The community group together in Johns Island, South Carolina, still very emotional after a complete nightmare of a situation, they had been searching for 24 hours for a girl that as kidnapped, Heidi Renae, just 4 years-old.

Thankfully everyone feels a sense of relief that she has been discovered alive and safe in Alabama, but shocked about the circumstances around her disappearance back on 13th February this year.

There are five children living with their parents, Heidi was one of those five in a lovely community of Johns Island before this terrible thing happened.

Her father is a member of the coast guard and her mo is a stay at home mom who cares for all the children and their home, at the time it happened her father was out training with his work, out of town!

The day it happened was an awful day, a guy came into the family home, beat up Heidi’s mom and took Heidi with him, kidnapped, and gone!

The police said that the first feeling that something was wrong came when Heidi’s mom didn’t turn up to pick up her two older children from the school…

The police went to the family home and then discovered that Heidi’s mom was there but had been ‘brutally beaten’, there were two siblings there, younger in age than Heidi and Heidi herself was gone!

The police took action straight away and rushed Heidi’s mother to the hospital, she needed immediate surgery, her injuries were severe!

The community was truly shocked an horrified by what had happened, they joined forces with the police to search high and low for the little girl!

In the end, a railroad crew that was working over in Riverside, Alabama, 400 miles away from where Heidi lived were responsible for leading police to the child after they saw a car parked in the nearby woods that was suspicious.

Rick Oliver, Police Chief from Riverside arrived and approached the vehicle, as he got closer he saw a guy sleeping, also inside the car was the little girl!

As they confronted the guy, he quickly pushed the girl out of the car to the police, then he drove off as fast as he could.

The guy was later arrested like he could ever have thought he would actually be able to get away, he is 37-years-old, called Thomas Lawton Evans and he was only released from prison a few short weeks ago!

Police were seriously attempting to ascertain why he did it and if there was any connection from him to the Todd family, or if it was just a random attack.

The little girl seemed to be physically unharmed, she was sat happily eating snacks and watching cartoons, but little do we know about the psychological effects the while ordeal has had on her.

She waited with the authorities who tried to make her as comfortable as possible while her farther came to collect her, he took a flight from Charleston straight away after he got the news about his daughter.

John Tecklenburg, Charleston Mayor announced the news that the little girl had been found, there was a lot of relief and cheers from the crowd, but everyone continued to pray for Heidi’s mom, still in hospital and seriously injured.

Tecklenburg said:

“What could have been a day of real tragedy has turned out to be a day of great joy”

Oliver agreed, and he said that Heidi’s safe return to the family was one of the greatest days of his 20-year career in law enforcement.

Oliver said:

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

You only get one chance to make a first impression, but these teenagers did everything they could when they realized their mistake.

A waiter in Los Angeles was serving four teens, really making sure that their evening was perfect. He then received a not so satisfying tip… The waiter was disappointed and upset that the kids and other people don’t understand the custom of tipping well for hard work.

He described on social media how he felt as a waiter when he only received a $3.28 tip from the teenagers:

“Nothing more frustrating than when I get little to nothing for a tip and the customer is smiling and thanking me profusely as they exit”. But then something very unexpected happened!

Roughly one week later, he received a letter:

“About a week and a half ago, on October 7, my 3 friends and I came to eat at this restaurant as our own homecoming celebration. It was an exciting experience for us to be here alone, and it was all new to us.

The bill was reasonable, but we had completely forgotten (and frankly didn’t know) what a tip even was, let alone how much to give. So we emptied our pocked and all our money added up to $3.28.”

“Not aware of how small this really was, we left, clueless of what we had left you for all your hard work.

So in this envelope, you will find the correct 18% tip + extra for simply being amazing. We appreciate your help and patience and thank you for making our night fun. Thank you!”

The bill was roughly $100, and a $3.28 tip is less than four percent! Thankfully, the teens realized their mistake and made sure to handle it appropriately.

The waiter posted a picture of the letter online along with some inspiring and kind words:

“I’ve been serving a long time, and nothing like this has ever happened to me, or anyone. I don’t know how you learned or educated yourself on tipping, but I really appreciate the effort and kindness. I hope your Homecoming was fantastic!”

It’s not every day that people go that extra mile to right their mistakes, but when they do it can make all the difference in the world – and this hardworking waiter truly deserved it!

