Mom thinks her son got stung by a wasp until his entire body turned blue

We all love a beautiful summer day full of warmth and sunshine. Enjoying a meal on the patio, hot dogs on the grill, s’mores over a campfire it doesn’t get much better.

Unfortunately, time spent outdoors in the summer does comes with it’s downside and 3-year-old Kristoffer Nordgarden painfully experienced one of them.

Summertime means no shoes, which increases your risk of injuries by accidentally stepping on a sharp object or a bee or even worse….a snake.

When 3-year-old Kristoffer ran to his mother Elisabeth Nordgarden crying one day, she initially didn’t think it was too serious.

“Me and the boys were visiting my grandparents. Kristoffer began to cry a little and climbed onto my lap. We thought he had been stung by a wasp or scratched himself on a branch.”

Elisabeth Nordgarden would have never thought that this would be the most terrifying weekend of her life.

A short 15 minutes after he started crying, Kristoffer’s foot began to swell and turn blue.

Elisabeth called the 911 the ambulance and helicopter arrived almost instantly. They repeatedly said this is a snake bite…Elisabeth had no idea.

Kristoffer received an antidote when he arrived and began to show signs of improvement. His vital signs quickly began to get worse… then even worse.

It turned out that the boy had internal bleeding in his intestine, his blood value was at a 5 (11 is standard) and he had lost weight (now 33 pounds down from 44)

Soon, Elisabeth began to understand how serious this situation was, and that’s when she really began to worry.

“Vipers are much more active in the summer. More people are also out in nature, and therefore there are greater chances of encountering one”

After a week and a half at the hospital, Kristoffer had survived! He finally recovered and was able to go home.

Despite everything, in typical 3-year-old fashion Kristoffer was back outside playing the very day he got home. However, mom is more cautious of the places he plays and the time of day he plays.

“I have much more respect for vipers now and I will ensure that my kids are wear boots when they go out in areas with high grass in the future,” she says.

It’s wise to be extra cautious with vipers or any other venomous animal. Kristoffer was lucky but this could have ended in tragedy.

Wife Shares Heartbreaking Tale About An Uganda Orphanage

Kelly White

Matt met his wife Dayna Mager back in high school and they both were in fact high school sweethearts too. Their first child was in October of 2015, they called her Luella, they were both delighted but just a few weeks later Dayna posted a sweet photo of her sleeping next to Luella…

She really never expected that the photo would go viral!

Dayna’s photo has a powerful and motivating message to deliver! She tells us that there is a really good reason for why she climbed the crib of her daughter when she screamed out. It is simply because Dayna had remembered a promise she made to her daughter!

She remembers hearing a story while at a worship conference with her hubby, the two of them were sat in the audience during which time a missionary shared an amazing story with everyone. On their recent visit to Uganda, the missionary went to an orphanage, it was there they were completely shocked!

There were about 100 cribs all filled with babies, but not a single baby was crying or calling out, in fact, there were no babies even making much sound at all!

Now in circumstances like these, you would think that babies would call out for a little love and comfort, just a little support even, but none of theses babies did that. The missionary said something that will forever be stuck in her mind!

Keep reading to find out why it was that Danya climbed into her little babies crib…

Danya said:

“This was from several weeks back, yes, I climbed in the crib in hopes to soothe my screaming, teething, blushed faced, and tear-soaked little girl.”

“My husband came home to this, and I am re-posting because this captures the essence of my heart, and my ‘why…’

“There I was in the heat of this exhausting, beautiful thing we call parenthood, and I remembered a promise I made to her.”

“One of the first times Matt and I left Luella, was to a worship concert. At that conference, a missionary shared his story, and it shook me to the core.”

“A moment that would forever be burned in my fragile, hormone raging, new mommy heart that had already become 100xs more fragile after meeting her.”

“That missionary was in an orphanage in Uganda, and he has been in many before, but this one was different.”

“He walked into a nursery with over 100 filled cribs with babies. He listened in amazement and wonder as the only sound he could hear was silence.”

“A sound that is beyond rare in ANY nursery, let alone a nursery where over 100 new babies laid. He turned to his host and asked her why the nursery was silent.”

“Then, her response to him is something I will never, ever forget. EVER. This was my ‘why’ moment.”

“She looked at him and said, ‘After about a week of them being here, and crying out for countless hours, they eventually stop when they realize no one is coming for them…’”

“…They stop crying when they realize no one is coming for them. Not in 10 minutes, not in 4 hours, and maybe, perhaps, not ever… “

“Broke…”

“I broke. I literally could have picked up pieces of my heart scattered about the auditorium floor. But instead, it stirred in me a longing, a hunger. A promise in my spirit.”

“We came home, and that night as Luella rested her tiny little 10lb body against mine and we rocked, I made a promise to her. A promise that I would always come to her.”

“Always.”

“At 2:00am when pitiful desperate squeals come through a baby monitor, I will come to her.”

“Her first hurt, her first heartbreak, we will come to her. We will be there to hold her, to let her feel, to make decisions on her own, and we will be there.”

“We will show her through our tears and frustrations at times, that it is okay to cry, and it’s ok to feel. That we will always be a safe place, and we will always come to her.”

Please SHARE this mother’s really lovely message with everyone you know.

Here’s the original post that appeared on Facebook on March 31, 2016:

3-year-old dies without warning: 1 week later doctors make terrible discovery during autopsy

Stephanie Church

Jasmine Shortland’s 3-year-old son, Bryan-Andrew, got a case of the chicken pox. He had a sore neck and a little swelling, but otherwise he was fine.

