A friend in need is a friend indeed, and Texas State Trooper Juan Rojas Tovar, who was severely injured during a mass shooting, is lucky to have such friends as his colleagues who showed their support in a very thoughtful way.
Trooper Tovar was hailed a hero by his Texas community after he bravely tried to stop a shooter who had started a fire at his workplace in Bryan, Texas, killing a co-worker and injuring five others.
As he did all in his power to apprehend the suspect, Tovar’s cruiser was critically wounded and shot 13 times, with a bullet hitting Tovar at least once.
According to the Texas Police Department, Tovar was rushed to the hospital where he underwent a surgery. Luckily, his condition was stable but he still needed a further treatment and was later transferred to another hospital.
Though Trooper Tovar was unable to attend his son’s baseball game last night, DPS members stood on the sidelines for him.
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— TxDPS – Southeast Texas Region (@TxDPSSoutheast) April 14, 2021
As his family prayed for the best outcome, fellow troopers and members of the department decided to support their friend and co-worker by being there for his family. During Tovar’s son baseball game, they were there to cheer on him as his father was unable to attend the big game.
People at the field even spelled out “Pray for Tovar” using disposable plastic cups stuck in the chain-link fence at the field.
The sight was an incredible one because it showed the importance of the support the entire community showed for one of them during the hardest of times for the trooper’s family.
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According to a Facebook post by the Texas Department of Public Safety, when Tovar arrived to Austin for further treatment, he was greeted by Class A-2021 Trooper Trainees who saluted him for his bravery and showed their support.
“Trooper Tovar continues his road to recovery, and we want to thank the community for their support,” the Department wrote.
The shooter who killed one and injured others, including Trooper Tovar, has been identified as 27-year-old Larry Winston Bollin. He has been arrested and charged with murder and attempted murder.
We wish Trooper Tovar a quick recovery and we thank everyone who was by his and his family’s side during their difficult times.
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Lady Di was everything but an ordinary princess. This special woman who was dubbed the People’s Princess was a much-loved person, but above all, she was a loving and dedicated mother.
Many times, Princess Diana broke the royal rules all for the sake of her children’s happiness. Unlike any other member of the Palace, she often attended Prince William and Prince Harry’s school activities and took part in many of them.
Being a mother was something she loved more than anything else.
Sadly, her marriage to prince Charles was a turbulent one from day one. As she couldn’t put up with his infidelity and his feelings for his former lover Camilla, she decided to put a stop to her marriage.
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Her life was always closely followed by the media, and sadly, that had a lot to do with the tragic car accident in which she lost her life in August of 1997. Allegedly, she was running away from the press when the tragedy happened.
From the moment she became a Princess, everyone wanted a piece of her life. According to The Guardian, magazines were offering up to half a million dollars for photos of her.
Her children were perfectly aware of the way their mother was treated by the media and how that affected her life and Harry promised himself he would never allow his wife to be ever treated the same way. According to him, he even considered leaving the Royal Family when he was in his 20’s.
“Look what it did to my mum, how am I ever going to settle down and have a wife and a family when I know that it’s going to happen again,” Harry said during an appearance on the Armchair Expert podcast. “I don’t want to be part of this,” he added.
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William and Harry never miss a chance to remind everyone just how special their mother was.
“When everybody says ‘she was funny, give us an example’. All I can hear is her laugh,” Harry said in an interview he and William gave back in 2017.
“She was one of the naughtiest parents, she’d come and watch us play football and smuggle sweet into her socks, literally walking back from a football match and having five packages of [candy]. And just, the whole shirt was full with sweets.”
“We felt incredibly loved by her, and I’m very grateful that the love still feels there,” William added.” It feels like a good time to remember her and hopefully provide a different side.”
” It was that love, even though she was on the other side of the room, as her son you could feel it,” Harry said.
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She did all in her power to provide a normal childhood to her sons. “William adores his little brother and spends the entire time swamping Harry with an endless supply of hugs and kisses, hardly letting the parents near!” Diana’s handwritten letter to a former steward at Buckingham Palace, Cyril Dickman, states, as reported by The Sun.
One time, she told the chef to cancel lunch for the boys because they wanted to go to McDonald’s with her. “And I said, ‘Oh my God – your Royal Highness, I can do that, I can do burgers.’ And she said, ‘No, it’s the toy they want,’” chef Darren McGrady told Marie Claire.
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Today, when both William and Harry are parents themselves, they make sure their children know who their grandma was and how special she was to her family and her people. This way, they honor her legacy the best they can.
Last year, Hello Magazine! reported that William and Kate’s children all wrote Mother’s Day cards to Princess Diana for Mother’s Day. “Each year on Mother’s Day, George, Charlotte and Louis make cards remembering their Granny, Diana, for William,” William and Kate wrote on Twitter, alongside three adorable homemade cards created by the youngsters.
What caught many people’s attention is that the children call the late Princess “Granny Diana.” In one of the cards, they wrote to her that their papa is missing her.
This year Mother’s Day will be different once again.
Many of us will be apart from our loved ones, but looking forward to a time in the not too distant future when we can give our mother a hug again. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/Bys6OCqtTT
— The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (@KensingtonRoyal) March 14, 2021
Harry’s son, Archie, on the other hand calls his father’s mother “Grandma Diana.”
Harry once revealed that he keeps a photo of his mother in Archie’s nursery and that one of the first words Archie said was “grandma.”
Speaking to Today, Harry revealed that he often talks with Archie about Princess Diana.
“Yes, very much so. I don’t tell him all the stuff that’s happened, but certainly that this is Grandma Diana, and we’ve got a couple of photos up in the house,” Harry said, adding that he constantly feels her presence.
“It has been over the last two years more so than ever before,” he said. “It is almost as though she’s done her bit with my brother and now she’s very much like helping me. She got him set up and now she’s helping me set up. That’s what it feels like. He’s got his kids, I’ve got my kids.”
“She’s watching over us,” he added.
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It’s been years since Lady Di’s passing, but she still remains one of the few people loved and adored by millions. We are very sorry she didn’t get to meet any of her grandchildren. We are sure she would have been an amazing grandma, as much as she was an extraordinary mother.
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We all have to agree that mothers are our everyday heroes. There’s nothing they wouldn’t do for the happiness of their little ones. And although it feels like children grow up in a blink of an eye and want to be more and more independent as time goes by, little babies still need around the clock love and care from their mothers.
This is all great and I am sure every mother out there would love to spend her days with her children more than anything, but most of them have jobs they have to return to after giving birth.
Melody Jett Blackwell is one lucky mother who happens to be working in a very friendly and baby-welcoming environment. Her boss doesn’t mind if she brings her baby daughter at the office.
It was one of those days when lovely Nora-Jo kept her mommy company while she was doing her job. The two were enjoying a sweet mother-daughter moment together which was the reason why Melody’s boss decided to make a public comment about bringing babies to work.
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This sight was way too precious not to be shared with the world. Melody made motherhood look like a piece of cake, or at least her boss thought so. The pictures of the two bonding while working was uploaded on the Maryland Farms Chiropractic Facebook page and neither Melody nor her boss could imagine it would gather that much attention.
