to have you in his life.
Unexpected turn of events sometimes results in very unpleasant consequences. Even if these kinds of things are not due to our fault, we are put in a position to fight against them and endure the pressure of the circumstances. This was something that Nicole Garloff and her son Hunter Cmelo had to struggle with.
The six-year old boy was a student at the Lincoln Elementary School in Grants Pass, Oregon. He had been put in a bad situation where he was punished and shamed in front of the class for things he was responsible for. His mother, as usual, drives the boy to school, but one day her car just stopped working. This resulted with Hunter being late for school. He was late just few minutes.
Hunter knew that this will result with detention and he started crying. Neither he nor his mother were guilty for this situation, but it was up to them to face up with the consequences. The boy entered his classroom, but Nicole felt uneasy. During lunchtime she decide to check on her son in order to see if he is fine.
What she saw stunned her. Her son was separated from the rest of the students as a punishment. However, the punishment didn’t end there. He sat behind a white partition, unable to see the other kids and classmates. In addition, he had a cup with the letter ‘D’ next to him, which means ‘detention’.
Put yourself in the boy’s position. Alone, punished and publicly shamed. That must be very hard for Hunter. He was sitting alone and crying all the time. His mother was very angry when she saw this, especially since Hunter is one of the students who is rarely late.
“I WAS REALLY UPSET. I WENT AND GOT MY IPAD AND TOOK A PICTURE OF HIM,” SAID GARLOFF. “HE WASN’T TARDY SO MANY TIMES THAT HE DESERVED THAT.
People found out about Hunter’s experience through his grandmother’s Facebook page. She posted pictures on the Internet with the note:
“This is my grandson, Hunter. He’s a little first grader. His momma’s car sometimes doesn’t like to start right up. Sometimes he’s a couple minutes late to school. Yesterday, he was 1 minute late and this is what his momma discovered they do to punish him! They have done this to him 6 times for something that is out of this baby’s control! They make a mockery of him in front of the other students! The principal is responsible for this. His mom found him there, crying, and took him home for the day. Anyone want to help me flood this lady principal with calls telling her how inappropriate this is?”
With more than 75,000 shares, people spread this message very successfully. The school’s detention policy suddenly was in the public’s focus. The school district was flooded with angry messages and people attacked the school’s management.
However, the family was not quite aware of this and people’s reaction to their problem. They didn’t know that people were coming together in order to help the family. A big surprise was about to be given to the family.
Mark Cmello, the boy’s father, was worried that the car could not be fixable again. However, a very pleasant surprise came by the auto dealer and the community. They have bought the family a new car and they made sure the new car would serve them very well.
Local people, local businessmen and Bill Meyer, paid for the car maintenance and they even gave them $100 gas card.
Mark was amazed. He couldn’t believe that people cared so much about them. He said:
“I’m just blown away to see the community come together like this and see that there’s still good people out there.”
He also added:
“PEOPLE REALLY CARE” .
“WE WERE SO SHOCKED, IT DOESN’T SEEM REAL. I’M TRYING TO TELL HUNTER THAT THIS DOESN’T JUST HAPPEN TO YOU,” NICOLE TOLD ABC NEWS.
Mom Nicole, Hunter, and Bill Meyer at Kelly’s Automotive in Grants Pass via Facebook.
All of these happenings forced the school to change its policy and the way it functions. The school decided to established a supervised classrooms. These classrooms will shame in no way any of the students. Especially not in front of the others.
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Being the daughter of two famous names in the film industry, it doesn’t come as a surprise that actress Jamie Lee Curtis chose the same career path as that of her father Tony Curtis and mother Janet Leigh.
One would assume that Jamie’s childhood was a perfect one, but that’s not completely true. The fact that her parents were prominent actors was a burden through her teenage years because the media was much interested in their private lives and exposed many of their scandals. The news wasn’t always pretty. When Tony left Janet for a 17-year-old German actress, it was on every magazine’s headline.