It all starts with a teacher, way over her head as a young teacher, based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana called Chelsea Haley, 24 years-old and single…

Haley was part of teaching for America and her goal was to help, or hope to help, and make a difference to students at a low-income school, but there was one student, a fourth-grade young boy who almost drove her to quit!

The little boy, a 12-year-old Jerome Robinson was not very cooperative at all, in fact, he was flunking everything, not only did he fail at school work but he was also often suspended …a real pain!

Hailey thought at the time:

“At certain points, his behavior got so bad, I thought, ‘I can’t do this anymore,’ ..I can’t be a teacher.”

But being the strong determined person that she was she carried on, every day picking herself up and getting on. She found out that Jerome’s home life, which was riddled with psychological hurt and despair, it was very tender for him at home.

Haley said:

“It was really hard on her after she lost her husband …It was just a combination of tragedy coupled with the other social situations you face when you live in poverty.”

Haley realized also that Jerome’s birth mom, whose young daughter also passed away was really struggling.

The commitment that Haley had with teach America was coming to the end of its two-year term, but she still felt drawn to remain there for another year after she needed to.

In the fall of 2015 something pivotal happened, but she didn’t realize at the time, sh had a dream that absolutely changed the direction of her life forever more!

In her dream she heard God’s voice, the voice told her that she was to be Jerome’s mother. She didn’t think too much about it but laughed the thought away at first.

Then, out of the blue something else happened, the very next day at work, she sat watching Jerome, pondering her dream, he was quietly taking a test.

Haley said she felt a calm come over her, like an angels breath, a godly calm, then at that moment Jerome looked up and asked her something.

Haley said that:

“He just asked me if he could live with me …I told him I had been feeling the same thing.”

Jerome’s birth mother confirmed the path set out for them as she also asked about the adoption of her sons Jerome and Jace then smaller younger one, to give them a better life!

Putting all her trust in God, Haley adopted Jerome and Jace, she took a teaching job in Georgia, it was a big change in her life a real curveball, but she says she wouldn’t change a thing!

Jerome is really doing well in school now, he is on the honor roll for the first time in his entire life.

For Haley paying the bills and keeping on top of her finances is really hard, now a single mother living off a teachers salary, but God has always provided for them.

Haley said:

“I always knew I wanted to be a mom and I wouldn’t trade this for anything”

Everyone from around the world has been moved by her story and also offered financial support to the family, the money will help Jace stay in preschool and provide a college tuition for both of the boys in the future!

We wish this lovely family the very best for the future, Haley you are awesome!

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There are around 3.5 million cats that enter the United States, in animal shelters, each year according to the National Kitten Coalition…

It’s thought that of those about 1.5 million are euthanized each year, and that is just because they couldn’t find a loving family to adopt them.

One of the lucky ones, that did get adopted, called Ares, was taken from the shelter just before new years eve of 2017. His sister also found her way to the Wisconsin Humane Society’s Door too, as strays.

Just a short few weeks later, Alana Hadley visited the Sturgeon Bay shelter and she fell head over heels in love with a really sweet kitten!

She asked, very excitedly, about his sister also, called Aphrodite, but at that time an adoption for her was pending, so they couldn’t let her go.

This sweet little kitten, Ares, was taken home, as a solo artist, and all seemed well at first, until the first night, he began meowing, and he would just not stop!

Kittens absolutely make quite a bit of noise, even though they are small and when they feel lonely too, or even a little afraid. So understandably Hadley gave the kitten a fluffy toy, to snuggle and cuddle.

That would have been a perfect solution, but unfortunately, Ares decided that this cute fluffy toy wasn’t going to satisfy him, not in the least bit…

So the meowing went on, and on and on some more like it would never end!

Hadley sent a message to the shelter, some action was needed, but what he didn’t know was…

Hadley said:

“He has been almost non-stop meowing until he goes to sleep …and then meows again when he’s awake.”

Just as an amazing turn of fate, and with perfect timing, the person who was going to adopt Aphrodite, well it just didn’t happen, so in an excited flurry, Hadley shot back to the shelter!

Both brother and sister seemed so incredibly excited to see each other, Hadley knew what was needed, and what he wanted from the beginning, he also adopted Aphrodite too, right then and there!

Once they all got home, it was, of course, the puuuur-fect solution after all!