Bryan’s 23 year old mom dropped him and his brother, Austin off at their grandmas house. Austin had chicken pox without any complications, so Jasmine thought it wouldn’t be any different.

This was about to turn into the worst day of her life quite literally a nightmare. Now she wants other parents to be aware so that they can prevent this from ever happening to them.

The morning afterward, Jasmine couldn’t wake Bryan-Andrew up. No matter what she tried following morning, Jasmine’s mother discovered that Bryan-Andrew would not wake up. No matter how hard she tried, even his grandma could not wake him up.

Paramedics were called they quickly rushed to the scene. But it was already too late. Bryan-Andrew was pronounced dead.

“The night before he was running around. He was happy. He was laughing and joking. It just doesn’t make sense,” Jasmine told Daily Mail.

The mother remembers saying “i love you” the final time. The loss is unimaginable. How could something like this happen? A healthy boy passes away with any serious symptoms that they knew of.

It was a few weeks later that the doctors finally understood.

Bryan-Andrew contracted a rare and aggressive for of steptococcus , also known as A strep. This infection causes blood poisoning (sepsis) which makes the individual severely ill.

“There were no symptoms because it was so rare he just had normal symptoms for mumps. He had no rash, nothing that you would normally have,” Jasmine told Daily Mail.

Her only comfort was knowing he didn’t suffer because he had fallen asleep and never woke up again.

Jasmine doesn’t want any other mother or families to ever go through what she had just witnessed with her son. Now she wants to help raise awareness of this unknown danger of chickenpox.

UPS Driver hears woman scream ‘help’ when cops break door they realize they were fooled

Stephanie Church

What would you do if you heard someone yelling for help from inside a house? Would you go in and help? Or would you call the police? Maybe even just keeping walking like you heard nothing?

UPS driver Lee Purdy was delivering packages like every other day when this exact thing happened to him. He ended up in this situation — and he chose to take action.

He didn’t know it but this was not going to end as he expected it to.

During his normal route off dropping packages off in Oregon, USA, Lee suddenly heard a scream from inside a house he walked passed.

He heard what sounded like a woman crying for help. He stood still, not knowing what he should do next. The voice sounded weird, as if the woman was having difficulty speaking or breathing. He called his wife to ask for advise. She immediately advised him to call 911.

The police arrived quickly. They had no idea what to expect, but, as always were ready for anything. Or at least, they thought they were ready.

When they finally entered the house they were in the living room, they realized that the house was vacant. Vacant, not including the parrot on his stick in the middle of the living room… shouting “help me”.

The police were surprised — but also relieved. Lee had heard the parrot not a woman. It was sure nice that no one, not even Diego, was in need of help.

Diego’s owner Susan Baird told police that this wasn’t the first time the parrot she triggered someones reaction.

Lately the bird has been mocking sound from human and animals. Apparently the words ‘help me’ had been heard on television and was her latest favorite phrase.

Check out Diego’s story in the video below.

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Woman sees crying man forced to throw gift in airport trash – what she digs out breaks her heart

Stephanie Church

When I travel my kids know that I am bringing something home for them. I love finding the perfect gift for them and giving it to them when I arrive. I love seeing their reaction and it’s an awesome feeling.

Bill and Linda Modry felt the same way and were looking forward to visiting their newly adopted granddaughter. They were beyond joyful that they were finally welcoming a little girl into the family. They brought a special gift for her to help her remember this moment in time for the rest of life.

Sadly, when they got to the security gate at the airport, they were forced to throw the gift away.

Amarri Hernandez and her boyfriend were waiting at St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport when they saw the whole thing go down.

“I witnessed a man being told that he was not allowed to take his package on the plane,” Amarri writes on a Facebook post. “The guy looked at the officer and said ‘Could I leave it at the airport in the lost and found. It’s a snowglobe for my adopted grandchild.’”

The officer, like so many at the airport, was unsympathetic to the man’s plea.

“The officer replied ‘Put it in file 13’ and pointed at the garbage can,” Amarri writes on Facebook. “The man was hurt and threw it in the garbage.”

When Amarri saw the man walking away from the trashcan in tears, she was heartbroken. When her boyfriend decided to go to the trash can and retrieve the package they discovered something that made them cry. The gift was a snowglobe containing photos of the couple and the little girl.

It was engraved with the message:

We love you Katie, Nana and Papa 1/25/16.

Amarri was determined to find the man that was forced to leave this precious gift in the trash. She sent out a post on Facebook to try to reunite the man with the gift.

Her post went viral and was shared over 40 000 times. It caught the eye of just the right person. An employee of ‘Things Remembered’, the company that made the custom snow globe. She contacted Amarri right away.

“She’s just amazing. I can’t believe that she did this,” she tells Fox13 News. “People are basically really good, and she’s just exceptional.”

Amarri did what was right because she knew it was right not because she had to.

“My mom raised us to always be good to people,” she says. “I would want the same thing to happen to me.”

Watch the emotional reunion for yourself in the clip below:

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I’m so happy when I hear stories of kindness, the world needs more of them. Be sure to share this story and spread the kindness.

Cute little girl raises $70,000 for hospital simply by holding sign

Monica Pop

Many times, life doesn’t treat everyone fair and different obstacles are constantly getting on our way to success. However, we should always do our best in order to look at things with optimism and never lose hope that everything is going to turn out just fine at the end.