“Workin’ mamas. She makes it look easy. It helps that Baby Nora-Jo is so sweet and content just being with and near her mama. Would y’all mind sharing this? We need more small and large businesses to see this is doable and should be allowed more often! The newborn months are so short. #WorkinMamas post a pic of you and your little ones while you work!”
Melody is still allowed to work from home and only visits her workplace when it’s really crowded at the office and her colleagues need an extra pair of hands. She works at a chiropractic office in Brentwood, Tennessee and her employee lets her take as many breaks as she needs to breastfeed her baby.
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With all those people sharing and reacting to the photo, Melody and her boss realized it could inspire other companies and business to follow their example.
Melody told Love What Matters:
“I know not every office and work environment is conducive for children and babies, but I think more places can be more flexible than they are currently.”
This flexibility may result in reducing the daycare costs and increasing mother’s productivity.
“I think many families find it almost makes more financial sense for one parent to stay home, rather than go to work just to have most or all of their checks pay for day care.”
Not every single mother can choose to be a stay-at-home-mother as she might be the only money maker in the family.
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Melody wishes that the photo of her taking care for her baby while doing her regular job motivates other owners to see the bigger picture.
“Depending on the work place, moms can bring their children to work and be productive. I hope that more moms in the future will get the opportunity that I have-to get to spend every day with my baby but also contribute to the family income.”
Bringing baby Nora-Jo to work doesn’t affect Melody’s efficiency. She is capable of doing both ‘jobs’ at the same time. But as she says, this is all thanks to the friendly and supportive working environment.
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John Phillips, Denny Doherty, Cass Elliot, and Michelle Phillips were the members of the legendary group The Mamas & the Papas which represented a “defining force in the music scene of the counterculture of the 1960s.”
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During their three years as a folk rock vocal group, they achieved the unthinkable. Selling millions of copies and having huge hits such as California Dreamin’, Monday Monday, Snowqueen of Texas and Dream A Little Dream of Me, the group changed the world of music forever and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.
One of the singers, Cass Elliot, or better known as Mama Cass, somehow stood out of the rest of the members.
Her voice was dubbed angelic and she possessed out-of-this-world singing skills. Sadly, she passed away very young, at the age of 32, and according to initial reports the reason was that she chocked on a sandwich.
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Mama Cass was born Ellen Cohen on September 11, 1941 in Baltimore, Maryland and at the age of 4 she could speak four languages. She was always very special. Bright and quite intelligent, and always a big girl. According to the book Dream a Little Dream of Me: The Life of ‘Mama’ Cass Elliot, she herself was confirmed saying, “I’ve always been different. I’ve been fat since I was seven. Being fat sets you apart, but luckily I was bright with it; I had an IQ of 165. I got into the habit of being independent and the habit became a design for living.”
At the age of 17, Mama Cass moved to New York and changed her name to Cass Elliot.
She dreamed of pursuing a career in the entertainment industry and toured with the musical TheMusicMan for a short period of time.
In 1962, she auditioned for the Broadway production I Can Get it for You Wholesale, but she didn’t get the role. Instead, then young Barbara Streisand did. Mama Cass then moved to Washington to study at the American University.
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Once in Washington, Mama Cass became part of her first band, the trio called The Triumvirate, together with Tim Rose and John Brown. The band played popular and country music before they they turned to the folk which was gaining its popularity at the time. In 1963, James Hendricks replaced John Brown and the band changed its name to The Big Three. Soon after, Mama Cass and John became a couple and tied the knot but divorced in 1968.
It was in 1965 that the iconic group with even more iconic songs that topped the charts was born, The Mamas & the Papas.
Their first ever single, which remains a huge hit even today, California Dreamin’ was released and fans went crazy over the music piece which was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001.
The group shared the story behind the song with Michelle Phillips recalling, “We were staying at the Albert Hotel, near Washington Square. It was a fleabag. I had never seen snow before, I had never been to the East Coast. I was miserable.” The couple went for a walk and entered the St. Patrick’s Cathedral. That night, John woke Michelle up in the middle of the night and had the guitar in his hand. Seconds later, he spoke the lyrics:
All the leaves are brown And the sky is gray I’ve been for a walk On a winter’s day I’d be safe and warm If I was in L.A. California Dreamin’ On such a winter’s day…
“I added the next few lines about the church. He hated it. Just hated it. But he didn’t have anything better. That portion of the song — ‘Stopped in to church / I passed along the way / Well, I got down on my knees / And I began to pray’ — has an interesting history. Not everyone hears the same lyrics, and that includes the people who sang it.”
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Michelle also spoke of her relationship with Mama Cass and said how she was a huge part of her life and was her very best friend.
Speaking to the Los Angeles Times, she said, “She would always encourage me to go for the note [when we sang]: ‘Go for it! You can do it! I know you’re gonna make it! I’ll be there for you!’ She was also very protective of me and assertive for me where John was concerned.”
“She said, ‘Don’t let him boss you around like that! You are Michelle! You cannot be afraid of him!’ I felt very insecure because I met and married him when I was in high school. [But John] could be belittling. Cass helped me with my self-esteem, forcefully.”
In 1967, Mama Cass gave birth to daughter Owen Vanessa Elliot and left the group a year later. Although she never spoke of her girl’s father, it was later revealed that it was guitarist Charles Wayne Day.
Speaking of her decision to start a solo career, Mama Cass told Rolling Stone in 1968, “Well, having the baby changed my life a lot. I don’t want to go on the road, you see. It’s actually a matter of economics, much like the Vietnamese war, I guess. I didn’t want to go on the road and I wanted to stay home with my baby.
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As a solo artist, Mama Cass released five albums and had performances in Las Vegas and starred on several shows including The Andy Williams Show and The Johnny Cash Show. One of her most memorable songs as a solo singer was the cover of Make Your Own Kind of Music, which reached No. 36. Mama Cass’ last album was titled Don’t Call Me Mama Any More, and it looked like she was trying to get a new name for herself.
“I never created the Big Mama image,” she said. “The public does it for you.”
Mama Cass passed away in 1974. It was initially believed the cause of death was choking, but the truth is the musician died of a heart attack.
One of her closest friends, Sue Cameron, spoke this year to People Magazine of the night preceding Mama Cass’ death when she played two shows at The Palladium in London, UK. “After she had played two nights there, she called crying with joy telling me that she had got a standing ovation both nights and she had sold out both nights, she was just as happy as I’d ever seen her or heard her,” Cameron recalled.
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Cameron was a columnist for The Hollywood Reporter when she got a call from Mama Cass’ manager Allan Carr. “[He] picked up the phone and he was hysterical. Allan said, ‘You’ve got to tell them that she died choking on a ham sandwich. You must go to your typewriter and write that. There’s a half of a ham sandwich on her nightstand.’ I didn’t ask any questions,” said Cameron.
In 1998, legendary Mama Cass was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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She was a woman who was never afraid to pursue her dreams. Her weight never stood on her way to happiness and success and that turned her into a role model for many young girls who struggled with their weight.
Owen, who is now married and has two children, said of her mother, “She was a one-woman triumph against adversity; she was ahead of her time; women now are finally doing what she did 50 years ago. I look back on her and realize that, just by example, she taught me, and others, not to accept it when someone says you can’t do something.”