Hadley said:

“They both love to cuddle and purr like crazy when we are holding them … They sleep most of the day,” she explained, “and they cuddle each other when they sleep!”

Hadley said a little more recently that both kittens are happy as can be together and really do belong together.

Maybe Ares somehow realized that Aphrodite was the one and only Greek goddess of love, or so it would seem!

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Get yourself acquainted with the 2018 Gerber baby, this lovely 1-year-old picked from over 140,000 entries by other hopeful parents all across the USA. The baby picked was Lucas Warren…

The 1-year-old from Dalton, in Georgia, is the very first baby that has Down syndrome to ever claim the coveted honor of being Gerber’s Spokesbaby!!

Ever since 2010, Gerber has held, each year, a competition to find a new face, baby-face, to represent their brand. Before the yearly contests were held they used the babyface that was drawn in charcoal, the original Gerber baby, which was Ann Turner Cook, the face of Gerber since 1927, wow!

The team at Gerber looked over many of the competition entries of lovely babies from all over the country, but after all that, it was Lucas that stood apart from all the others.

Lucas’s father, Jason Warren, was in floods of tears, completely overwhelmed with happiness, gratitude and above all, he was so proud of his son!

Cortney Warren said:

“He’s very outgoing and never meets a stranger …He loves to play, loves to laugh and loves to make other people laugh.”

Cortney entered their son into the competition because a relative had suggested it, just interested to know if others found his smile as infectious as the rest of the family did too.

Cortney said that one of his absolute best features was his lovely heart winning smile!

The proud father, with tears in his eyes told about how he wished the world would see and be more accepting and loving of children with special needs.

He said:

“We’re hoping this will impact everyone”

“[We’re hoping] that it will shed a little bit of light on the special needs community and help more individuals with special needs be accepted and not limited”

“They have the potential to change the world, just like everybody else.”

Courtney said that she has a great worry about her son as he grew up, to worry about bullies targeting him because he was different, but hopes that he will look back with pride that he was the face of Gerber!

Cortney said:

“He may have Down syndrome, but he’s always Lucas first …We’re hoping when he grows up and looks back on this, he’ll be proud of himself and not ashamed of his disability.”

Bill Partyka, CEO of Gerber, said:

“Lucas’ winning smile and joyful expression won our hearts this year, and we are all thrilled to name him our 2018 Spokesbaby.”

He also said that Lucas was the perfect fit for the company’s slogan, that every baby is a Gerber baby.

Lucas is blissfully unaware that he, even now, he is charting new territory for other kids with special needs and their families too!

His sweet smile and his bright eyes that just endure, the world will have a realyl wonderful way to see that a person with down syndrome is simply another person, to live and love!

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Beauty really does come from the inside, but that doesn’t mean that we don’t care about how we look on the outside too, after all it’s the first thing people see and perhaps says a little about at at the least.

It really is a great feeling to go mad at how you look and really make a big effort about out appearance, at least every once in a while.

One thing that a few of us care about is the way our hair looks, which is not really that surprising after all, it kind of makes a statement to other people in a way about us, and our hair is a super visible feature!

So it carries that a bad haircut can cause even the most confident of people to hide away and feel self-conscious until it’s fixed of course.

A really bad or crazy or even forced upon us, type of haircut is really an assault on us, especially if its done with malice or on purpose, don’t you think?

January this year a happy and jolly an confident young girl of 13 decided that she would try a different look, and naturally, that involved a change of hairstyle!

She came to the decision that she wanted to get highlights, a request that her mom Christine Johnson had agreed to! Her mom took her to the hairdressers for a lovely birthday treat, awesome, right?

Well, it would have been awesome to show off her lovely new look, but something terrible happened. Before that though, Christie took a photo of her lovely daughter, smiling, overjoyed with her new hairstyle…

Her happiness was very sadly short and not so sweet, just days after this Kelsey stayed with her father and stepmother, what would happen there would completely traumatize her!

The photos her mom took after the visit to them were awful and heartbreaking for her and for her mom, shocking even!

Kelsey is even too ashamed to show her face, but you don’t need to see her face to feel for this poor girl and how she must have felt.

What was once her long and lovely hair was hacked down to nothing, all gone, so incredibly short it would even make a grown woman cry, let alone a young girl!

The Facebook post written by the aunt of Kelsey says that the girl’s father and stepmother had cut Kelsey’s hair after they saw the new highlights…

”Actions have consequences.” was their reason for doing it! …Really?

