No one lives forever, we know that but when death comes suddenly to a loved one it is a painful moment.

That’s what happened to Crissy Naticchia, when she had to bury her husband after he was bitten by a tick.

Crissy’s story starts at the end, describing all the emotions and feelings of the loss her family suffered during this time.

“My son, now a junior in high school, has no father to teach him how to drive, to talk to him about girls, to help him choose a college— nor to see him reach all of these milestones. My husband was all about his family— he did everything for us, unconditionally— which we took for granted like most people do. Now that he is not here, we feel lost and scared and alone.”

Her husband had been working hard at getting healthy and losing weight when suddenly he developed a fever.

In their entire 26 years of marriage, Crissy’s husband had been pretty healthy only getting sick once.  So when his fever continued with no other symptoms, she rushed him to the emergency room.

“He had been having drenching sweats— so bad he would have to change his clothes and bed sheets,” Crissy wrote.

“Urgent care tested his urine and diagnosed him with raging kidney infection, and prescribed him antibiotics. The fever and sweats went away but he still felt weak and not well.”

When her husband got worse and worse with each passing day he decided to leave work and go to the hospital.  In the 12 hours that followed he went from joking to being in the ICU on a ventilator.

All the test came back negative for scarlet fever, strep, meningitis but the doctors determined his liver and kidneys were shutting down.  When Crissy’s husband’s condition continued to get worse, he was transferred to a center that specializes in liver malfunction.

“They set him up on dialysis and they awakened him periodically to make sure his brain was functioning. After two days in this hospital, he was showing signs of respiratory distress and his prognosis was poor.”

Finally, they received a diagnosis. Crissy’s husband was suffering from a Babesia— a tick-borne illness that attacks the red blood cells. Because he did not have a spleen, the infection was particularly severe.

Doctor’s gave Crissy’s husband medication and she left feeling more optimistic than she had in a long time.  Sadly, at 4:30 a.m. the next morning, she got a call urging her to go to the hospital.

“His blood pressure was dropping, and his heart was giving in,” she wrote.

“Within 2 hours, I watched my handsome husband of 23 years pass away.”

Crissy says her husband’s death was a tragedy that could have been prevented.  She is hoping to bring awareness to others on this parasitic infection. Especially those who do not have spleens or are otherwise immuno-compromised.

“I lost the father of my children because he was bitten by a tick and the infection that developed is not widely known. If the doctors were able to diagnose him one, two, or four days earlier, might he have survived? We will never know.”

“If we had been educated, perhaps it might have made a difference.”

It is truly amazing when a human rescues a dog. But sometimes that same time the dog returns the favor and saves the human, that’s called a ‘mutual rescue’

This story is about PJ a recovering addict and his dog Clove.  PJ made a decision to conquer his addiction and that lead him straight to Clove. Clove was at the shelter waiting to be euthanized and this wasn’t the first time she had been there before.  When PJ first saw her she wouldn’t even look at him, but that was about to change…

PJ had decided that part of his recovery was going to be an epic journey of hiking through woods and terrain that he never visited before.  That’s when he discovered that Clove also loved to hike!

She not only looks at him now but she has the love in her eyes that only a dog can express to their human.

PJ ad Clove on one of their hikes in the snow.

Clove loves to hike even in the snow!

Watch the full video below!

On February 13, something strange happened to a South Carolina mother that never happened before.  She never showed up to pick up her two daughters from school. Teachers and administrator were so concerned they called the police.  When the police pulled up to the family home what they found left them numb.

A man broke into the family home and brutally beat the mother.  To make that even worse the man kidnapped the girls 4 year old sister, Heidi.

Officers quickly called the paramedics and the mother was rushed to the hospital where she had emergency surgery.  At the same time authorities began the search for Heidi and her kidnapper.

When the community heard of what happened they joinded the search.  They scoured the area in search of any clues to the little girls wherabouts.  They found nothing.

24 hours later and about 400 miles away a railroad worker noticed something out fo the ordinary.  A car had been parked close to where they were working but it was deep in the woods and off the main road.

The workers quickly alerted police to the suspicious vehicle.