“She [Janet] told me that she did the memorable scene on the train in The Manchurian Candidate the day she found out that Tony had filed for divorce,” Jamie said of her mother.
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In 1975, when Janet left for Broadway, Jamie went with her and enrolled at the Connecticut Boarding school, Coate. Shortly after, she realized she wanted to be an actress just like her mother.
After taking some minor roles, Jamie had her breakthrough with John Carpenter’s legendary horror film Halloween when she turned 20. She was so good in the role of Laurie Strode that horror movies became her thing. Halloween established Jamie as a “Scream Queen” and opened the doors for her to a string of parts in horror films such as The Fog, Prom Night, Terror Train (all 1980) and Roadgames (1981).
Although she is awesome at playing in horror movies, she doesn’t watch any. “I do not like horror movies. I do not say this for a joke, although it gets a laugh, I really don’t,” she told NME.
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She is the recipient of several accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards, a British Academy Film Award, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
While building her successful career, which allowed her to make a net worth of $60 million, Jamie also found time for love. In 1984, she married Christopher Guest, and they’re still together today. The couple has two adopted children.
Jamie first saw Christopher, who is best known for his role in Spinal Tap, while flipping through a Rolling Stone magazine, according to a piece she wrote for Oprah.com. “I looked at the man on the right, wearing a plaid shirt and a waggish smirk. I’d never seen him before, but I pointed at him. ‘I’m going to marry that man,’ I said to my friend.”
The two exchanged numbers through their agents, but he didn’t call her and she moved on dating someone else.
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But then, she accidentally met him at a restaurant. “I glanced up and found myself staring straight at Chris, three tables away. He waved to me as if to say, ‘I’m the guy you called.’ I waved back: ‘I’m the woman who called you.’ A few minutes later, he got up to leave. Standing 20 feet away, he shrugged his shoulders and put up his hand as if to say, ‘I’ll see ya.’”
Jamie Lee Curtis is known as someone who is openly speaking against plastic surgeries although she had undergone certain procedures herself. According to her, those procedures made her feel worse about herself.
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In fact, she never considered going under the knife until a cameraman made a comment about her “puffy eyes.”
“I naturally had puffy eyes. If you see photographs of me as a child, I look like I haven’t slept. I’ve just always been that person, and we were shooting a scene in a courtroom with that kind of high, nasty fluorescent light, and it came around to my coverage in the scene, and [the cameraman] said, “I’m not shooting her today. Her eyes are too puffy,” she told Variety.
“I was so mortified and so embarrassed and had just so much shame about it that after that movie, I went and had routine plastic surgery to remove the puffiness.”
In an interview with More in 2002, Jamie revealed that after her surgeries, she felt “ripped off.”
“None of it works. None of it,” she said. “It’s such a fraud. And I’m the one perpetuating it.”
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Two decades later, nothing changed. The actress is convinced that plastic surgeries don’t do any good.
“I would hope a young person would look at me with my grey hair and wrinkly face and say, ‘That’s cool that you are who you are,’” she told Glamour UK in 2019. “If I met Jamie at 17, I would hopefully be an adult who would say, ‘I see you.’”
Speaking to Lorraine Kelly, the 63-year-old actress said that she prefers real beauty, mainly because she’s had “the trail and error of the other part.” Jamie, who doesn’t believe in “f**king with your face,” also added that she used the same logic with her hair when she noticed some grey spots.
“I tried to everything you can do to your hair,” she said. “Personally, I felt it was humiliating.”
“The term, anti-aging … what? What are you talking about? We’re all going to f**king age. We’re all going to die. Why do you want to look 17 when you’re 70? I want to look 70 when I’m 70,” the True Lies actress added.
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She doesn’t understand the “obsession” with cosmetic procedures.
“The current trend of fillers and procedures, and this obsession with filtering and the things that we do to adjust our appearance on Zoom are wiping out generations of beauty. Once you mess with your face, you can’t get it back,” Jamie told Fast Company.