When sweet Addie was born, her mother Julie Bryan didn’t know how her little girl would have to spend most of her life at the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital in Dallas, Texas. The reason behind these frequent hospital visits were her legs that were positioned backwards. This condition was a result of the Larsen syndrome she was born with which affected the normal development of the bones.

During her life, Addie had to go through four surgeries and around 60 or 70 casts.

This girl’s family did everything in their power to gather the funds needed for all those treatments that cost them an arm and a leg. Knowing how her parents and other moms and dads out there whose children were in a similar position were struggling to make ends meet, Addie decided to help them with the finances by doing something truly amazing. In fact, this brave girl’s act helped the world learn of her condition and people were happy to step in and help as much as they could.

As her birthday was approaching, this 8th grader had only only wish, and that was for other kids like her to be able to do everything their peers could and that was running and dancing. Addie’s condition improved a great deal over the years, and she was able to lead a completely normal life.

Mom Julie told WFAA:

“When she was born, her knees were backward, her legs were all the way up to her head, she had hip dysplasia, and a club foot. We didn’t know if she would ever walk, if she would ever run.”

The doctors were true miracle workers as they significantly improved Addie’s condition and enabled her to walk, and this girl wouldn’t settle for anything less than having completely normal legs and knees.

But this time, it wasn’t about her, nor her legs, it was all for all those kids who needed casts and who had to spend a lot of days at the hospital. Addie had a plan of rising $8,000 for the hospital and the doctors who did so much for her. She somehow felt it was about time for her to do something nice for them in return.

The money she would collect holding that sign at the busy street corner near her home would help in buying prosthetic devices for those in need.

Amazingly, many people were eager to stop and hear this girl’s story. And as many learned of her condition and her goal, she eventually raised more money than she could ever expect. Her kind deed got media coverage and quickly spread across the country. She was able to raise an astounding $19,500 all by her self. But wait, the best part is yet to come. An anonymous donor was so touched by everything Addie had to go through that they decided to write the hospital a check on $50,000.

Addie was beyond happy. She knew how many children in need would get their casts and other devices that would facilitate their walking a great deal. She spent so much time at the hospital that she considers it her second home. During her stay there she was not only surrounded by professionals who treated her condition, but doctors who showered her with kindness and love.

This sweetie says how giving all those money to the hospital is the least she can do for all the help she got from them.

Check Addie’s story in the video below.

75-Yr.-Old Was Going To Be Arrested Because Of Her Lawn, Then 4 Young Boys Run To Her Rescue

Stephanie Church

This little 75 year old woman was about to be arrested and taken away in hand cuffs when a group of young boys in Texas stepped up. They never even met this woman but they didn’t want to see her got to jail because her grass was over 18 inches tall.

Gerry Suttle is the 75-years-old woman, she was issued a notice to appear in front of a judge regarding grass on her land being unkept. The law states that grass needs to be under 18 inches, Suttle said she was unaware of this law.

The woman also said that she hadn’t received the letter regarding a court date with the judge. Unfortunately, when she failed to appear in court a warrant was issued for her arrest.

When a group of local young boys heard about the woman’s arrest warrant they immediately jumped into action to help.

“It’s a summer day, we don’t have season passes yet to Warren Falls. What else could we do? Just go out and help some people”

The boys knew that she need their help she was 75 years old it was the ‘least we could do’ one of the boys said.

The boys effort was about more then cutting grass in the overgrown yard it was about keeping her from going to jail, being kind, and treating others with respect.

Shortly after the boys began mowing the lawn, other neighbors in the area began to notice their efforts. It was over 90 degrees and the boys were using push mowers to mow the large lot.

That’s when some of the neighbors showed up with riding mowers and began to help the boys with the enormous job.

With everyone’s help the lawn was mowed and looking beautiful in a short 2 hours.

Suttle came out she was shocked! She couldn’t believe what the boys and her neighbors had done for her and she was left completely speechless.

“I cannot believe this. I’m very seldom without words. but this is one time, you mark it down in history. that I didn’t have something to say”

She couldn’t believe it! These young boys would go out of their way to help an old woman like her, for no reason. Her faith in the younger generation has been restored.

“I really wouldn’t want her coming out here doing it or paying a bunch of money. when we could have just done it for free”

If we all did one thing a day randomly to show others in the world kindness. The world would certainly be a much better place to live.

Please share this video and spread the positivity!

1 Week After Losing Wife Husband Finds Picture In Phone He Never Expected

Kelly White

It all started with a girl called Michelle, when John Polo first saw her for the very first time he fell deeply in love with her, love at first sight I suppose we would say. The two high school goers dated fearlessly but parted after only 12 months of a wild romance!

Fate has a turn of luck, eight years after they parted company, they bumped into each other again, but this time it was really meant to be, for real!

They promised each other to be together for the rest of their lives and soulmates, with Michelle’s daughter, they made the decision to be a family. Michelle and John were going to spend their life together, with Michelle’s daughter, of course, a life of love and friendship!

Two years on though, after taking up their relationship again, Michelle had some sad news, she was diagnosed with a “one in seven billion” rare and aggressive type of cancer, it was devastating.

Michelle is a life coach and author and John is Michelle’s biggest pillar of strength during these trying times ahead, and there were going to be many!

With all this going on, Michelle and John thought they would quite like to go for a basic ceremony, at the courthouse, before she must have the cancer removal operation, they would fight it as a married couple.

She recovered from the operation but then had cancer come back again, they took two very special holidays, like a honeymoon really, to Disney and to Las Vegas too!