Riverside Police Chief Rick Oliver carefully approached the vehicle. When he got to the car and looked inside there was a man sleeping next to a little girl.  The man turned over the girl but then sped away.

Officer Oliver quickly figured out the little girl was indeed Heidi, the missing little girl everyone was searching for.

Thoma Lawton Evans, was caught and arrested with his prior felony record he will be in prison for a long time to come.

Chief Oliver said that the moment he was able to safely return Heidi to her family was one of the greatest moments of his 20-year law enforcement career.

“This is a blessing,” he said. “It is nothing to do with luck. The good Lord put me in that place.”

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The absolute classic phrase you might have heard is, in the service industry, “The customer is always right”, but as always there are some people out there who prove this wrong!

We all know, those of us who have worked in a service job especially, what this phrase really means, there are some who think that, sadly, they are better than everyone else and insist that they are treated that way, almost like a king or queen, and treat customer service like peasants.

This woman in this story is working at the check-in counter for an airline is not real, but illustrates a really clever way to deal with quite terribly rude people, customers that is! Her retort to a very not so respectful passenger show him his place in a polite and professional way, it also made me howl with laughter!

Go further down this page to read the story and don’t even think twice to share it, the woman retort is completely amazing! The woman at the check-in desk at LaGuardia Airport in New York needs to have a medal for how she dealt with this nasty customer!

Have you ever dealt with an irate customer? This is the one for you guy n gals!

The Southwest Airlines flight, a really busy and full flight was canceled, because of really bad weather, this single agent was re-booking everyone to fly again another time.

Then, all of a sudden a super angry passenger pushed his way to the head of the line…

He slammed his ticket on the table and said rudely:

“I HAVE to be on this flight and it has to be FIRST CLASS.”

The agent said in reply:

“I’m sorry, sir. I’ll be happy to try to help you, but I’ve got to help these folks first, and then I’m sure we’ll be able to work something out.”

This passenger was really not impressed at all!

Loudly, he demanded so all the other passengers could hear:

“DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHO I AM?”

Then the agent smiled and responded in a split-second, by grabbing her public announcement microphone…

She said:

“May I have your attention, please?”

“We have a passenger here at Gate 14 WHO DOES NOT KNOW WHO HE IS.”

“If anyone can help him with his identity, please come to Gate 14.”

The folks who happened to be behind him and hysterical with laughter, the man glared at the woman gritting his teeth…

He said:

“Screw you!”

Without even hesitation the woman said, as she smiled nicely:

“I’m sorry, sir. You’ll have to get in line for that, too.”

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Peace and Love
Bored Daddy

One thing that is never acceptable it bullying, and even though time passes by the sting of a bully can last forever!

A guy from Texas stood in front of a board at a school quite recently to explain just that, the impact of bullying on a child…

The Guy, called Greg Barrett started by explaining that his name, in law is Greg Gay, but that, as he said to the board, he was shamelessly bullied as a child because of that name and was at the receiving and of daily, grueling, bullying!

Greg said:

“I started out and I had teachers that bullied me, I had kids that bullied me, even the coaches. I had nobody to turn to.”

Then he told everyone about one particular day, he sadly remembers it now still it was so awful!

He said:

“One day at lunch, I had my head shoved in a urinal where it busted my lip. I laid on the ground in a fetal position as the kids kicked me”

“I got up, rinsed my face off, I walked out of the lunchroom, walked straight to the principal’s office, and he told me that these kids would grow up someday. They won’t always be like this.”

“But yet, here I am, covered in urine from lying on the ground under the urinal. And they sent me home.”

Greg’s story was a really shocking one, but there was more… He admitted to, that evening, getting his fathers gun, from the drawer where he keeps it, and put it in his mouth and contemplated the worse!

He went on to say:

“Because at this point I had nobody — nobody in the school system — to help me…Is that the way this is going to be?”

Then Greg told all of them all exactly what he meant by pointing to Superintendent Lance Hindt and saying:

“Lance, you were the one that shoved my head into the urinal.”

Then, after Greg made his way straight away from the podium, Lance tried to Laugh it off, he wasn’t convincing!

Greg said, just out of view:

”Do you want to debate? Because I got witnesses that were there when it happened.”

Superintendent Lance Hindt later on then released a statement denying Barrett’s claim!