While most adults enjoy spending time in the comfort of their home, children love being outside most of the time. At the end of the day, they need to run and play because that’s what children do.
Sadly, there are people out there who hate it when kids are outside because they claim they are noisy and annoying.
One mother shared a video of how one of the neighbors made her daughter cry after she washed away the chalk drawings the girl did on the street. As the little one was playing, the woman took the hose and sprayed the drawings away.
The girl started crying, but the woman didn’t care.
“This neighbor stood on her balcony and stared us down, then came out with her f—ing hose to hose down our chalk drawings. She didn’t tell us it was against condo rules nothing!!!” the mother of the little girl wrote in a post that was later shared on Imgur.
As it turned out, this wasn’t the first time for the woman to do such a thing even though the girl and the rest of the children are all well-behaved and don’t disturb the neighbors.
The mother added that some of the neighbors tried to confront the woman whom they named ‘Sidewalk Susan’ but she didn’t answer the door.
The mother was thankful that the rest of the neighbors stood by her side. “Thank you guys for your kind words and support,” she wrote and added that the mean woman targets her daughter for no apparent reason.
“This lady has some issues with us. Yesterday the neighbor kid was out there drawing with chalk and she stayed inside. She messed with the wrong family,” the mother went on to say. “…Today she yelled at my daughter to shut up while she was playing outside.”
Many took their time to comment the woman’s outrageous behavior, with one person writing, “This is unacceptable. This woman needs to be evicted. What is the landlord doing about this?” Another person added: “Take your daughter out with pots and pans tomorrow.”
The girl’s mom wrote that the mean neighbor continued messing up with her daughter and she had had it enough. “I try really hard to keep a cool head ESPECIALLY with my child around. But today this salty, condo board b*tch left notices on people’s door banning the kids from using the empty fucking parket lot, THEN I see her recording/taking pictures of me when I went to offer the neighbors some food bars and water because they’re locked out. I try to compose myself when my kid is around.”
One time, when her daughter wasn’t with her, the mother met Sidewalk Susan and couldn’t help it but confront her. “I CUSSED her b!^@# a$$ out as she ran back inside her apartment. I’m DONE WITH THIS LADY.”
Say hello to “Sidewalk Susan” folks…
Evidently she didn’t like this child trying to entertain themselves by doing chalk art in an EMPTY PARKING LOT while they are forced to stay home from school and friends during a FVCKING PANDEMIC…
— DMJason 🛳⛵ to #D3atSea (@JasonTDnDDM) May 3, 2020
The video of Sidewalk Susan hosing the drawings was later shared on Reddit. “I see a lot of shitty chalk pictures on the pavement in my street, but they make me smile regardless. Some kid spent ages drawing them, then proudly showing them off to their parents. It’s not permanent, it’ll disappear in the rain,” one user wrote. “What kind of black, hateful heart do you have to have to go out and hose them off, let alone to do it while the kid is still there?!”
“…How miserable do you have to be to be genuinely offended or bothered by chalk art. this little girl doesn’t get to hang out with her friends at school or go play on a playground,” a user which goes by the name scarlittytitty wrote. “She’s confused and sad and doesn’t fully comprehend what is going on in the world. she needs a break! All these people saying she’s vandalizing are the same folks who say kids spend too much time inside looking at screens. again, it’s chalk for f— sake. it washes off…”
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What would you ask for if you are granted three wishes? To be rich and famous, maybe? A boy named Jordan only has one, he wants to have a family to call his own. Asked by KFOR Oklahoma’s News 4 where he would like to go if he could choose any place, his answer was, “to an adoption party for a home”.
These words touched the hearts of thousands of families who are now offering him his dream forever home.
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Jordan’s story spread around like a wildfire after he made a heartbreaking plea to have a mom and a dad. His life wasn’t an easy one, he and his younger brother Braison, who got adopted last year, spent many years under the care of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services and in group homes.
“I hope one of y’all pick me,” he told KFOR. “I would just like to have a family to call mom and dad, or just mom, or just dad, I don’t really care.”
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At the moment, Christopher Marlowe, the child welfare specialist in charge of finding Jordan permanent home, is reviewing around 10,000 applications in order to narrow down the number and find the perfect family for Jordan.
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“I’m in the process of reading through those profiles to select a family to try to move forward with,” he said. They are also hoping to find a family near Braison’s so that the brothers who are very close could spend time together. “His brother’s adoptive family has been agreeable to that and even if things go well, they said they would be willing to take them out on day passes so they could spend some good quality time together,” Marlowe said.
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The specialist believes that Jordan would be able to move in into a new home within a few months. The boy is not aware of his viral fame and has no idea how many hearts he touched.
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Nothing in this world is cuter than a baby’s smile so it doesn’t come as a surprise that videos of babies laughing are the most watched there are.
One mother who adopted a loving baby girl with Down Syndrome was so enchanted by her daughter’s charming smile that she decided to share a video of her on the National Down Syndrome Adoption Network’s Facebook page. It doesn’t come as a surprise that the video was seen by thousands of people and received a bunch of likes and comments.
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The little one was adopted by a family in Texas who love her unconditionally. It takes a big heart to open the doors to your heart and home to a special child. Well, while some see Down Syndrome as a form of disability, the truth is that these people are just like any normal person out there. Most of them get to go to school, find a job, and start a family on their own. Today, things are different and these people are well accepted by the society.
Baby H, as her family referred to her in the video, is now eight months old. She could be seen bursting into a laughter when mom asks her some questions.
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What’s most, H’s mom says her baby girl can do the smile on cue. “Ohh I adore your new grin! That is the prettiest! Can you show me again?” to what the cutie pie smiles over and over again.
Honestly, this video is a must watch. It will definitely make your day so make sure you check it out below.
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Being one of the most famous TV show hosts and someone whose life goal is to help others makes Dr P.hil a one-of-a-kind celebrity.
He started his career when he offered his valuable advice to ordinary people on The Oprah Winfrey Show. In fact, it was Oprah who taught him a lot about what it truly takes to be successful in the world of show business. “I often say I’m the first graduate from Oprah University, and that’s a pretty great place to learn how to do television,” our favorite doctor says.
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He also spoke of the impact Oprah had not only on his career but his personal life as well. On one occasion, he said, “She told me something personally that really meant a lot to me. She said ’use the media, don’t let the media use you,’. And she said ’if you don’t feel like interacting with everybody, just don’t go out there. You gotta have the energy to go out there and be nice to everybody, or just don’t go out there.’ And she was really right about that.”
Robin was a friend of his sister and he first saw her in his home. “The first thing he said was ’who are you?’ Not a great game,” Robin recalled in an interview with Yahoo. ”I was going back to school and looking for love was the last thing I had on my mind at the time,” Dr. Phil added.
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They started dating and got married on August 14, 1976. Some years later, they welcomed their boys Jay and Jordan in their life. Speaking of his marriage, Dr. Phil told Us Weekly, “I always tell people that the formula for a good relationship is that it’s based on a solid friendship. We’re really good friends.”
Dr. Phil and Robin’s life was blessed with grandchildren who make their world complete. Their son Jay and wife Erica have two children, Avery and London. The proud grandparents share a lot of photos of the little ones and people can’t help but notice that they both resemble their granddad Phil a lot.