“We just don’t know the longitudinal effect, mentally, spiritually and physically on a generation of young people who are in agony because of social media, because of the comparisons to other.
“All of us who are old enough know that it’s all a lie. It’s a real danger to young people.”
We love Jamie for her beauty, talent, and for believing in what she thinks is right.
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Last week I took my children to a restaurant. My six-year-old son asked if he could say grace.
As we bowed our heads he said, “God is good. God is great. Thank you for the food, and I would even thank you more if Mom gets us ice cream for dessert. And Liberty and justice for all!
Amen!”
Along with the laughter from the other customers nearby I heard a woman remark, “That’s what’s wrong with this country. Kids today don’t even know how to pray. Asking God for ice-cream! Why, I never!”
Hearing this, my son burst into tears and asked me, “Did I do it wrong? Is God mad at me?”
As I held him and assured him that he had done a terrific job and God was certainly not mad at him, an elderly gentleman approached the table. He winked at my son and said,
“I happen to know that God thought that was a great prayer.”
“Really?” my son asked.
“Cross my heart,” the man replied.
Then in a theatrical whisper he added (indicating the woman whose remark had started this whole thing), “Too bad she never asks God for ice cream. A little ice cream is good for the soul sometimes.”
Naturally, I bought my kids ice cream at the end of the meal. My son stared at his for a moment and then did something I will remember the rest of my life.
He picked up his sundae and without a word, walked over and placed it in front of the woman. With a big smile he told her, “Here, this is for you. Ice cream is good for the soul sometimes; and my soul is good already.”
Whenever we see a man or a woman in uniform, we somehow feel the urge to greet them and thank them for all they do for our country. These people are brave, devoted, and real-life heroes. Their lives after serving in countries where there are wars, however, are completely changed. The trauma stays with them long after they get back home from deployment.
Such was the case with Sgt. Josh Marino, a young man who served in Baghdad. There, he found himself in a middle of a mortar attack and that caused him a traumatic brain injury and post traumatic stress disorder.
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Sadly, Marino felt so lonely and as though no one could understand what he was going through that he decided to take his own life.
“I took out one of my knives, I set it to the side, I wrote a letter up on my computer and set it there on the desk top,” Marino told Mutual Rescue.
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Before doing that, he decided to go outside and have one last cigarette. Little this man knew that an encounter that followed would change his life forever. Namely, as he smoked what was supposed to be his last smoke, he heard meowing coming from a bush. “This little black and white kitten was walking out of the bushes. He just walked up and started rubbing up against my leg and let me pet him.”
This was a turning point at how Marino saw his life.
And I stopped thinking about all my problems and I started thinking about all of his problems, what I could do to help him,” he said.
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Marino couldn’t leave the cat alone, so he returned in the days to come to bring him some water and some food, usually cans of tuna.
“This cat gave me something to look forward to everyday. He didn’t see anything wrong with me, he didn’t see any sort of flaws or imperfections. It felt safe.”
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A couple of days passed by, and these two became very good friends. But then, something terrible happened. The cat was nowhere to be seen after Marino went to feed him one day. He was devastated. This girl, Becky, whom Marino started dating in the meantime, suggested that they go to an adoption event so that he can find a cat.
To everyone’s surprise, the cat that saved Marino’s life was there, waiting to be taken home by someone special. This time, he knew he couldn’t risk losing his pal again so he filled adoption papers right away.
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The cat was named Scout and was now part of a huge family. Marino and his girlfriend moved in together and Scout got to hang out with Becky’s three cats.
“That little kitten made me realize that I wasn’t just a sack of damaged goods,” Marino said.
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The family was very happy together, but then, they learned that Scout had leukemia. He had undergone blood transfusion treatments which gave them a few weeks to spend together, but he passed away.
Today, although Scout is no longer part of Marino’s life, this man says that he owns it all to the special cat who entered his life unexpectedly and changed it forever. Marino now works as a consultant of disabled veterans at the Department of Veteran Affairs and has earned a Master’s degree in clinical rehabilitation and mental health counseling.