Lance said, in his statement:

“It was difficult for me to listen to a gentleman Monday night recount a bullying incident he said occurred more than 35 years ago”

“As superintendent in three school districts in Texas, I have always tried to create an environment where every student is safe, physically and emotionally. But when an individual impugns my character and reputation as the instigator of those actions, I am disappointed because it simply is not true.”

He also said that the head of the school would have never have allowed these actions to happen.

The statement finished:

“I do not suggest that Mr. Barrett was not bullied, only that I was not part of it. Bullying is wrong. Period. It was then and it is today,” the statement concluded.”

Another guy, a businessman also came forward and stated that Lance was a bully all through middle school and high school too!

But even with all that the school board blindly stands behind Lance!

Katy ISD board president, Ashley Vann, said:

“The board fully vetted Dr. Lance Hindt before hiring him two years ago …His strong leadership and fulfillment of our vision since then has affirmed our decision. We stand united with Dr. Hindt today.”

Greg said:

“People change. They do stupid stuff when they’re young …I just want him to acknowledge it, say he’s sorry and make some changes so this doesn’t continue to happen.”

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During September 2014 when this 16-year-old, called Anthony Schultz, was jogging down the street, it was a sweltering Arizona night. He was all alone, and he was jogging with all his strength, he really had no clue that a Peoria police officer was observing him.

Watching the teenager from his patrol vehicle, Officer Brandon Sheffert could not get rid of that nagging feeling that something was disturbing with regard to this kid. He detained the boy and tried to have a chat with him, but young boy didn’t want anything to do with the cop.

Brandon said:

“Something about it bugged me because I couldn’t get through to him …He just seemed like there was something going on, and that there was something that was hurtful going on that he wouldn’t say.”

Brandon, who arrived back home to his dear wife, plus two little children, couldn’t get rid of the thought of the disturbed young boy from his mind. For an officer who’s experienced it all, Brandon really did feel compelled to look into the boy’s living circumstances then investigate a bit more about the mysterious teen.

Brandon started by visiting Anthony at his apartment complex, there he discovered that the teen was sharing a 1-bedroom apartment with, can you believe, seven other members of the family.

Brandon said:

“I kept coming over here, talking to him, spending time with him, getting to know him, getting to know the family, understand what’s going on”

Things were still getting a lot worse though. One night, Brandon’s phone rang, Anthony’s overwhelmed mother was on the phone!

She said:

“You need to come take him …I can’t take him anymore.”

Brandon was Taken back with shock, he said:

“I was like, ‘whoa, whoa, whoa. That doesn’t make sense,'”

Without another place to go and no other family to go to either, Brandon and his wife made the decision, it would change his life for the better and forever! They both, to start with agreed that Anthony would live with them for at least a week, while Anthony’s mom got things sorted out!

Alas, things did not get sorted though, when Anthony reached the age of 18, just November last, he still had nowhere at all to live.

Brandon said:

“This kid just keeping getting hit over and over with things that no kid should have to go through”

Brandon and his wife really did something amazing, they took on Anthony into their house and home, just like he was their own son. For the very first time, Anthony had the love, support, and warmth of a healthy and amazing family.

Brandon said:

“We have taken him in as one of our own ..Even my kids say he’s their big brother, and they love it.”

Under the protection of his new found family, Anthony really started to flourish. He stopped stressing about his next meal, and where it would come from would come from, he learned to drive a car too, he even had his own bedroom and got his very first job too.

Anthony really did see some light at the end of the tunnel for the first time. Later this month, he will become the first person in the family in over 30 years to graduate from high school, on time!

Anthony really is very pleased and happy, and thankful too, that everything turned out the way it did…

He said:

“If he weren’t there that night, there would be no one else, in my opinion”

“I don’t think I would be here …I wouldn’t be the person I am, I could be in jail for all I know.”

Anthony is now planning a future in the Army, then anything is possible, he said:

“I feel as though there’s not a lot stopping me, at this point”

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Even in the darkest times, when as a country we seem so divided, it’s evident that there are still hopes and love, glimmers of greatness. This story has just that, a guy called Cody Shugart and Mr. Chip the childhood neighbor.