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“They are amazing parents,” Jay said of Phil and Robin. “And amazing grandparents,” Erica added. “To see Dr. Phil be such a soft and loving grandfather is so fun, and Robin always makes the kids feel like they are the center of the universe. They are a special part of the kids’ lives.”
Even more great news were shared by the grandparents who are not eagerly waiting the arrival of their third grandchild, first from their younger son Jordan. “We are so proud of you and Morgan! Another grandbaby, yay!,” Dr. Phil wrote on Instagram.
Dr. Phil McGraw is a family man who believes the most important thing is life is spending quality time with the members of the family.
“I always tell people to make time for each other. whether it’s a date night or an hour through the day,” the author of a number of best-selling books said. “The stranger that feels, the further you’ve drifted away from what brought the two of you together. You need to remember and focus on why you feel in love with that person, to begin with. If you wake up everyday and ask yourself, ‘What can I do today to make my spouse’s life better?’ It’ll change the course of your [relationship].
“It doesn’t have to be something big. You don’t have to go buy them a diamond ring. You don’t have to go buy them a set of golf clubs. It could be a little note in their pocket. It could be something simple. ‘What can I do today to make things better?’”
We have witnessed many times how the onscreen chemistry between actors working on a set side by side has quickly been brought into their private life. Take the most famous, now ex, couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie for example. When the two filmed Mr. and Mrs. Smith together in 2004, Pitt was still married to lovely Jennifer Aniston, but that didn’t stop the Hollywood heartthrob from falling in love with sex icon Jolie thus giving the world “Brangelina,” one of most popular couples in the entire world.
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“Because of the film, we ended up being brought together to do all these crazy things, and I think we found this strange friendship and partnership that kind of just suddenly happened. I think a few months in I realized, ‘God, I can’t wait to get to work.’ … Anything we had to do with each other, we just found a lot of joy in it together and a lot of real teamwork. We just became kind of a pair,” Jolie told People in 2006.
The two stayed together for 12 years and are parents to Angelina’s three adopted children Maddox, Zahara and Pax, and their three biological children, Shiloh and twins Vivienne and Knox.
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The news of Jolie’s pregnancy was huge and caused media frenzy. Paparazzi followed the couple’s every step as the whole world was anticipating for the couple’s first child to be brought into the world. Magazines were offering $1 million for an exclusive photo of the child who was a celebrity even before being born.
New York magazine wrote at the time, “Not since Jesus has a baby been so eagerly anticipated.”
Shiloh was born May 27, 2006, and Pitt and Jolie sold the photo of her for whooping $14 million, money they donated to UNICEF.
”While we celebrate the joy of the birth of our daughter, we recognise that 2 million babies born every year in the developing world die on the first day of their lives. These children can be saved, but only if governments around the world make it a priority,” the couple said in a statement.
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Shiloh, who would be 16 soon, has practically been under the spotlight since forever.
She seems to have inherited the best from her famous parents and looks gorgeous. However, something about her caused a stir among fans; the way she dressed. She even asked from her parents and siblings to call her John instead of her real name.
During an interview with Oprah, dad Pitt confessed, ”She only wants to be called John. John or Peter. So it’s a Peter Pan thing. So we’ve got to call her John” He then added, ‘Shi, do you want …’ – ‘John. I’m John.’ And then I’ll say, ‘John, would you like some orange juice?’ And she goes, ‘No!’ So, you know, it’s just that kind of stuff that’s cute to parents, and it’s probably really obnoxious to other people.”
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Jolie also spoke of her daughter’s wish to dress as a boy and told Vanity Fair, “She wants to be a boy. So we had to cut her hair. She likes to wear boys’ everything. She thinks she’s one of the brothers.”
Neither Pitt nor Jolie, however, seemed to have a problem with this. They supported their girl in whatever she chose to be.
Jolie said it was a bit hard for her not to call her Shiloh any longer as that name was of great significance to her, but she respected the girl’s will.
“It was a name my parents almost named their first child — there was a miscarriage: Shiloh Baptist. Because my father had been shooting in Georgia and that was the most southern name [my parents] could come up with,” Jolie said of the name she originally gave her daughter.
After the couple split, they have arranged custody rules which seem to be working well so all the kids get to spend time with their mom and their dad. Both Pitt and Jolie are devoted parents who would always go an extra mile for their kids’ well being.
”Brad is so proud of Shiloh and who she has become. He loves that she always stays true to herself and is so good to her brothers and sisters,” source told ET, adding the two are very close.
Jolie, who is considered a feminist that girls look up to, spoke of the importance of women on the International Women’s Day, saying: “I have spent the last two months in and out of surgeries with my eldest daughter [Zahara], and days ago watched her younger sister [Shiloh] go under the knife for hip surgery. So my wish on this day is that we value girls. Care for them. And know that the stronger they grow, the healthier they will be and the more they will give back to their family and community.”
Back in 2021, Shiloh left the world in awe after she appeared alongside her famous mother for the premiere of Marvel’s “Eternals” wearing her mom’s Dior gown that Angelina wore at a press conference for a Maleficent: Mistress of Evil event in 2019. Shiloh grew her hair, which was in a bun, and looked amazingly beautiful.
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For the Rome premiere, Shiloh opted for a little black dress she paired with yellow and black snickers.
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Birthday parties are special occasions that celebrate life. These days are especially important for young children and teenagers who are looking forward to having the time of their life with all their friends by their side. Parents on the other hand would do anything for this memorable day that marks the end of the 365 day journey filled with amazing moments, and the start of another one, to be flawless.
One mother from Pennsylvania decided to throw a party for her daughter’s sixth birthday at Applebee’s and as the night was coming to an end, the waitress approached and announced something that left Jolie Welling in complete awe.
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Six-year-old Sofia was eager for the day of her birthday to arrive because that meant a huge party, lots of smiley faces dancing to their favorite music, fancy food, and lots of cupcakes. Sounds pretty much like a perfect day in a kid’s life. But this sweet festivity had a different ending than that of most other kids’.
“We had drinks, appetizers, full-course meals,” Jolie recalled of the celebratory event. “We brought our own dessert — we had cupcakes — but that’s pretty expensive right there,”
said the mother, referring to the bill. But the night was rounded off by the sudden announcement that surprised the family.
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“(The waitress) came over and announced to the table that an anonymous person paid our whole tab, and we were like, ‘What? Who?’ She was like, ‘I can’t tell you, they want to be anonymous,’ and I was like, ‘Oh my goodness,’” Jolie said. “The next thing, when we finally realized it, we started tearing up.”
Never in their wildest dreams did they think a complete stranger would give them such a generous present. It’s a day this family will never forget. Jollie said, “Life is so complicated as it is, and you just work and work and work and struggle, and you try to enjoy every moment you can, and having my 6-year-old see that someone did this act of kindness really shows her that there are good people in this world.”
We will add that because of people like this kind-hearted stranger, the world becomes a better place. Sharing is caring, and as long as we do good for others we’ll be able to experience true happiness.
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Being a parent is one of the most demanding jobs. Most moms and dads don’t have it easy, especially when their children are still very young.