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Take a look at this touching mutual rescue story in the video below. Grab your tissues, you are going to need them, that’s for sure.
As much as it represents larger-than-life symbol of the entertainment business and glamour, Hollywood is at the same time a place where many dreams are crashed.
Over the years, a huge number of actors and actresses experienced the Hollywood glam, but not many were destined to stay there for long. Those who did, however, left a mark and even changed the industry forever.
One actor who made an impact and then somehow faded out of the spotlight is Val Kilmer.
Born on December 31, 1959 in Los Angeles, to parents who were not in any way related to the acting business, Val showed immense talent for acting from very early age. He attended Chatsworth High School together with Kevin Spacey and Mare Winningham and then the Hollywood Professional School. Val became the youngest ever person at the time to be accepted into the Juilliard School’s Drama Division in New York.
After Juilliard, young Val found himself conquering the New York City theater scene. What followed were some roles in blockbusters, and eventually, he ended up being part of some of the most iconic movies such as Top Gun, where he starred opposite Tom Cruise. This movie helped Val make a name for himself almost overnight. All of a sudden, everyone was obsessed with this young actor’s charming looks and undeniable talent.
During the 80s, Val starred opposite Michelle Pfeiffer in the ABC afterschool Special One Too Many. Rumors were that the two were a thing, but neither ever denied or confirmed that. Val, however, wrote a song about her titled “The Pfeiffer Howls at the Moon,” which only made the magazines speculate about their alleged relationship even further back in the day.
On the set of Willow, in 1988, Val met his future wife, actress Joanne Whalley. They had two children together before they decided to put a stop on their marriage eight years later.
“You just don’t understand humility until you have children and get divorced,” Val told Elle magazine about the divorce.
“I was very hurt and very angry and so was she. But when kids are involved, you either become friends with respect or you become mortal enemies.”
In 1991, Val played the iconic role of Jim Morrison in The Doors. He provided the vocals for the movie’s soundtrack, showing the world just another talent of his.
Others movies that followed and marked Val’s career, among the rest, are Tombstone,True Romance, and Batman.
Batman Forever ended up being the year’s highest grossing film, raking in some $336.6 million at the box office.
Although playing this superhero put Val on the pedestal, he felt like he didn’t want to do the sequels and decided to stare alongside Robert De Niro and Al Pacino in Heat. This decision didn’t turn out to be the best one because the refusal sort of broke Val’s reputations and roles started to dry up. On top of that, he was believed to be tough to work with on set.
In 2015, Val underwent a surgery due to throat cancer and lost his natural voice. When asked what he truly misses about his old voice, he said, “That I had one! That I didn’t laugh like a pirate.”
Val Kilmer will reprise the role of Lt. Tom “Iceman” Kazansky in Top Gun: Mavericks, coming out in May, 2022.
Laila, a three year old girl from a small town in the south of France, spent days inside her family’s apartment with her mother’s dead body before neighbors decided to check on the family and discovered the horrifying truth.
Some of the neighbors got concerned for Laila and her mom because they hadn’t seen them in days so they decided to see if everything was fine. When they got to the apartment, they noticed it was locked, but then they saw Laila and her puppy at the balcony. The girl seemed confused. When they asked her about her mom, she said that her mommy was tired and sleeping for some time.
This raised a red flag and the neighbors decided to break the apartment’s door and get inside. There, they noticed chaos. There were plenty of empty beer and wine bottles all over the place. The kitchen was full of dirty dishes and Laila’s mother’s lifeless body was on the bed.
The neighbors realized that Laila spent days with her mom’s dead body. She ate canned food and even fed her puppy some.
Laila was taken by social services who provided her with medical assistance. Not much is known about Laila’s father or whether or not she has family.
We hope the future would be bright for this little girl.
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For someone to be successful it doesn’t only take hard work and determination, but a little support from the community as well.