From the very beginning, when Cody was very little, he felt a real pull to be a father, without his own father figure the road to becoming a father was more than challenging until Mr. Chip came to help!

For years Cody was quiet about the relationship he had with Mr. Chip for tens of years, then one day he posted a photo the guy and his baby boy and it absolutely went viral! But instead of being quiet about it, let it pass and fade away, Cody stood up and spoke out, to say why the photo was so important.

He said:

“So a lot of people like this picture. So I wanted to take a minute to tell the story.

Milton West was my childhood next door neighbor. I knew him as Mr. Chip. He retired from DOW chemical as an operator. He has always been there for me since I was two years old.

Growing up without a father was always difficult for me. But the Good Lord surrounded me with great men — Mr. Chip was one of them.”

“He constantly preached the value of an education, taught me how to take care of a yard. He taught me to see people for who they are, not what they look like. He taught me how to treat my mother like a saint and many other life lessons. His contributions to me becoming a good son, man, and father was huge.

I am forever grateful for God putting him in my life.

So this past May my wife and I had a little boy named Bob Wayne Shugart. When Mr. Chip and his wife Shirley saw him they fell in love with him. They babysit him sometimes and we go and visit when we can. The last time we were over there Mr. Chip said he wants to be called ‘POP.’ He says that’s his grandson.

So we had to come up with a name for his wife. We decided on Lolli!

So we tell Bob Wayne we are going to see Lolli Pop! I’m grateful that Lolli and Pop will be part of my son’s life. If he learns half of the things from Mr. Chip as I did he will become a great son, man, and father.

Every day I read something negative and how race relations are worse than ever. I disagree and I hope this is a positive loving message to many people. This is just one story in little ol’ Victoria, Texas. I’m sure there are millions of similar stories across the United States.”

Cody’s photo really is proof that as long as we are good human beings then we really can get along and love each other, hopefully, Lolli and Pop will still be around for many years to ahead, then Bob Wayne can learn as much from them as his father also did too.

When Cody posted this is circulated like wildfire, in just a few days it was like more than 367,000 times and had more than 122,000 shares too.

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Each day without fail there is a real tragic event that happens, we can ignore it and turn off the Television, even block out and ignore the news, but cops don’t have that luxury at all, they must watch and investigate! There are things that they see that can’t just then be unseen, these officers are constantly exposed to awful events and sights!

This one scene that officers Kristen Miller and Jessica Van, of the Gainesville police, saw was a sight they would remember forever, they were fast thinking and lept into action straight away!

They were doing what was meant to be a routine welfare check on an elderly woman, but the Georgia cops discovered something in the kitchen that made one of the cops head for the door. No one should ever have to see something like this!

We all think of cops as tough as old boots, but to be honest, they are just other human beings like you and me, this encounter with the elderly person had the two cops in tears.

Gainesville Police Department’s Facebook page described what happened:

“Earlier today Officer Kristen Miller responded to a welfare check on a 92-year-old female, her family was worried for her because her electricity and water had been out due to unforeseen circumstances. Officer Miller arrived on scene and found that all the food in the refrigerator had spoiled and she was out of water.”

Most folks are quite capable of looking after themselves, but as they get older, generally, people get less capable of looking after themselves properly, health and mobility reduce over time. But, this case the 92-year-old woman wasn’t even aware of the basic necessities of life anymore!

For the sake of humanity no one should have to live in such a poor condition, the cops were really heartbroken by it, they sprang into action and made sure she had just what she needed and she was taken care of!

“Officer Miller found out that she had no means of transportation and couldn’t make it to the store. Officer Miller and Corporal Jessica Van immediately took action, Cpl Van stayed with the female while Officer Miller went to the store and purchased some consumable items and water with her personal money.”

One of the cops, Officer Miller, went to the shops to get some non-perishables, groceries, Gatorade etc so that the woman would at least have a little energy, some cookies because we all need some comfort food now and again!

The Police Department also said that they are working towards getting Cynthia’s utilities all looked after too. Protecting and caring for the community is a priority, and it really does show too.

“The elderly female and her family were very grateful for Officer Millers selfless act and were glad to have her respond the way she did. This is what 90% of police work is about. We are PROUD to SERVE.”