For some unbeknownst reason, they were very upset over the girls’ new highlights and decided to do this awful thing to her hair, forced to have this boy’s haircut, like some kind of forced humiliation!

The father and stepmother could now be facing consequences of their own, because, as they said already, we believe, “actions have consequences”. Since they both work as firefighters their actions have landed them a suspension without pay.

Christie wrote in a Facebook post that the reason for the extreme haircut that she had was for the purpose of humiliating Kelsey.

The post had many comments and from people who are equally devastated on Kelsey’s behalf!

The post has of course gone completely viral and social services in Wood County have stepped in to conduct an investigation into what exactly happened.

We really hope that Kelsey will get the justice that she deserves and her father and stepmother will be punished for their horrific alleged assault and the humiliation it caused to the young girl.

I can’t quite imagine how Kelsey is really feeling, she will be reminded of the terrible incident every time she looks at herself, until it grows back, which could be a considerable amount of time.

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One occasion that is always is joyful are weddings, but perhaps a little more special than that even is when you hear about gestures of love that are made at these wonderful events.

The bride of this wedding was gorgeous and so pretty, her name is Elizabeth, and what she did for her hubby to be was so awesome it really touched everyone, the whole gathering, and everyone who watched, thousands of people were in tears over it!

Scott her husband and Elizabeth, so to be married had their big day on 27th January 2018, in Sydney Australia and it was truly beautiful!

The angelic bride came into the room with her son, she was getting ready for the big moment, which would be a complete surprise for her hubby to be!

Scott had a really hard childhood, at the age of five he had already started to lose his hearing, and just three years on again and he was completely deaf!

Elizabeth got in the right place and she was ready to walk down the aisle, Christina Perry’s song called “A Thousand Years” was playing in the background, all their friends and family were there…

Elizabeth met Scott on Tinder about two years ago and the mother of two Elizabeth so head over heels in love she started to learn ‘Auslan’, Australian sign language!

About 12 weeks before the big day, Elizabeth secretly taught herself the lyrics and how to sign, in sign language their super special song, it’s really amazing how determined she was!

When Scott realized what she was doing he completely burst into tears, Elizabeth said that her husband has watched the video at least one hundred times now!

The beautiful tribute was videoed and it was viewed over 400,000 times. The couple is so happy that the video is reaching so many people and at the same time, it’s raising awareness a to others about the importance of learning sign language.

Elizabeth said:

“I have received so many private messages from people around the world telling me how the video impacted them …My favorites have been from parents of children with disabilities, saying I have given them hope that one day they will find love.”

You can watch the lovely video for yourself here:

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These elderly women, both in their 90’s, found out that their 97-year-old sister was in hospice care and rushed to pamper her. The medical staff was taking care of her, but the two sisters knew that she could use some extra support.

With kindness and laughter, they brushed her hair and made her feel pretty and special on one of her darker days. The love between these sisters is truly heartwarming!

Seeing such a strong bond between sisters really warms a parent’s heart. According to Psychology Today you can help your children develop this type of connection! First of all it is suggested to start building this bond as early as possible. The younger your children learn to think of each other as best friends, the stronger bond they will have.

Psycology Today also suggests that you never play favorites with your children as it according to the publication can cause resentment among the children.

The three sisters relationship is such a beautiful and rare thing to see. Thankfully they have been there for each other, know all each other’s strenghts and weaknesses and love one another unconditionally.

Learning that the eldest sister had started hospice care, they all rushed to be together. Knowing that they didn’t have much time left together all three they were deterined to make the most of the remainder of days.

That’s why they brought a hairbrush with them on their visit – they wanted to fill their last memories together with love, laughter and beauty. Luckily the woman’s granddaughter recorded the precious moment on camera and shared the beautiful moment with the world.

Grab a tissue and get ready to watch this beautiful gesture in the video below!

John Greene, a veteran had a home that had sadly fallen into disrepair, so much so that he had resorted to sleeping in his car each night, just to keep warm on the cold nights of the winter!

Thanks to the community spirit of the Barnesville community, he will not have to sleep in his car again or endure the cold nights in his car every night anymore.

Eddie Felton works alongside veterans to help them, he heard that there was a guy sleeping his car. Both he and his wife decided they just had to make the journey down to see him and see what was going on with him.