One mom, Lucy Hatami, shares a story that is very touching. One day, she decided to have breakfast outside together with her 8-month-old baby. However, the little one started crying all of a sudden and she couldn’t calm him down. Some of the people sitting on the tables next to her started starring at her when a young man said, “I wish she’d shut that thing up!”
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Lucy felt bad and just as she prepared to answer back, the young man’s father stood up for her and did something incredible. He gave his son a clip around the ear and said, “What, and you think you were perfect? You were a right little sod. Now stop being a brat, go up there and apologize to her and offer to get her breakfast as she clearly has her hands full.”
This restored Lucy’s faith in humanity. She was glad the father tried to teach his son a lesson on what was right.
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She said she was glad that even after 20 or more years, that man remembered how difficult and demanding it was to have a little baby to take care of.
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Once Lucy shared her experience, a huge number of people were quick to praise the father of the young man.
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Multiple people were hit in the shooting at Geneva Presbyterian Church in the Laguna Woods area of Orange County with one losing his life trying to protect those of others.
The man killed during the tragic incident is well-respected doctor John Cheng who was a valuable member of the community, a husband, and a father of two.
#New The person killed during shooting inside Taiwanese church lunch banquet yesterday is Dr. John Cheng of Laguna Niguel. He leaves behind a wife, two children. The @OCSheriff says Dr. Cheng “took heroic actions that day,” charged the suspect, tried to take gun away @NBCLApic.twitter.com/KmFJfWwhm4
Five other people were wounded, and the number could be much bigger had it not been for Dr. Cheng who bravely charged at the gunman, allowing others to seek cover.
“Without the actions of Cheng, there is not doubt there would be numerous additional victims,” the Sheriff’s department told the media. A number of people who witnessed the tragic shooting gave testament to the brave actions of Dr. Cheng.
“This was a politically motivated hate incident, a grievance that this individual had between himself and the Taiwanese community,” Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes shared with the media.
The shooter was later identified as David Chou, who was arrested and charged for the murder of Dr. Cheng and attempted murder of five other people who were seriously injured.
FBI representative Kristi Johnson believes that the shooting was motivated by “some type of hate,” and authorities say the shooting was pre planned as Chou nail shut the doors of the church trying to prevent the people to escape.
District Attorney Todd Spitzer said of Cheng’s actions, “He sacrificed himself so others could live.”
We are so very sorry for the loss of such a brave and respected man as Dr. John Cheng. Our thoughts and prayers go to the grieving family.
“Dr. Cheng is an inspiring hero at such time and the ultimate example of courage, sacrifice for others and love to his fellow human beings,” one person writes, and we agree that this man showed the courage not many would. Sadly, it cost him his life.
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This woman’s life story is so incredible it resembles a movie plot.
Rosalinda was a young woman in her twenties who lived a quiet life and was married. Little did she know, however, that her days would change forever after one of the neighbors came knocking on her door asking for a favor. The woman asked Rosalinda is she could look after her son for an hour or two while she went shopping. Rosalinda agreed.
As hours passed by, she realized her neighbor wasn’t coming back. All of a sudden, Rosalinda was left with a young child to care for.
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As she and her husband were told that she couldn’t have children, she saw this as a blessing in disguise.
“That little boy stayed with me through my marriage that I’ve spoken about before until he was 18 when he found his dad and left to start a new life.”
Although the boy she raised as her own son left her home, Rosalinda knew she could become a foster parent and help other children. Over the years, she fostered many kids who found themselves in the system, and that led to her adopting her daughter Lola.
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Rosalinda shared her story on TikTok where she has a lot of followers, around 85K. Lola appears in some of her mom’s videos too.
“I decided to become a foster parent. My first foster child was a little boy called Adeola. Over the years I’ve fostered many children and that led up to me getting my daughter,” she shared in a video. “She [Lola] came to me in mid May 1990, such a beautiful little baby, such beautiful eyes and she’s been with me ever since.”
Many of her followers praise Rosalinda for her dedication to all the foster children who were part of her life. “Wow, you had a very long and a very good life as it sounds,” one person wrote.
Today, Rosalinda is 70. Although she never had children on her own, she helped change the lives of many for the better.
She truly is a very special person with a heart of gold.
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Is there anything cuter than young kids being told they are taking a trip to an amusement park? Their hearts start bouncing the moment they hear the magical word “Disneyland.” Wow, all those captivating stories of Snow White and the dwarfs, Aladdin and his magic lamp, brave Moana, or the Beauty and the Beast unfolding in front of the sparkling eyes of the tiny humans is a sight to remember.
However, for one family, the trip to the “Happiest Place on Earth” turned out to be even more special than expected, and the reason aren’t all the fun things they got to do, but something quite different and unanticipated.
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The boy was looking forward to the trip to the magical world of Walt Disney, not only because of his most beloved characters, but for the thrilling and exciting rides too. This place has been making children’s wishes come true since 1955, when the park was first built.
But, no matter how excited he was, he was still feeling a bit blue because one of his most important persons wasn’t there to share all the fun with. The boy’s father was in the Navy and five months out of his hometown and away from the family.
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The family made sure they take lots of pictures from the boy so that he remembers this very special day forever. There was magic all around him, but the real surprise was yet to be revealed.
As he was standing still and posing, a man approached the boy from behind. He was wearing a Navy uniform and squatted behind him. At that moment, the kid turned around and said “Daddy!”
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The next thing we know is that the two embraced each other firmly and had huge grins on their faces. This was a very exceptional father-son moment that melted the hearts of the onlookers, who greeted them with loud applause.
The dad said “I’m home” and they hugged and kissed each other again. Being separated for so long was difficult for both the father and his family, and now that they were together again they could have the most memorable days of their life in the world of enchantment.
It’s a beautiful homecoming surprise that requires a tissue or two.
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If having a sibling makes you rich, just imagine having a twin.
The bond between twins is created before they are born. Unlike other babies, they have a friend and a companion even in the womb and that makes their relationship kind of special.
Getting used to the presence of their twin sibling in their life, most twins can’t imagine spending time separated.
Just look at these two lovely newborn babies. They got to hang out while they were still developing and once out and having a plenty of space, they still choose to be close to one another and cuddle as they did even before being welcomed into this world.
It’s obvious they love being next to each other and enjoy every second as they are calm and have cute smiles on their faces.
They only open their tiny eyes for a second when their mommy gets closer with the camera.
Seeing them enjoy while cuddle is a real pleasure that fills our heart with joy. We are so happy the proud parents decided to share the video with the world.
People went crazy over the video the moment Uniland posted it on their Facebook page. It was seen more than 22 million times, and many people couldn’t help by share it and comment on it.
However, as it turned out, the video was an old one and the twins are now toddlers. Learning of this, people were curious to see how they look like now and whether they love each other as much as the day one.
The twin girls’ names are Sofia and Sara and they are as cute and as adorable as when they were tiny babies.
Their parents post photos and videos of them on the Instagram account Tobon_twins.
Lovely Sofia and Sara love posing and traveling. They have visited many places in Europe so far and have lots of fun with their parents. The family lives in Florida, U.S.
Looking at the beautiful family, I wish I had twins too. That way, I would know my children will have a friend for life.