Her diagnosis was much worse this time though, Michelle and John celebrated their love for each other in the few days they had remaining with each other, they had their full wedding with friends and family all in tow to witness their love.

It was lovely, they Michelle even got the Wedding dress of her dreams, she kept that a secret from John though. He worried that she wouldn’t have time left to wear it…

John said:

“Her dream dress. She loved that dress SO much. While at the hospice, she would talk to people about how great the wedding was going to be.”

The Dress hung in the closet, it was ready for the big day, the tuxes were being altered too, sadly though Michelle couldn’t hold on any longer, she was 30 years old and it was only just two weeks before the ceremony.

Only two and a half years after the diagnosis, Michelle and John’s dream of spending all their lives together vanished, he was broken.

John was given a little glimpse into what could be just a week after Michelle passed on, it shook his every bone.

He was looking through his wife’s phone and saw a photo, which was of Michelle wearing the lovely Wedding dress that she dreamed of wearing, in a moment he realized it really was THAT dress!

He said:

“I lay motionless in bed, both happy and devastated.”

John was in floods of tears, he lost the love of his life, remembering how happy Michelle was to have found the perfect dress for her special day, it was a cherished memory, it completely captured that special moment with the dress on.

John will always keep that photo and completely cherish it, it’s likely he will marry again he said, but he will never ever forget his first love!

Teacher argues God doesn’t exist – Student’s response leaves her in shock

Monica Pop

Teacher took to class to explain to the students God didn’t exist. One girl, however, was willing to prove her wrong in the most hilarious way possible!

One day a 6 year old girl was sitting in a classroom. The teacher was going to explain evolution to the children.

The teacher asked a little boy:

TEACHER: Tommy, do you see the tree outside?

TOMMY: Yes.
TEACHER: Tommy, do you see the grass outside?

TOMMY: Yes.

TEACHER: Go outside and look up and see if you can see the sky.

TOMMY: Okay. (He returned a minute later) Yes, I saw the sky.
TEACHER: Did you see God?

TOMMY: No.

TEACHER: That’s my point. We cann’t see God because he isn’t there. He doesn’t exist.

A little girl spoke up and wanted to ask the boy some questions. The teacher agreed and the little girl asked the boy:

LITTLE GIRL: Tommy, do you see the tree outside?

TOMMY: Yes.
LITTLE GIRL: Tommy, do you see the grass outside?

TOMMY: Yesssssssss (getting tired of the questions by this time).
LITTLE GIRL: Did you see the sky?
TOMMY: Yessssssssss.
LITTLE GIRL: Tommy, do you see the teacher?

TOMMY: Yes.

LITTLE GIRL: Do you see her brain?

TOMMY: No.
LITTLE GIRL: Then, according to what we were taught in the school today…she must not have one!!

Man Explains How Families Worked Back In The Day. This Is So Accurate It Hurts

Maryane

I grew up in the 40s/50s with practical parents. A mother, God love her, who washed aluminum foil after she cooked in it, then reused it. She was the original recycle queen, before they had a name for it. And a father who was happier getting old shoes fixed than buying new ones. Their marriage was good, their dreams focused. Their best friends lived barely a wave away.

I can see them now… Dad, in trousers, tee shirt and a hat, mowing the lawn or checking the oil in the car — Mom, in a house dress, with a child’s spelling list in one hand and a cooking spoon in the other. It was the time for fixing things. A curtain rod, the kitchen radio, screen door, the oven door, the hem in a dress. Things we kept. It was a way of life, and sometimes it made me crazy. All that re-fixing, eating leftovers, reusing, I wanted just once to be wasteful.

Waste meant affluence. Throwing things away meant you knew there’d always be more. But then my mother died, and on that clear summer’s night, in the warmth of the hospital room, I was struck with the pain of learning that sometimes there isn’t any more. Sometimes, what we care about most gets all used up and goes away… never to return. So, while we have it… it’s best we love it… and care for it… and fix it when it’s broken… and heal it when it’s sick.

This is true for marriage… and old cars… and children with bad report cards… and dogs with bad hips… and aging parents… and grandparents. We keep them because they are worth it, because we are worth it. Some things we keep. Like a best friend that moved away or a classmate we grew up with. There are just some things that make life important, like people we know who are special… and so, we keep them close!

Send this to those people who are “KEEPERS” in your life. Good friends are like stars… You don’t always see them, but you know they are always there. Keep them close!

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Newborn Baby Passes Away – 4 Days Later A Call From Hospital Turns Their World Upside Down

Stephanie Church

A couple in Nashville, Tennessee were expecting a baby. Josh and Katie Butler were excited beyond measure to welcome their new baby into the world. At their routine visit at 20-weeks, doctors discovered something during the ultrasound. This would change the couples plans for the future.

The problem they discovered in the ultrasound could cause a problem for their son Dewey’s development. Dewey was immediately taken to the NICU for 132 days during which the doctors tried to work out what the problem was. During a routine operations when the doctors were trying to insert a feeding tube the precious baby boy died.

The Butler’s were beyond heartbroken with the loss of their son. When a nurse just one floor above them intervened and gave them a lifeline in their time of grief. The nurse worked in the NICU and had grown close to the Butler’s. She called to tell them she knew a little boy on the 5th floor named Brax who needed to be loved. She knew the couple had expressed interest in fostering.

Brax was 11-months-old; he hadn’t left the hospital since his birth. His parents abandoned him since they weren’t able to care for him. The poor little man suffered from pulmonary hypertension, chronic respiratory failure, and tracheomalacia. Doctors believed that Brax’s condition would improve as he got older.