13-year-old Jaequan Faulkner from Minneapolis is a young entrepreneur who decided to open a hot dog stand and make some money on his own instead of asking for a pocket money from his parents.
Once the Bike Cops for Kids learned of Jaequan’s stand, they decided to promote his business on their Facebook page. This was a huge success as may people were eager to try his hot dogs. However, there were also those who didn’t like what he was doing and filed a complaint against him saying he was working without a permit.
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When officials learned that Jaequan was still a teen, they decided to help him instead of shutting his business down.
“When I realized what it was, I said, ‘No, we’re not going to just go and shut him down’ like we would an unlicensed vendor,” Minneapolis Environmental Health Director Dan Huff told KCPQ-13.
“We can help him get the permit. Let’s make this a positive thing and help him become a business owner.”
That is exactly what happened. The employees at the health department chipped in and helped the young man get the $87 10-day permit. What’s most, they got him a tent for shade, meat thermometers, and a hand-washing station for food handling.
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Jaequan’s story spread around the community and the Northside Economic Opportunity Network, a non-profit organization, decided to step in as well. They help “underserved entrepreneurs” and taught Jaequan basic business principles like financing, marketing, and pricing.
After the permit expired, the young man’s stand was relocated. Finally, the church collected money for his next permits until it was time for him to get back to school.
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“It’s the cooking and the people,” Jaequan told KCPQ-13 of why he does it. “I see someone go by with a frown on their face. I’m there with a smile, then I see a smile on their face. I just made a smile on somebody’s face by selling them a hot dog.”
“My auntie always told me, ‘Can’t nobody stop you but you.’ If you say ‘I can’t do that,’ well, then you just set yourself up for failure,” he told CNBC.
We are very glad that young people like Jaequan are interested in starting their own business and we truly hope that one day “Mr. Falkner’s Old-Fashioned-Hot-Dogs” would grow into a big business.
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There isn’t anything cuter out there than babies. Whether it is a human bundle of joy or a baby animal, whenever we see one, we like to hold them and cuddle with them.
When it comes to animals, this isn’t only true for cats and dogs, but the little creatures living on the farm too. Well, what’s not to love about fluffy little animals?
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If you are an animal lover yourself, the following video will certainly make your day. It is a compilation of funny baby goats jumping and running around. Also, one thing that these animals seem to enjoy the most is climbing on things, no matter if that’s a huge doll house or other animals.
They are not only great around humans but dogs too.
They are so darn cute. We really needed the laugh! To see the baby goats having the time of their life go to the video below.
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Waiting long hours at the airport can be tiring. With all those people rushing to get their flights, the long queues, and the pressure of flying, one has to double check all their belongings needed in order to board the plane. As it turns out, it’s not really that uncommon for passengers to forget their passport, luggage, or ticket, but what about a child? This is definitely something we think happens only in the movies. Does “Home Alone” and the McAllisters ring a bell?
Well, one obviously highly forgetful mother did exactly that. She boarded the plane, and as it took off, she remembered her baby was still in the terminal.
She was heading to Malaysia from Saudi Arabia, and since that flight takes around eight hours, she had to beg the pilot to turn the plane around. Distressed and in panic, this mother feared for her child’s safety, although it was her fault for allowing something like that to happen.
Flying the plane around seemed like a mission impossible, but it was a kid left all alone at a huge airport in question, so the pilot asked for permission to return.
According to a YouTube video, he calls the traffic controllers and says, “May God be with us. Can we come back or what?” He then explains the reason for his requests saying, “This flight is requesting to come back…a passenger forgot her baby in the waiting area, the poor thing.”
The operators couldn’t believe what they were hearing and took a minute or two to come around saying, “This is totally a new one for us” after which they gave the pilot a green light to land.
Thankfully, the mother soon had her child in her arms. No one really knew how it happened for her to left the poor kid behind in the first place. People assume the crowd at the airport made everything too hectic for her so her brain just stopped working.