This is just one tiny little example of the things that the police officers do every moment of the day that just goes unnoticed normally.

The officers really acted out of the kindness of their hearts!

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A Reddit user posted this quite hilariously funny set of pictures of a note that was left in the glove box of her vehicle, as you will see looking at them, this ridiculous note, not surprisingly went completely viral!

The woman whose car it was has a terrible problem, her car endlessly keeps getting stolen, and she absolutely knows it to be the biggest problem for her.

The car gets stolen so much that she decided to do something a little different, thinking out of the box, she typed a note and put it in the glove box of the car, in the case that it was stolen again, wow what an idea!

The note she typed makes a kind request the thief leave the car in a secure area, with her preference being, in the neighborhood so she can get it back…

She had some really awful experiences with towing companies and she would not want to deal with them again, but she prefers that a stranger borrows her car and leaves it safe for her, at least!

Have a read of the note below and see why it’s going viral online:

The note reads like this:

” Hello!

If you’re reading this, you are probably stealing my car. I’m a nice person and likely would have given you a ride, but obviously, we’re past that.

I would love to afford a car that doesn’t get stolen and burglarized all the time, but I’m broke and this is what I’m stuck with. So, you got me. Again.

You’re not going to get into trouble for stealing my car. As long as you don’t f**k around and kill a pedestrian, you’ll just leave this somewhere and go about your business. Nobody investigates this tomfoolery.

One quick favor: please do not leave my car somewhere it will get towed. If I have to deal with one more f**king impound lot holding my stolen shi**y Honda for ransom, I am going to lose my mind. And my car, because I can’t afford to keep bailing it out of car jail. If I had any money I would just go buy a goddamned car that wasn’t constantly getting stolen in the first place…

cont…

Please just leave my old piece of sh*t car in a neighborhood or something. There’s a note in this envelope; just stick it on the dash or under the wiper. A passerby will see it eventually and call me and then I can come get my car. No cops, no questions asked; I’m not even mad at you.

It’s win-win: I don’t have to deal with police reports, insurance claims, and tow trucks, and you don’t have to feel like a jerk for ruining the month of a nice person.

There are countless safe places to leave this thing. Drive the car, take my first aid kit and emergency supplies in the trunk (my stereo is worthless) and just leave this motherf**ker in front of someone’s house when you’re done with it.

Thank you. Enjoy your ride.

PS if you don’t mind committing another misdemeanor tonight, feel free to go throw a brick through the window of (redacted) Towing in Vancouver. They are literally the f**king worst. Thanks. Have a good night. “

To clarify, this note has worked… Please SHARE this hilarious and ingenious note with others!

This Mom discovers she is going to be a mom, the newt important thing she must do is to find a doctor to deliver her sweet baby. We can only pray she makes a great choice, seeing as its especially the case that the person she picks will really be her confident and almost intimate partner in her next nine months of pregnancy!

It’s most common that the mom won’t really know if she has made a really great choice until the big day itself! A doctor at the Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC is really causing a stir with his very unusual way of delivering babies!

To be exact, it is actually what he does to those babies once they have left the warm womb of their mom and are out in the world that has everyone flabbergasted! His technique is truly amazing though!

The doctor, Dr. Carey Andrew-Jaja, happens to have delivered many thousands of babies over his career. He is a very well respected doctor in his field and in the community too, but he really has pushed the boat out on his bedside manner as he does something his colleagues won’t do!

Dr. Andrew-Jaja is known as the “Singing Doctor” and he belts out a sweet little song every time he delivers a newborn. It all started when he was a resident, and an elderly mentor passed the singing tradition down to him.

Ever since then, the doctor has been expressing joy with the lovely lullabies he sings in the operating room, the doctor said that, when he’s singing to beautiful babies, he’s singing to that future person, who has such an important impression to make in the world.

This is how special the lives of the babies are to him, they are truly unique gifts of life, blessed by heaven! He is well known to sing songs like “It’s a Wonderful World” and “Happy Birthday” to the shock and to the enjoyment of all involved in the delivery suite.

This beautiful song from the doctor’s delivery room is such a wonderful event as mom looks gleefully into her babies eyes with such love, it’s a completely magical moment, his singing really rounds the moment off to perfection!