As soon as the Butler’s brought Brax into their home, his health improved. Josh and Katie loved him so much, they made it official in September adopting Brax.

They will always miss their Dewey. They know he is free from pain and they feel his loss. They also understand that his death, they were able to make room in their hearts for another child who needed love.

This story gives everyone hope for the future even in the midst of darkness.

Husband Of 26 Years Dies From This Common Insect Bite

Stephanie Church

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.”

3 Girls Battling Cancer Posed For A Picture, But Their Updated Photo Will Leave You In Tears

Stephanie Church

When photographers Lora Scantling and Christy Goodger sent out an open call on Facebook in 2014 they never thought it would change their lives forever.

“My stepdad was battling lung cancer at the time and I wanted to do something that had an impact,” Scantling told ABC. “I thought, ‘Oh how sweet would it be and I put a post on Facebook asking if anyone knew of little kids battling cancer.’”

Since then, she’s photographed childhood cancer survivors for a project she calls “Little Heroes.” But these three special little girls from Oklahoma stood out to her from all the rest. Their photograph, featuring all three bald and angelic little girls hugging each other went viral shortly after it was shot.

“They walked in and the second they saw each other they were like, ‘Hey, you don’t have any hair either. You’re going through what I’m going through,’” Scantling recalled. “Everyone was quiet at first, but after a few minutes they were sharing stories from the hospital.”

Rheann Franklin ,6, center, was battling a rare brain tumor. Ainsley Peters, was 5 and on the right, was facing leukemia. And Rylie Hughey, on the left, she was only three, but living with kidney cancer.

Less than one year later the 3 reunited to take another photo and to celebrate the all three girls remission.

“It was just like a bunch of friends getting together,” Scantling remembered. “They were bouncing off the walls, having fun, like, ‘Oh my best friends are here.’”

Scantling decided to make it an annual tradition. She plans to keep photographing Rheann, Ainsley, and Rylie throughout their lives, and hopes they will continue to give hope to people around the world.

“If I had to sum up Lora’s photos in one word, it would be ‘hope,’” said Rylie’s mother. “Strength comes in numbers! I hope that another family in the middle of a battle with cancer can look at the photo and be inspired.”

For this year’s photo, the girls were joined by a special guest — three-year-old Connor Lloyd.

Lloyd heard that the young boy had been diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, she invited him to pose with the girls.

“Sometimes you never know how much time you have,” she explained to his mother. She adds that Connor is responding well to treatment. so we should all expect to see him in the next photo as well.

“Connor will be in treatment for another three years, and yet he’s always so happy and brave. Just like the girls, he’s an inspiration,” she said. “I’ll keep taking this photo every year for as long as they want me to. They’re inspiring to all of us.”

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After a recovering addict adopted a dog from the euthanasia list, she refused to look at him!

Stephanie Church

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!

Sociology Assignment Asking to Smile at Strangers Changed One Mother’s Life

Adam East

This story is a proof that a single smile can make a difference in someone’s life. One mother was about to complete the last assignment for her sociology class before she graduated. Interestingly enough, it didn’t require nights of studying or writing a bunch of essays, but simply to smile to complete strangers and see what happens.

See how this incredible story goes below.

I am a mother of three (ages 14, 12, 3) and have recently completed my college degree. The last class I had to take was Sociology. The teacher was absolutely inspiring with the qualities that I wish every human being had been graced with. Her last project of the term was called “Smile.”
The class was asked to go out and smile at three people and document their reactions. I am a very friendly person and always smile at everyone and say hello anyway…..so, I thought, this would be a piece of cake, literally.

Soon after we were assigned the project, my husband, youngest son, and I went out to McDonald’s, one crisp March morning. It was just our way of sharing special play time with our son. We were standing in line, waiting to be served, when all of a sudden everyone around us began to back away, and then even my husband did. I did not move an inch … an overwhelming feeling of panic welled up inside of me as I turned to see why they had moved.

As I turned around I smelled a horrible “dirty body” smell…and there standing behind me were two poor homeless men. As I looked down at the short gentleman, close to me, he was “smiling.” His beautiful sky blue eyes were full of God’s Light as he searched for acceptance.
He said, “Good day” as he counted the few coins he had been clutching.

The second man fumbled with his hands as he stood behind his friend. I realized the second man was mentally deficient and the blue eyed gentleman was his salvation. I held my tears….as I stood There with them. The young lady at the counter asked him what they wanted.

He said, “Coffee is all Miss” because that was all they could afford to sit in the restaurant and warm up, they had to buy something…he just wanted to be warm. Then I really felt it…the compulsion was so great I almost reached out and embraced the little man with the blue eyes. That is when I noticed all eyes in the restaurant were set on me…judging my every action. I smiled and asked the young lady behind the counter to give me two more breakfast meals on a separate tray.
I then walked around the corner to the table that the men had chosen as a resting spot. I put the tray on the table and laid my hand on the blue eyed gentleman’s cold hand.

He looked up at me, with tears in his eyes, and said, “Thank you.” I leaned over, began to pat his hand and said, “God is here working through me to give you hope.”

I walked in tears to join my husband and son.

When I sat down my husband smiled at me. We held hands for a moment and at that time we knew that only because of the Grace that we had been given were we able to give. We are not churchgoers but we are believers. That day showed me the pure Light of God’s sweet love.

I returned to college, on the last evening of class, with this story in hand.