Not only they all look very nice, but the little girls wearing same outfits and a bunch of fancy accessories make people turn their heads around and go ‘aww.’
The parents, Juan Carlos and Juliana Tobon have successful careers as real-estate professionals and spend a lot of time working, but they always find the time to be around their girls who make them the happiest parents on Earth.
Finding the balance between the career and the family life is something many people struggle to achieve, but it looks like these dedicated parents know just the way on how to do it.
We wish them a fulfilling life and lots of happy moments and smiles.
Take a look at the heartwarming video below, it will definitely make your day.
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During the collision, an 18-month-old toddler was ejected from one of the cars which was left hanging over the guardrail and fell into the Assawoman Bay. Luckily, an angel in the form of an onlooker who found themselves at the scene came to the rescue. The good Samaritan jumped 25 feet off bridge and into the bay and saved the little one’s life, WJZ reports.
According to Rob Korb, who works at the fire department, the rescuer initiated CPR on the toddler before both of them were taken to land by a nearby boater. The child was transported by Maryland State Police Aviation Command to John’s Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore. The rest of the people who were involved in the crash were as well hospitalized.
The heroic person was Jonathan Bauer who got to tell the story of the rescue himself. As it turned out, he and his daughter were both at the scene when they heard tires screech. “Then [he saw] the truck swaying back and forth like someone was losing control and trying to overcompensate,” he said during a press conference.
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When Bauer managed to release himself from his car which got stuck among the rest of the cars, a person pointed towards the water. “He just pointed down at the water and when I looked over I saw the car seat and then about six feet away from the car seat was a little girl,” Bauer said.
“She was on her back, completely floating, head completely out of the water, arms moving, legs kicking, and a little pink dress.”
When Bauer’s daughter saw him jumping, she described it as “the scariest moment of her life.”
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Luckily, everything turned for the best at the end. Bauer managed to safe the girl and both of them were later taken to a shore by a boat.
“Jonathan’s truly a humble hero and that’s what makes this even more special than it already was,” Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan said, as per Ocean City Today.
“This is a day of thank-yous. This was a really tragic accident … the ending of the story is everyone is okay, and they’re okay because of everyone in this room.”
If you want to learn more of this incredible rescue, check out the video below.
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Over the years, NCIS became one of the most beloved shows on TV and the cast members turned into household names.
Some of the actors left the show after some time and others joined in, making it intense and somewhat unpredictable. It revolves around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service combining elements of the military drama and police procedural genres.
The main character, who gave the show a soul, Mark Harmon, decided to leave it after whooping 18 seasons, though producers said the doors are always open if he ever decides to return. Another much-loved character who is no longer part of NCIS is that of but-kicking detective Ziva David, portrayed by beautiful Cote de Pablo. As she departed from the series, another character was introduced, that of Special Agent Ellie Bishop, played by Emily Wickersham.
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As a child, Wickersham wasn’t interested in acting, but over time, it came naturally to her. According to her, while growing up, she was into sports and was somewhat of a “tomboy.”
She enrolled at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, but decided to drop out after two years. It was then that she decided to take up acting classes. “Then I was in New York – just kind of living in the city, not really knowing what I was going to do – and I started taking acting classes because I felt like, ‘If I’ve dropped out of college, I should probably do something worthwhile and challenge myself,’” she told CBS.
“Before that, acting had not been on my radar at all.
“I [loved it right away]. I mean, I found it challenging,” she added. “It was hard for me because at first, I didn’t really know what I was doing. But with acting, you get the bug; it’s intoxicating. I started getting smaller roles, TV and film auditions and didn’t want to stop.”
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One of her first ever roles was a minor one in the popular series The Sopranos. The experience made her fall in love with acting and that was the start of her career. Later on, she appeared in The Gamekillers, Gardener of Eden, and made a guest appearance on Criminal Minds.
It was in 2013 that Wickersham’s agents told her to audition for the role of Ellie Bishop on NCIS. The audition was a success and she was offered the role.
Speaking of taking part in the series, the actress confessed she was nervous at first because the rest of the cast worked together for so long.
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“I was nervous in the beginning. Coming onto a show where this tight-knit cast has worked together for 10, 11 years was intimidating. Nerve-racking,” she told CBS. The fact that each of the episodes was watched by millions was overwhelming by itself.
“Yeah, so that was scary. But it’s been fun, and the cast has been so sweet and welcoming. They made it a pleasant transition for me. I hope it was easy on their end.
“I try not to read some of the stuff online, but for the most part, I feel like people have embraced the character in a much more positive way than I expected. People were very attached to Ziva! I wasn’t replacing her, but it was scary to come into that. People are crazy about the show. [We] have such wonderful fans,” Wickersham added.
The cast accepted Wickersham as one of them from the very first moment. Harmon said that her name was painted on a parking space from the first day she arrived.
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The 38-year-old actress was part of NCIS for eight years. Then, after 172 episodes, she decided her time on NCIS was over in 2021. She never spoke of the reasons behind her decision but said that she was “hanging her hat and jacket up.”
“What a great ride it’s been,” she wrote on Instagram. “This cast, this crew, are top-notch. I can’t say enough kind words about this group that I’ve had the pleasure of working with for close to eight years now and 172 episodes later.”
She added she was lucky to be part of such a show. “A moment in time I surely won’t forget. Thank you, CBS and ‘NCIS’ for including me in a part of television history. Time goes fast.”
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Wickersham tends to keep her life private. What we know of her is that she and her boyfriend James Badge Dale welcomed their first son, Cassius, on December 31, 2021. “Welcome to the world Cassius Wickersham Dale,” she wrote on Instagram. “Just in time to join the party to ring in the New Year. You are more than [James], and I could ever have imagined. We are so in love with you.”
Wickersham’s boyfriend is an actor himself best known for his role in the classic Martin Scorsese film The Departed.
In the past, Wickersham was married to singer Blake Anderson Hanley. The two were together for eight years before calling it a quits. She never spoke of her divorce, but Hanley did open up about their failed marriage in an interview with CBS and said, “Coming home after such a long time, it felt odd. I had gone through a lot of heartbreak. With everything I’ve gone through, it has been a year… it has been a journey.”
We are glad Wickersham is doing great in life but we sure miss her on NCIS.
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This is a story that speaks about the true face of love, the one which is pure to the core and makes the world go round. We are so glad the writer decided to share what he witnesses with “Love What Matters” and with all of us. This is so deep.
Today, I witnessed a story of love. Not the type of love shared by young people who are half full of passion, topped off with hormones. It was not the type of dewy love experienced by newlyweds who are enthralled with the idea of exclusive devotion and the happily ever after.
In such a world as ours, where vows are broken as quickly as the downing of a gavel, what I saw today was a rarity, a diamond exquisite in design.
Today I saw a man, a broken man, standing vigil over his most prized possession. Here was love personified.
When he walked into the room his steps were faulty, but his determination was undaunted. His eyes were fixed upon his destination at the front of the room. A steel grey casket sat under the colored lights. Half of its lid was propped open; the closed half held a spray of vivid, mix-matched flowers adorned with ribbons which read the words “wife” and “mother.”