The doctor in the video below, Dr. Andrew-Jaja, will remain in the families memories forever, see what happened as he brings the lovely little baby into the world, it’s so magical and just simply amazing…

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Most of us, before we go to a mechanic have a try at resolving our own problems, and don’t immediately seek professional help. This mom of four children thought that she might be able to save a few bucks and do exactly that, by herself.

She popped the hood of her car, turned in the engine and revved it up, she didn’t realize that one simple and small mistake would change her life forever, what a shock!

Alon is now telling everyone about what happened to her, and to warn others too, to be careful and to the small details that could be overlooked all too easily. A lesson to take to heart, and remember well…

Alon realized that her car was having problems, that’s when it all started really, she didn’t have any money to pay out on the car, the expense of a mechanic was too much, so she popped the hood and stuck her head under…

As she looked under the hood she was trying to look for obvious problems, to see where she could find a problem, but quite the contrary not only was she unsuccessful, but her life was in danger!

Her head was pulled down, in the blink of an eye, she was in devastating severe pain, with no idea what had just happened to her, she just knew it was bad, she had never felt pain like it ever before.

Her kids, fortunately, heard her cries for help and came to her rescue. If it wasn’t for their fast actions then there was a good chance that she could have died that day.

She was rushed to the hospital, they said that her mistake nearly cost her life, she didn’t even think about it before she stuck her head under the hood though.

Such a simple thing, she is warning other women not to make the same mistake, before it’s too late, Alton has to endure many surgeries and transplants to bring her back to something resembling how she was before!

This tiny, but a significant mistake had cost thousands in medical bills, and nearly left her kids without a mom, and once she was freed from the car it needed even more work than before.

Watch the video below to learn about her terrible mistake and make sure you and anyone you know doesn’t make the same mistake too:

SHARE this story with anyone you know and family, let’s get the word out about how to preserve your health and never try to save a few bucks by repairing your own car…

Right from an early stage in life children are taught about how to call 911 in emergency situations. When an amazingly adorable little two-year-old girl, called Aaliyah Garrett, from South Carolina, needed help right then and there, she took action…

So she called that emergency number that everyone knows by heart, and a dispatcher from the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office responded to her.

The dispatcher really could not believe what he was hearing, Aaliyah was so incredibly desperate, and she really did need a helping hand… But why was that?

Then as the dispatcher took the call, and answered the phone, but all that could be heard was muffled noises on the other end of the line.

The dispatcher repeated, ‘Hello?’ …but could only just about make out on the other end a tiny little voice of a toddler, he immediately at that point sent an officer to the scene to investigate.

The first to arrive there was Deputy Martha Lohnes, but when she put her first foot inside the house, the toddler came running toward her in a scruffy mess, so disheveled she could hardly believe it!

She very quickly had a realization that this was not at all like any other call she’d ever seen before in the line of duty.

In Aaliyah’s home was also her grandfather, he had not at all realized that she had made the call and was completely stunned when he learned what had happened with his little granddaughter.

Her mom had always told her that if there was ant time that there was an emergency that she must call 911 straight away for help, and she did exactly that!

The Deputy stood in the doorway and even though the grandfather insisted that there was nothing wrong, the Deputy was making her own assessment of the situation.

Deputy Lohnes had quickly made a decision that there was trouble brewing up and she responded to her call for help…

The questions remain, what did the Deputy do? How was her grandfather involved?

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There are some things that when we hear them we are getting prepared for bad news, one of those things is when we hear people say “I’m sorry”, and it generally means they are apologizing in advance for something bad!

In really bad cases when people say it, then it’s a little like a buzz term since there is a huge probability that following it something life-changing is going to happen, forever!

When Jodi Parry and her partner Matt heard those words in the hospital about six years ago, their hearts practically lept, fluttered then missed several beats!

For the two of them, it was the second time around having children, they were both pretty scared about it, but also quite excited too, after a healthy son they were joyful about bringing two little angles, twin girls into the world!

Sadly though their happiness would take a beating and uncertainty would catch them up as the stress built as the births came around finally!