I turned in “my project” and the instructor read it….then she looked up at me and said, “Can I share this?”

I slowly nodded and she read it to the class.

In my own way I had touched the people at McDonald’s, my husband, son, instructor, and every soul that shared the classroom on the last night I spent as a college student. I graduated with one of the biggest lessons I would ever learn….UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE.

Much love and compassion sent to each and every person who may read this.

Learn how to LOVE PEOPLE AND USE THINGS – NOT LOVE THINGS AND USE PEOPLE.

70-year-old widow wants to marry again – posts hilarious single ad in newspaper that goes viral

Adam East

Getting back into the dating world can be strange, and intimidating, especially if it has been a long time since we were last single. But the most important lesson to remember is that it’s important to stay open to others and not judge anyone too quick.

In this funny story I came across online, that’s exactly what a 70-year-old widow had to experience. She was home when suddenly her doorbell rang… but she never expected to see who was on the other side.

Read the full hilarious joke below — and make sure you read until the punchline. Oh, if you appreciated the story, you’re more than welcome to share with others to give them a good laugh too!

A lonely 70-year-old widow decided that it was time to marry again…

She put an ad in the local newspaper that read:

“Husband wanted! Must be in my age group, must not beat me, must not run around on me and must still be good in bed. All applicants please apply in person.”

The following day, she heard the doorbell. Much to her dismay, she opened the door to see a gray-haired gentleman sitting in a wheelchair. He had no arms or legs.

“You’re not really asking me to consider you, are you?” the widow asked: “Just look at you — you have no legs!”

The old gent smiled: “Therefore, I cannot run around on you!”

“You don’t have any arms either!” she snorted.

Again, the old man smiled: “Therefore, I can never beat you!”

She raised an eyebrow and asked intently: “Are you still good in bed?”

The old man leaned back, beamed a big smile and said: “I rang the doorbell, didn’t I?”

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Peace and Love

Bored Daddy

Why not help cheer a friend up? Share this joke and help give someone a good laugh!

Bored Daddy

Single Dad Gets Strange Feeling About Waitress. When He Sees Check Knows It’s A Sign

Stephanie Church

Bitterness of divorce was a firsthand experience for Sean Whalen growing up. His parent got into a huge fight and his mom took Sean an his brother to a hotel. When they arrived back the next morning all the locks were changed.

With a police escort we were allowed to go back in the house for 10 minutes and grab what we needed, not what we wanted. No games, no toys not even pets just the necessities.

They were left with nothing.

During this horrible time Sean watched his mom work hard to support the family. He seen her exhausted and no matter what she still never gave up.

He even saw her down on her knees every night praying for strength so she could do it all again the next day. He never forgot.

Now Sean is grown man and single parent to a son. After losing everything in the recession, he had to put everything on the line to get his life back.

Now he understands what his mother went through for so many difficult years.

Recently, Sean took his son out to eat at one of their favorite Chinese restaurants. As they ate, they struck up a conversation with their waitress. The two soon learned that she was a single mom.

As they continued making small talk, Sean couldn’t shake the feeling inside that there was something familiar about this woman.

She reminded him of his mom

Sean felt compelled to help so Sean left a $100 tip on his $26 bill. He knew it wasn’t enough to change her life forever, but it was something that would brighten her day and maybe give her strength for tomorrow.

Sean sat down later that night and put some thoughts on paper. His words have now inspired thousands:

“The day my parents split up is forever etched in my mind. Me and dad get into a big fight.Me, mom and my little brother take off cause my dad is going nuts. We stayed at a hotel that night. When we came back the next day my dad had changed the locks.I watched my mom plead with him through the door to let us in to get clothes etc. He wouldn’t.

We had to go back later that day with a police escort. I’ll never forget the cops handing me a black trash bag saying I had 10 minutes to take the necessities.I loaded up all the clothes I could fit into the bag, and that was the last time I ever stepped foot into the house I was raised in.

No baseball trophies.
None of my 10,000 baseball cards.
None of my stuff.
Hell, I left my pet turtle.

Me, mom and my little brother moved into a little condo and didn’t have jack shit. People from the church brought over pots, pans, couches, beds, and food.My dad cashed out the bank and literally left my mom with the money in her pocket.

Not a damn thing she could do.

No family around.
No real support other than strangers from church.

I only began to realize what mom went through working multiple jobs when I became a single parent. I never understood when I was younger the grind and effort she put in for me and my little brother. She hustled. She worked her ass off to just get by. She did everything she could so that my brother and I had everything we ever wanted.

But she worked man.

Hard.

I still to this day don’t know how she did it.

I have no idea how she didn’t throw in the towel at times.

I would have.

I remember vividly walking past her room countless nights seeing her on her knees praying. I can only fathom what those conversations were like between her and God.I can only fathom the amount of tears that poured down this sweet woman’s face as she pleaded with God for a break.

I have felt some intense pain in my day. I’ve questioned many things, but this single mom with two boys never gave up. She never one time gave up.

Tonight as my son and I sat at this little crappy Chinese joint we love, there was a new waitress. She stuck out like a sore thumb. The owners are Chinese. The workers are Chinese. And this little white waitress. She was absolutely fantastic and kept complimenting my son on his manners.

We ate our dinner.

Over small talk and water refills, I got the sense that this single mom didn’t want to be there, but had to be there and she was doing her best to smile.

It tore my heart out.

I thought of my mom, and I saw the same hustle in this woman that I saw in my mom.

A single mom.

Maybe by choice.
Maybe not.