We honestly hope she will never let something like this happen ever again. Although we understand all moms are too busy, and many times too tired because of all the commitments on their plate, forgetting a child at the airport is something we can’t really understand.
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On Tuesday, a shooter gunned down 21 people at Robb Elementary School. The nineteen children whose lives were claimed were aged between seven and 10. Two of their teachers lost their lives too as they tried to protect their students.
The day started as any other, and no one could have ever predicted that a man at the other side of town would fire the opening shots of one of America’s deadliest mass shootings.
The killer, Salvador Ramos, first shot his grandmother in the head and then announced his plans on Facebook in a series of text messages he sent to a girl from Europe he met online.
One of the victims was a girl named Amerie Jo Garza. He father, Angel Garza, responded to the aftermath of the shooting still unaware that his girl was among the killed. Speaking to CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Angel explained that he attended to a girl “covered in blood, head to toe.”
“I thought she was injured, I asked her what was wrong and she said she’s OK,” Garza told Cooper. “She was hysterical, saying that they shot her best friend, that they killed her best friend, she’s not breathing and she was trying to call the cops.
Then he asked the young girl for her friend’s name. “She told me, she said Amerie,” he said, before breaking down and weeping on air.
“She was so sweet, Mr. Cooper,” the grief-stricken father said after an emotional pause in which he hugged a framed photo of his daughter. “She was the sweetest little girl who did nothing wrong. She listened to her mom and dad, she always brushed her teeth, she was creative, she made things for us, she never got in trouble in school.”
“I just want to know what she did to be a victim,” he said crying.
Sweet Amerie died a hero. Her grandma, Berlinda Arreola, told The Daily Beast that her granddaughter tried to call 911 on her cellphone before the 18-year-old gunman killed her.
“And instead of grabbing it and breaking it or taking it from her, he shot her,” Arreola said. “She was sitting right next to her best friend. Her best friend was covered in her blood.”
Amerie had just celebrated her birthday on May 10, her dad told Cooper. The phone was a birthday gift.
“She’d been wanting a phone for so long and we finally got it for her,” Angel said and added that other children confirmed how his daughter died while trying to call the police.
“She just tried to call the police … and I guess he just shot her,” he said through tears.
“How do you look at this girl and shoot her?” he said.
We are so very sorry for all the lives lost. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims’ families.
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Devastating news has just hit the headlines and left millions in shock.
Hollywood actor Ray Liotta has tragically passed away.
Liotta, who was born in New Jersey in 1954, is best known for his star turns in films such as Goodfellas in which he played the main character Henry Hill as he navigated the world of being a gangster. He’s also famous for playing Shoeless Joe in Field of Dreams.
The actor’s publicist, Jennifer Allen, said the he died in his sleep in the Dominican Republic, where he was filming his latest movie, as per Press Association news agency.
His fiancee Jacy Nittolo was on location at the time of his death, Allen said. Liotta was a father to daughter Karsen.
Liotta received many awards throughout the years. Back in 2016, he told PA agency that he regretted how he handled his career, including turning down a chance to audition for Tim Burton’s Batman movie. “I wish I’d handled my career differently but, you know, hindsight…”
“When I did my first movie, Tim Burton was getting ready to do Batman and he was interested in me because he wanted it to be edgy and real. I thought, ‘Batman? That’s a stupid idea’, even though he had just done one of my favourite movies of all time, Beetlejuice. So yes, I regret not auditioning for that.”
In recent years Liotta appeared in Marriage Story and No Sudden Move.
Internet troll calls boy with Down Syndrome “ugly” – his mother has the perfect reply
Every person is beautiful in their own way. Some people are a bit different than the rest, but those differences are what make them special and unique. In fact, it is the differences that make this world a colorful place. Unfortunately, the number of people who give themselves the right to judge others based on the way they look is huge.
The mean words, the stares, and the judgment will always be present. What we need to do is learn to ignore the mean comments and always see the positive in life.