The doctor took the couple into a small waiting room and quietly spoke to them, their world would begin to spin out of control, he started:

“I’m sorry…”

The two of them were completely taken back as the doctor explained, hardly able to process what was happening to them and what it would mean, the two girls, Abigail and Isobel, had been diagnosed with a condition that would affect them forever… Down’s syndrome…

They had been trying for another baby for quite some time, even though they had a lovely little boy, called Finlay. Mom Jodi sadly had a miscarriage not long after Finlay’s birth and thought that she was prepared for anything at all!

Unfortunately, though the words of the doctor shocked her, she was not prepared for this!

It wasn’t so much the actual words but more the way the news was given to her, Jodi said that the doctor made it sound like it was a lifetime of doom, like an everlasting punishment.

The two girls were born early and had to stay in the intensive care unit for a full four weeks, things were looking pretty bad at this point.

Jodie said:

“That day, I didn’t feel like a mother. I just felt lost and confused. I had bleak visions of the future. I thought we’d be carers until we dropped dead”

From a statistical standpoint, Abigail and Isobel are really rare, the odds of giving birth to twins who are both Down’s Syndrome is one in a million, so super special they are!

Doctors said that the little girls were born with many health issues, Abigail is deaf on one side, in one ear, and Isobel had a hole in her heart…

None of what they were hearing was really what they wanted to hear, but they listened and took it all in, Matt an Jodi had no choice, they had to get on and get stuck in and do it as the reality of the situation sunk in.

Even more sadly there was such little information about children with Down’s Syndrom, no one even explained that they could live a normal life like other children and everything else…

They didn’t really realize for a little while because nobody explained to them that their family could really live a pretty normal life together!

This meant that Matt and Jodi were petrified about how things were going to work for them all.

They didn’t even know that their girls would be able to go to school like normal children, or if they would be able to talk!

The family had to find out and do everything themselves, the hard way…

Some sympathized and felt sorry for the children, but Abigail and Isobel got along just fine with massive amounts of love and affection by those closest to their family.

Abigail said:

“When the doctor took us to one side to give us the results, he said he was sorry that Abigail and Isobel had Down’s syndrome. To this day I’ll never know what he was sorry for”

“And I think if I could ever meet him again, I would like to show him Abigail and Isobel and say, ‘Why did you say sorry because we wouldn’t change Abigail and Isobel for the world now.”

Present day, six years after the birth, the girls have proven the real prejudices that exist in the world through ignorance and small-mindedness!

Another human being is another human being, regardless of anything else, and everyone deserves a real chance at life, these two children are perfect examples of that, for sure!

Looking at this lovely family who at all could say that they are not completely happy? No one!

There are important lessons we can learn from Matt and Jodi’s experiences:

You really can be happier than you think you can, whatever your situation, even when society tells you that you are less than perfect, you can be very happy indeed!

Anyone with Down’s Syndrome should have the same opportunities as anyone else in life, SHARE and spread the word!

Our children should have their lives filled with joy and play, laughter, and feelings of security and fun, to be children without the worries of life, experiencing new and happy things each day.

Andrew Leach was 12-years-old, and he had his whole life ahead of him, but for Andrew, he felt like he could not go on anymore.

The young boy, having seen nothing of life chose to end his life and his personal nightmare in the worse way possible on March 6.

His brother found him in the garage, such a deeply upsetting tragedy!

Andy was putting up with being bullied, and it only got worse as time went on, he told his classmates that he thought he might be bisexual…

His father said to the news that he thought that because he was open it only made other children pick on him even more.

His Mother said that:

he was called… “fat, ugly and useless”

The other children at the at Southaven Middle School picked on him, they didn’t care in the least bit about his feelings at all!

It all went too far, he even got death threats from other children at the school whilst he was in the school toilets, how incredibly low and inhumane!

His dad said:

“Kids were telling him, ‘We’re gonna put hands on you. You’re not going to make it out of this bathroom.’ Things of that nature”

The family told the school and complained about the treatment of their son, but none of the teachers could stop the bullying from happening. In the end, Andy, in the sixth grade, thought enough was enough, he couldn’t stand it anymore.

He was found dead in the garage, he had hung himself, his brother, 16-years-old and also suffering from bullying had found him, such sadness for the family, but especially for him, seeing him like he did.