But working on a Wednesday night to ensure she can put food on the table and shoes on the kids feet.

Not for opulence.
Not for status.

But to live.

To hopefully be able to provide the things for her kids that will put a smile on their face.

I empathized for her.

I felt her pain.

I kept thinking of my mom and how difficult it is for a single woman to go from home maker, to bread winner.

I can’t even begin to understand what that must be like for some moms.

I know my tip won’t pay her rent,
it won’t pay for kids braces,
or keep the fridge full.

But I hoped tonight in some way it might put a smile on her face, and she can go home to her babies happier than when she left them.

I felt tonight that maybe along the way someone did this for my mom, and that’s what kept her going on nights she wanted to quit.

I don’t know.

I’ll likely never know.

But I do know this

I have been blessed beyond measure, and my mother paved the way for my persistence.

She showed me how to bounce back.

She showed me what work and effort is.

I hope this small gesture with my son tonight brightens this woman’s life so she can wake up tomorrow and fight a good fight.

Single moms who grind…. RESPECT.

You are beautiful and your posterity will learn from your efforts. They are watching you.

Just as I watched my mom.

Mom I love you.

You are my hero.”

Grab your tissue! If you were moved by Sean’s words please let us know.

Cop Finds Missing Girl In Car In Middle Of Woods, Then Sees Strange Man Sleeping Beside Her

Stephanie Church

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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Mom Abandons Husband And Month-Old Baby – Dad’s Letter To Her Goes Viral

Stephanie Church

So many stories start with a father leaving his family to pursue his dreams, new love interest or selfishness. You don’t hear many stories that start with a mother abandoning her baby and husband. Well get ready because this story is about to break your heart. Spoiler Alert it has a happy ending.

In January 2015 Richard Johnson’s daughter Persephone was born, and his life was changed forever. With this new addition Richard was the happiest he had ever been, until Richard’s wife ran away with their new baby to California.

Why? Everything seemed perfect…she was suffering from postpartum depression. She reached out to Richard and threatened if he didn’t come get the baby right away that she was putting her up for adoption.

After he brought her home he was faced with a whole new set of problems. He never raised a child before. How in the world was he going to function as a single father? Richard did what most of us do these days he turned to Facebook. He found a page called Life of Dad that was dedicated to other single dads.

With this group Richard’s life turned around, He shared his journey on the page. It was the most heartfelt testimonies I’ve heard.

“Life of Dad,

My name is Richard Johnson, and I’m a single father to a beautiful little girl named Persephone. Her mother left about a month after she was born. We still don’t know exactly why, but we suspect postpartum depression played a part. In the first few weeks of it being just her and me, I stumbled upon your page by accident. I was so nervous and scared about being a father in general, but now I was a single father and had to fulfill two roles. I wasn’t sure I could do it.”

“After reading every ‘new parent’ book I could find and clocked in over 1,000 hours in YouTube videos from everything to braiding hair and painting nails to theories on how to deal with common parental issues. I then started to watch your page more closely and saw that there were other fathers out there who were in similar predicaments as me.”

“The page started to turn into a major confidence booster and really helped me through all of this.”

“We’re both very happy now and continue to grow together every day. She’s now 10 months, and I now get asked by my friends for parenting advice constantly. We’ve come a long way, my daughter and me, and we definitely owe part of that to this page and the people within it. So from both of us, we wanted to thank you.

Sincerely, Persephone & Richard Johnson”

In April 2017, Richard posted an update that was exactly what we needed to hear.

“This lovely lady is my girlfriend and Persephone[‘s] wonderful and gorgeous Mother Jennifer.

We had met at the mall while I pathetically attempted to catch her attention by asking if she could help me pick out clothes for Persephone.”

“I explained that I wasn’t sure what actually matched and need some pointers considering my own closet had consisted of nothing but black, faded black, and dark black clothes.

We had talked for months before I allowed her to meet Persephone. Upon meeting her Persephone had made the choice that this would be her mommy.”

Persephone wasn’t a fan of women and would normally shun away from them. She had only known her bearded father and his friends.

The first time they had met Persephone had cried to be held by Jennifer.”

Fast forward to today, Jennifer has helped us become the family we desperately wanted to be. Persephone knows no other woman other than her as mommy.

Richard says that Persephone only know Jennifer as Mommy now. Even Jennifer’s parents are embracing the little girl as their grand daughter.

What a way for this tragic story to turn around to having this amazing ending.

Pregnant Teen Told by Family Her Boyfriend Would Abandon Her, He Proves Everyone Wrong

Monica Pop

Being a parent has to be one of the toughest jobs ever because taking care of little children is really demanding at times, let alone if you are a child yourself.

When Caitlin Fladager learned she was expecting a baby she was still in high-school and the news came as a shock. How she approached and handled her situation is what left us in awe.

Understandably enough, when her parents and family learned she was pregnant, they were somehow mad at her. They believed she was going to be forced to take care of the child all by herself as they were certain her boyfriend Noah, who was also a teenager back then, wouldn’t want to take any responsibility.

Without even speaking to him about the future, Caitlin went to Noah and started yelling at him, accusing him of something that was only in hers and her parents’ head, and it was that he would just abandon her and their unborn baby. He, however, just told her to wait and see how he wasn’t ever planning on doing such thing.

Noah was there for her and was over the moon when their baby girl was born. Soon after, he proposed Caitlin and she was more than happy to say YES to the father of their bundle of joy.