Upon approaching and without pause, he leaned down and kissed her painted lips, his frail body trembling to keep upright.
So gentle and soft came his words to her. Surely these words were spoken innumerable times, but this time it was shrouded in finality.
“I know you can’t hear me,” he whispered. “But, I love you.”
And his tears fell.
Family visitation was not scheduled for another hour or so, but he had come early. He wouldn’t squander these last few hours. For over 60 years she had been by his side, but it still wasn’t enough. Not near enough.
So, he pulled up a chair and they sat.
A cane on his right side, his deceased wife on his left, he sat sidled up to the casket for nearly an hour. He rubbed her arms and patted her hands. It was if he was comforting her, but the truth was, he was comforting himself.
It didn’t seem to bother him that her skin was cold, her body stiff and rigid; nor did it bother him that she didn’t respond to the words he whispered. Strange as it seemed, this could have been a normal scene from any given evening within their home. Except for the plethora of lavish flora and small gifts sent by sympathetic friends, this scenario seemed completely normal.
When family began to trickle in, he was still sitting there, holding her hand, stroking her hair.
“She looks good, doesn’t she?”
he asked when his children approached. Everyone agreed. And they cried.
For nearly five hours he stayed nearby, exhausted, spent, until his body demanded he retire and his mind pleaded for respite.
This man, this devoted man, had shown more grace in his time of grief than many do in times of plenty. I stood by in awe, watching faithfulness on display.
Never had I seen a man so broken, robbed of his happiness by the curse of death. I wondered as I watched him, what would he do tomorrow and the day after that? Today was the easy part. Today she was still here, lying beside him, able to be touched or seen or kissed. Tomorrow, after she is laid deep in the ground, and he returns to their home, what then?
Her things will still be there – the smell of her skin, scribbled grocery lists, her favorite chair, leftovers in the fridge, their bed. Their bed. How does one sleep alone after 59 years of lying next to your best friend? I can’t imagine ever sleeping again.
Today, I witnessed a story of love. And I shall witness it again tomorrow when the story finally ends, and the stage is empty, and the lights go dark.
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Dogs are loyal creatures, remaining by their owners’ side through thick and thin. Dogs have been found lying alongside wee ones who have wandered off and been reported missing; they’ve kept vigil near a soldier-owner’s casket.
Sadie is no different. This 13-year-old border collie-dalmatian-shepherd cross was adopted by her human parents when she was eight weeks old.
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But when her human dad suddenly passed, it truly devastated her. Sadie’s human mom Julia Beaulieu said when emergency workers ceased working on her husband at their home, their pup walked up to him, laid down beside him and nudged his hand with her nose.
Not only did Julia struggle with the unexpected passing of her husband, but so did Sadie. The dog would stand at the window, waiting for her owner to pull in the drive just like always.
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Sadie even stopped eating for 10 long days and lost 10 pounds. So when Julia planned her husband’s memorial service, she decided to include Sadie.
Julia thought it was in Sadie’s best interests to bid goodbye to her loved one in person. At the visitation, Sadie walked up to the casket with Julia, stood on her hind legs and peered in.
Julia said her dog had a look of shock on her face, seemingly almost puzzled by what she was seeing. Then Sadie visibly relaxed and remained by her mom’s side.
Jeremy May of Elements Cremation, which organized the memorial service, said that pets are family and as such, more and more people are bringing their four-legged loved ones to visitations and other services. They snapped the heartfelt photo and shared it to demonstration how beautiful the bond is between humans and dogs.
“This photo has touched us so deeply at Elements Cremation, Pre-planning & Burial, and we and the family want to share it with you. This photograph captures a special moment between a man, his wife and their best friend. She had recently lost her dear husband to a sudden heart attack and wanted to see him one last time to say goodbye … After the death, she showed signs of depression, would not eat and waited for him to come home every day. The wife believed that Sadie could also benefit from saying goodbye and getting closure herself, and she was right!”
After returning home from the memorial service, Sadie walked in the door of her home and ate her first meal. Seeing her loved one just one last time apparently gave the dog the closure she needed.
What a sorrowful yet beautiful story that Julia and Elements Cremation has shared. May they find peace together in the years to come.
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Speaking of incredible stories, the following is probably the most remarkable of all. And as it is not entirely unusual for different species to make good friends, such as cats and dogs, seeing a predator getting affectionate with a herbivore does sound impossible.
The elders of one Pakistani village were concerned for the safety of the children as one leopard was spotted walking through the streets and then running to the outskirt of the village. Although seeing leopards in this part of the country isn’t that unusual, they don’t really get close to where humans live. So, in an attempt to protect themselves, the villagers contacted Animals Asia Foundation and plead for help.
The organization’s staff decided to step in and help. They, however, were intrigued as to why the leopard would visit one specific house every night, that of the village headman. The answer stunned them.
After setting up cameras, they discovered that the leopard was visiting one particular cow. The footage shows the two animals hugging, licking one another, and even sleeping by each other’s side.
While the rest of the cows could be seen trembling with fear, this one cow has been overly excited to have the wild animal by her side.
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Once the photos and the video of the incredible encounter were shared online, the story caught the attention of millions of people from all around the world.
However, after the leopard sensed he was tracked down by humans, he stopped visiting the cow and was nowhere to be seen for a couple of months. Then, all of a sudden, he came back to see his friend once again, and that was it.
The only logical explanation behind this unusual friendship is that the leopard was left without a mother as a cub and found shelter by the cow’s side. The cow probably nursed him and didn’t see him as a threat because he was still a tiny baby when she first met him, so her maternal instinct kicked in.
Honestly, you really need to see this with your own eyes in order to believe it. Check out the video below and don’t forget to SHARE it with your family and friends on Facebook! It has been seen nearly 7 million times in less than a month. So worth watching!
Handsome, extremely successful, and very much grounded, Matt Damon is loved by many. Despite his celeb status, he lives quite a private life with wife Luciana Damon.
Ever since he first appeared on TV, Damon captured the hearts of millions. With a number of awards under his belt, including an Oscar for Best Screenplay for the movie Good Will Hunting, Damon has been part of some great projects over the years. Some of the films he played in, among the rest, are Saving Private Ryan, The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Departed, Ocean’s trilogy, The Martian. He is one of the highest-grossing actors of all time.
Besides being a huge name in Hollywood, Damon is at the same time a family man and a devoted husband and father.
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Some 17 years ago, he met his wife and love of his life. Their encounter was a serendipitous one.
Speaking to Ellen DeGeneres, the actor said: “I’m so happy now; I’m so lucky. I hit the jackpot with my wife.”
During the filming of Stuck on You in Miami, Damon was “dragged” to a bar by his friends. He wasn’t willing to go but agreed eventually and that turned to be the best decision of his life.
“We were supposed to shoot in Hawaii, then the movie got moved to Miami. I’d never really hung out in Miami, then one night in the middle of the shoot a couple of the guys said they were going to get a beer somewhere and I said ‘I’m not really interested’ but they dragged me along and we ended up in a bar where my wife was a bartender and I literally saw her across a crowded room,” he explained.
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In a rare interview with Vogue Magazine, Luciana also recalled the first time she and Matt Damon met.
“But he had started getting recognized and asked for pictures and autographs,” she started her story.