One mom, who is a blogger and has a son with Down Syndrome, had the perfect answer for a stranger who called her boy ugly. Her words were praised by many and she received the support from thousands of people who got to read her reaction to the mean comment.
She published the letter on HuffPost before it was shared worldwide.
“Dear @JusesCrustHD,
“Since I started blogging about my son Quinn and his disability, I knew this day would come. There’s no shortage of trolls on the Internet who hide behind the anonymity of a screen name with the intent to be cruel, and I’ve seen their hostility many times before. In fact, in the wake of a recent robbery at the Down Syndrome Association of Houston’s headquarters, in which $10,000 worth of technology was stolen, there was no shortage of ignorant comments on the news story reporting the incident. One user asked, “how will they learn to count to potato?” Another claimed that wasting computers on “retards” was stupid anyway and that the organization deserved to be robbed. These comments, while offensive, simply serve to showcase people’s hate-fueled ignorance and aren’t worth my time. I grimace when I read them, but realize there’s little to be done about such stupidity. But last Saturday, you targeted my son personally and instead of being angry, I’d like to give you some advice: Don’t be a d*ck. It will come back to haunt you.
“I don’t want to make assumptions about you, but I can only guess that you know little about the helplessness that parents feel when caring for a sick infant with respiratory issues. Quinn was sick last week, but was feeling much better by Friday. We decided to sit in the backyard and soak up the sun after school. There aren’t many things in this world more beautiful than seeing your recently-ill child light up in a smile, and I snapped a few photos to celebrate his recovery, then posted them on Instagram with the hashtag “#downsyndrome.” I love to look through those photos myself in my spare time, because damn if those kiddos aren’t adorable. Of course, you feel differently because you, JusesCrustHD, found this photo and left a comment with one simple word:
“Ugly.
“The fact that you find my child ugly is one thing. You are entitled to your opinion.
“But the fact that you intentionally search #downsyndrome to find pictures to insult (sadly, Quinn is not the only victim of your behavior; I came across many other inflammatory responses) is both childish and sad.
“Your profile is also full of offensive posts and crude statements.
“In one such photo, featuring two kids with Down syndrome and the word “wiitard,” you get bent out of shape because many, MANY people called you on your prejudice.” the mother wrote.
“You claim it was a joke and that people should lighten up. But what about purposefully seeking out pictures of our children What about the fact that a beautiful photograph of my son was tarnished by your hatred? That’s not a joke. That’s cyberbullying. Needless to say, I reported your profile. This will not be the last time someone discounts my son because he is different. It will not be the last time someone makes a joke at his expense, but to actively seek out actual people to tease goes beyond cruel. It’s inhuman.
“I recognize that you want to see me get worked up about your little “joke.” I’ll be honest; it’s hard not to be angry about it, but I can’t allow myself to carry that weight on my shoulders. I can’t allow myself to feel anything but sorry for an individual with so little tact. Because in end, you will be the one to face the consequences of your choices someday. There are few people in this world who tolerate that kind of backwards thinking, and you’ll eventually mouth off to the wrong person. My guess is that you already have, which is why you hide behind a screen name.
“God knows there were plenty of cruel adolescent boys in my time: boys who took pleasure in pranks and jokes at others’ expense. There were even a few of them that were directed at me, but it gave me tough skin and I grew from the experience of facing such mistreatment. Maybe that’s why I’m willing to let this one go; I know where most of those boys ended up, and it’s nowhere I’d want to be. And as a teacher, I’ve seen kids like you crash and burn. Go outside. Read a book. Compliment someone. Most importantly, enlighten yourself; there’s already enough cruelty in this world, and anyone worth their salt should be striving to make this place better, not worse.
“I simply hope my own children learn to look past ignorant comments and actions and treat others with respect and dignity. We all deserve it, even you.”
She signed the reply “Proud Mama.”
Way to go mama! Quinn is so happy to have you in his life.
Peace and Love
Bored Daddy