And’s mom, Cheryl Hudson, said that her son left a farewell letter to his family, he revealed in the letter about his plan to end his life.

Since he died his mom has shared many heartbreaking stories about her son on Facebook, she also tells about how Andy loved to cook even, many things he wouldn’t be able to do anymore!

Cheryl writes:

“Another story just came to mind. Andy loved to learn how to cook. He wasn’t always good at it but he loved it. I came home from work one day (this happened several times) and sitting on my nightstand would be something he made. Once, it was sliced potatoes that were dang near raw lol But he always thought about things he could do for me, help me with, he loved doing special things for me”

In yet another post hi mom shared; she wrote:

“I also remember each time I’d give him a bath. I’d get him out of the tub and stand him up on the toilet to dry him off. One night he said, “Mommy, I don’t want to eat anymore.” I said “what?? Why baby?” And he said “if I eat I’ll get bigger. And then you won’t be able to hold me anymore.”
God I miss my baby so much”

Andy’s parents have spoken out to the media following their son’s death, they want to raise awareness and use the tragedy to educate and help others about the dangers of bullying.

Cheryl said to the news:

“I am on a crusade that I plan to not stop”

His mom hopes that Andy’s death won’t be in vain, that more and more people will join the fight against bullying.

Cheryl writes on her Facebook:

“Please share!! We need people to attend this. If your child is being bullied, you need to be here. If you know children being bullied, you need to be here. If you have children growing up and beginning school, you need to be here. Let’s allow Andy’s Voice to make a difference!! Share this event and tag everyone you know!”

Sadly Andy’s story is not an isolated incident, there are many similar cases.

Way too many children end up taking their lives each year because of being bullied by peers.

DeSoto County School said (In a statement relating to Andy’s case):

“All bullying reports are treated with the utmost importance. Students and parents are encouraged to contact school officials anytime there are bullying concerns, and they can use a link on the DeSoto County Schools website if they would prefer to report bullying incidents anonymously. All claims are investigated thoroughly, and school counselors are trained to help students and intervene when they are aware of a situation. Our hearts go out to this young student’s friends and family.”

Bullying is a terrible and deeply disturbing thing to experience, to be pushed to such extreme limits, it’s so sad!

Let Andy’s story give us a reminder and huge wake-up call. All of us must do whatever we can to stop bullying, wherever and whatever stop bullying!

Bullying can happen anywhere, let’s all join together and stop bullying once and for all!

Please help and SHARE this with everyone you know!

Pulled over for a routine check, Ebony Rhodes felt nauseous and butterflies in her stomach as she stopped, she was so far down on luck that this was really the last thing that she needed today.

The police officer, Jeff Glazier, wanted to see her license and registration, but both of them were expired, just to make it worse she also had no insurance either. Tere were no other options open to him, he had to impound her car and arrest her, she was heartbroken but it all.

On the way back to the police station with Ebony the Officer received a call, one of the officers who searched her car found something strange about something on the back seats. The officer was alarmed and reported it to Jeff Glazier!

The officers just kept on pulling out belongings and a ton of clothes, it was really a huge amount of things, like her whole apartment was squashed into the car.

Ebony had to reveal the terrible and sad truth about the fact that she was homeless and had been forced to live out of her car, but she was living in the car with four children too!

For an incredible and grueling six months her four children, Calvin, Ja’heame, Isaac, and Dannaija were all living out of the car, which happened to be a 20-year-old Buick Regal, but they how no other options!

Eboly desperately tried to keep her family above water, by working at Walmart, she was also a single mom! But she did not earn enough to be able to afford a place to live, how sad and heartbreaking!

The Officer also learned that Ebony has a chronic blood disorder that was so serious that she had to miss days off work at a time, Ebony really felt like she was seriously letting down her children, she felt terrible about it!

She really did feel like the worse mo ever, each step forward she took seemed to force her to then take two steps back again.

The Officer after learning about Ebony went home to his wife and then had a powerful idea, he talked with his wife about it that evening, he could not just sit aside and watch this happening.

There really was not a thing in the world that could prepare Ebony for what was about to happen, watch what the officer does below:

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