“And then it got kind of aggressive because people are drinking and stuff, and so he came and hid behind my bar … [wanting to] just hang out back there and have a drink. He says ‘oh I saw you and I really wanted to talk to you’.”
“So I put him to work with me! I said: ‘you know, if you’re going to be back here, you can’t just be standing there!’ He had trained as a bartender for a film years before, so he started making drinks. And he made me a ton of money in tips that night, because of course everyone wanted to go and see him. So it turned into a really fun night.”
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They tied the knot in 2005 in a private civil ceremony at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau.
At the time they met, Luciana was already a mom to daughter Alexia whom she had from a previous relationship. She and Damon have three daughters together, Isabelle, Gia, and Stella.
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Although he is quite busy filming, his family always comes first. Damon revealed that the longest he’s been separated from his wife and daughters was three weeks, and they have this two-week rule where they try not to be apart for more than that. In case a project requires more time, he takes the family with him.
“Every decision to make a movie is really up for to the family. If it is going to be too disruptive, I just can’t do it,” he said, as per the Daily Mail. “Sometimes it is an adventure. Last year I went to China for six months and it was a big family trip and that was awesome.”
He believes that he’s not a hot topic for magazines because he’s just a middle-aged married guy with four kids. “So as long as that narrative doesn’t change too much, there’s no appetite for it. If I’m not jumping up and down on a bar, or lighting something on fire, or cheating on my wife, there’s not really any story to tell,” he told Esquire.
Matt Damon is perfect in every way.
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We never know how much time we have left on Earth, so all the planning we do in life can easily go down the drain when we hear news that have the power to break us in a million pieces.
Audrey was a single mother of three who believed she had a long and happy life ahead of her. Sadly, she started feeling ill out of nowhere. She knew she had to go to the hospital, but she was worried about letting her kids stay at home alone while the doctors were running the tests. So, this mother decided to ask her neighbors, Tish and Kevin Beauchmin, to keep an eye on them. Tisha, who is a mother of five herself, said yes, even though the two weren’t really close and didn’t know each other very well.
Unfortunately, Audrey was diagnosed with a terminal stage two oesophageal and stomach cancer.
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This brave woman wasn’t afraid for her life, but she couldn’t stop thinking about what would happen to her kids after she’s gone. That bothered her more than the illness itself.
After contemplating for a long time, she asked Tisha and her husband whether they would agree to be her children’s legal guardians. This request came out of the blue because the two were just neighbors who’d wave hi at each other every now and then, and that was it. With so many commitments and their kids, they never had a chance to become close friends.
Despite all this, Tisha agreed. Raising eight children would be the ultimate struggle, but how could she say no to a dying mother?
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These people did the unthinkable, they stepped in and let Audrey leave this world knowing her children will be taken good care of. Is there anything more a mother could ask for?
What’s most, they did all that aware their living conditions weren’t the best. In order for them to be able to adopt the kids legally, they needed to provide them with a better home, one where every one of them would have a separate bed. As the place was cramped, some of them were sleeping on makeshifts beds placed whenever there was space.
One of the neighbors who was aware of everything the family was going through, Elizabeth Thames, decided to get involved and help as much as she could. She wrote a letter to FOX5 Surprise Squad explaining the life story of these two families which ended up living together.
The FOX5 Surprise Squad paid this loving family a visit once they heard of their selfless act. In no time, the Beauchmin’s home was transformed into the perfect place, both from inside and out. On top of that, they received a year’s worth of free groceries and a brand new vehicle.
“It’s just really overwhelming that someone would do this for me and for my family,” Tisha said. “I didn’t do anything too special. I did what anyone in my shoes would have done.”
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We are very sad for Audrey’s fate. She didn’t get to spend more time with those she loved the most and this whole story teaches us that we should live our lives to the fullest because we never know when the final goodbye is.
Below is one of the most emotional videos that speaks about compassion and humanity and is worth a thousand words.
Every expecting mother wonders what her child will look like. Will the little bundle of joy resemble a family member, or they will be simply beautiful in their own, unique way? Well, that’s not even important as long as the baby is born healthy.
Little baby boy Bence from Székesfehérvár, Hungary, was welcomed into the world in 2015. But he wasn’t like most babies. Sweet Bence was born with snow-white hair so doctors and nurses at the hospital called him Prince Charming during his stay. However, no matter how cute Bence looked, his parents were worried that something could be wrong with him and wanted to know the reason behind his long and white hair.
Doctors suspected he had a condition known as albinism, a congenital disorder which results in complete or partial absence of pigment in the skin, hair and eyes. After thorough research, it was determined baby Bence didn’t have albinism but he did have low melanin, which caused his hair to be of that distinctive color.
Despite the hair, which worried his parents at first, baby Bence was a perfectly normal and healthy baby. Doctors said that over time, his hair will probably get darker. ”It is rather a local and likely a temporary pigment shortage, the hair of the boy might get darker in a couple of years,” they explained.
Bence’s parents were relieved and never assumed that the photos of their Prince Charming would gather such attention. Millions of people have seen little Bence and they all agree he was the cutest boy ever.
You can take a look at the story in the video below. Make sure you share it with your friends.
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“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes it’s the quiet voice at the end of the day whispering: I will try again tomorrow.” – Marry Anne Radmacher.
The truth is that life is all about persistence and determination. The more we try, the better we get.
Many times, the odds are against us and we believe there is no way out, but if we want to become the people we’ve always dreamed to be, we should keep going, just like Griffin Furlong, valedictorian at First Coast High School Graduating Class of 2014.
This young man never missed an assignment and graduated as the best student of the class. What many of his friends and classmates didn’t know was that Griffin had been homeless for the last 12 years. During high-school, he was forced to sleep at shelters and other people’s places together with his father and brother. After his mother passed away when he was 7, Griffin’s dad struggled to make ends meet and the family was forced to live on the streets.
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Despite all that, Griffin studied very hard.
Many learned of his struggles through his valedictorian speech. Needless to say, they were shocked. His classmates couldn’t believe how hard Griffin’s life was.
In front of more than 500 people, this young man said that “giving up is not an option.”
“I can’t even count the number of sleepless nights I spent alone on a cold plastic mattress. I cried, internally hoping that my life would soon wash away so I would not have to bear the hardships of a seemingly evil world,” he shared with Good Times.
He then added: “I never gave up, no matter how bad I wanted to. To everyone sitting here before me, do not live a life without purpose. Deep down inside you know you have something to show. So whether you realize it or not, never make excuses, especially when you have a loving family able to give you what you need and want.”
As he was planning to get a degree at Florida State, his girlfriend’s family offered him a room to stay.
“I just want to show that anyone can do it, no matter what you’ve been through. I never want to live that life again, I do everything I do because I don’t want to live like that,” he told ABC News.
Having experienced the homeless life himself, Griffin and his girlfriend plan to start scholarship for others who go through the same struggles in life.
“Just never give up,” Griffin said in an interview with TODAY.com. “Never let anyone tell you that you can’t do something, because I’ve been told that all my life. People would tell me I wasn’t smart enough, and now I’m here at the top of my class.”
This young man is the perfect definition of inspiration. You can hear his speech in the video below.