“My husband was only 17 when I got pregnant with our daughter and I was told to expect him to leave. 4 years ago, when I asked him how he would be different than any other teen dad, he said ‘I guess you’ll have to wait and see so I can show you’ He definitely did.”

Today, they do face struggles, but they are always supportive of each other and would never leave each other’s side. Caitlin suffers from anxiety attacks but with Noah’s help she is always able to overcome them. She also takes to social media to write about her feelings. Luckily, she’s not alone but has a loving man in her life.

The couple now has another child, sweet baby boy named Jack. They are happy together and their story serves as an example that one’s life doesn’t have to “bad” only because someone said it will be.

Noah is a caring and devoted father. He and daughter Arianna nurture special relationship. The two bond and have fun all the time, and every month he takes her on a ‘date.’ The little girl gets to choose her outfit, and her dad brings her flowers and then takes her to dessert.

Noah has a picture of Arianna on his key-chain because he says she inspires him to “keep going.” Caitlin is happy to be married to such a loving man.

Caitlin and Noah showed everyone who didn’t believe in them that they are strong, committed, and always by each other’s side. The adults in their life failed them because they didn’t trust in their love, but they never failed one another, and that’s probably what matters most.

A lot can be learned from the relationship these two have, but I guess the most important one is to never judge a book by its cover and never jump into conclusions.

Caitlin and Noah, you are such an inspiration to all of us!

Airline passenger shouts at check-in woman – then her 6-word response instantly knocks him down to size

Kelly White

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
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Man Tells School Board How Bully Forced His Head in Urinal 40 Yrs Ago, Same Bully Now Sits Among Them

Kelly White

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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Cop Stops Teen on Street, Uncovers Broken Home Life. Then Mom Calls Cop, ‘You Need To Take Him’

Kelly White

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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Flight attendant comforts 9-year-old girl during panic attack

Kelly White

With her Three children, Erika Jeorgean Swart got on board the plane, after they took off into the air, the reaction from her 9-year-old daughter completely took her by surprise! Gabby became super anxious about going from Orlando to Newark, it really did confuse her mom. Before this, as a little girl, she had flown, so Erika was really shocked when her daughter suddenly got a real fear of flying all of a sudden!

Gabby was finding it difficult during the whole flight and mom was able to see the panic and stress in her daughter’s eyes. Gabby, who happens to be a Type-1 diabetic, was really trying to stay calm, but it really was not working in the least bit. As well as that though it was making her blood sugar levels take a dive!

Erika thought that her daughter wasn’t really disturbing other passengers, however, all of a sudden a flight attendant showed up all of a sudden and gave Gabby an “extraordinary drink” to keep her calm. In any case, staying silent was not Erika’s thing, and the mother promptly took social media after seeing what the guy had done for her little girl.

Her husband wasn’t together with her on this flight, she really had a hard time making an attempt to create certain all 3 of her youngsters behaved themselves. Then again an attendant called Garrick decided by himself to help out. Mom then decided to write an even bigger post on Southwest Airline’s Facebook page to allow them to recognize what one of their flight attendants was up to:

“This is Garrick, an employee of yours working flight 1264 flying from Orlando to Newark…”

She also took a pic of the guy, that the big bosses at Southwest could easily identify him. Instead though, rather than firing him for being awful, Erika really praised him for the super sweet things he had done!

“Throughout the flight, he tried making her laugh and bringing her special drinks. As we were getting closer weather was rough and there was a bit of turbulence. Gabby began having a complete panic attack on the descent.”

Garrick could tell that Gabby was struggling to stay brave and composed, so he paid extra special attention to her. He even asked if it was okay if he could sit in the empty seat next to her!

“During extremely rough turbulence she began crying and grabbed his arm, he gently told her she could hang on as long as she needed to.”

“Just after this due to the extreme stress she was under her blood sugars began dangerously crashing.”

“He got up from his seat to get her an orange juice and came right back to sit with her. She asked again if she could continue to hold his arm while the plane was landing.”

As the plane began its decent Garrick distracted Gabby, he cleverly talked to her about fun stuff. For about half an hour the caring father in him, who also has a daughter about her age, chatted to the little girl about school and pets!

This Guy knew just what he needed to do, by the time the plane touched down, Gabby was calm and asleep!

“Once on the ground while taxiing to the gate he came on the intercom and announced that his friend, Gabby, in the front row overcame her fears of flying and asked for a round of applause.”

“The whole plane clapped for her. It was a wonderful experience on Southwest. We are forever grateful to have met such a beautiful, selfless soul.”

William from Southwest said that flights can be really scary for some people and that their flight crew really care about the people that travel with them.

They said:

“It warms our Heart to see such kindness and carrying from one of our amazing Flight Attendants, and we can’t even tell you how proud we are of your daughter for getting through the flight.”

The flight attendant will really get the rewards and recognition he well deserves, how awesome!

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Jasmine doesn’t want any other mother or families to ever go through what she had just witnessed with her son. Now she wants to help raise awareness of this unknown danger of chickenpox.

Check out Diego’s story in the video below.

We love you Katie, Nana and Papa 1/25/16.

When a group of local young boys heard about the woman’s arrest warrant they immediately jumped into action to help.

Suttle came out she was shocked! She couldn’t believe what the boys and her neighbors had done for her and she was left completely speechless.

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This story gives everyone hope for the future even in the midst of darkness.

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

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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’

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

Watch the full video below!

Grab your tissue! If you were moved by Sean’s words please let us know.

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

In April 2017, Richard posted an update that was exactly what we needed to hear.

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