When they got there, what they found that John was sleeping in his car, keeping the engine running to keep himself warm through the night.

Eddie said:

“I went and knocked on the window and said, ‘Mr. Greene, you can’t do this. If you have a pinhole, carbon monoxide will kill you”

But when Eddie then saw the serious condition of John’s house he then understood why he had been sleeping in his car!

The house was really run down, it was actually falling apart, it really would be impossible to sleep in the house how it was…

The community rallied to get him sorted out, look at the video to see the amazing lengths they went to look after him and his house:

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All through the year and in all weathers, hot, cold, in rain or snow, even in ice, that UPS guy keeps coming round, he never fails to show up!

Living in a rural area, like being in the countryside means that he has to drive down a long driveway then has to deal with a large but friendly dog and carry heavy packages across the yard and the porch to the front door.

When he comes out the owner greets him and thanks him, but he always has a smile and kind words to say and a lovely treat for the dog too!

He always carefully turns the truck around so no to tear up the grass in the front yard and he hardly ever delivers a damaged package!

Online shopping and relying on delivery by courier are really getting more and more popular, hence UPS and other delivery drivers are more and more important to us all in our day to day lives.

They deliver us many and varied things like groceries and prescription medicines, housewares, and if you live quite far from a city then life without them would be considerably more difficult all around.

Leading up to the holidays it is common to see the UPS guy delivering packages up to 9 PM in the night, in fact, weeks before the Christmas. Its cold and dark outside when it gets to that time, but the UPS guy still shows up!

This guy deserves more than the small gift he received, but the thought was priceless!

This video shows his awesome reaction to the gift he finds on the porch waiting ready for when he makes his delivery!

The security camera captured him finding the gift — and his hilarious reaction to it:

A powerful hymn is “How Great Thou Art”, but it’s not only powerful as it is an awesome hymn to capture a glimpse of Gods glory, which is a challenging thing to do!

It’s such a classic hymn and it probably comes as close as anything humanly possible to giving a sense of the greatness and omnipotence of God. It hardly ever fails to bring tears to the eyes as I sing the words.

I really didn’t think that is was actually achievable for the hymn to be even more emotive and deeply meaningful until I saw Robert Earl, Bob for short, singing the very sale, but on a different level!

It really is two different things to sing about the greatness of God when life seems really great, but to still sing those famous words, how great thou art, from your hospital bed as your close to death, that is both strength and faith!

Melissa Walter’s Moss put the video of her husband, 97-year-old Grandpa who was belting out the truly wonderful song, one evening on a Thursday at the Ohio Health Mansfield Hospital. He was surrounded by all his friends and family, and I’m not ashamed to admit I shed more than a tear as I watched the video!

Faith and happiness are clear forces in Walters’ voice, just like the conviction he had for every single word that left his lips as he sang that song!

From his daughter it was announced, an update, that her Grandpa, much loved had sadly passed away in the early morning on Friday, Jan 12th after that beautiful song he sang that evening, almost like he knew he was being called to Heaven after it.

Moss wrote:

“I captured the sweetest moment when they were singing a hymn together, just listen to his sweet voice praising Jesus.”

“This morning my precious grandpa got to meet Jesus face to face as he peacefully went home to be with Him, uncle Rick by his side”

“How Great Thou Art” was the last song he sang and I certainly hope that before I pass away I could live up to Walter’s conviction and faith, what an amazing guy right up until the end!

Walters video of him singing the hymn in the hospital bed was shared on the Facebook page “Love What Matters” and as a result man other people also shared memories of singing this wonderful hymn with loved ones in all sorts of situations.

One other person shared that her family also sang the hymn around her Grandpa’s bed in a hospital just before he passed too.

She said in a comment:

“Oh, wow…this is what we sang around my grandpa’s hospital bed …My oldest daughter was 4 years old (now 8 yrs old) and she still calls it -great grandpa’s song-”

“This is why we should still sing hymns at church…they connect generations together”

During life certainly, but even during death, Walters left a real impression on not just his family and friends but, I think, to God too, before he met him in heaven, our thoughts and prayers go to the family and friends to stay strong and keep their faith during these difficult times.

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A hole in the heart doesn’t so much describe metaphorically a heartbreak in life, but it does refer to an actual real hole in the heart, Christie Cunningham, 35, had exactly this condition, she was unaware of it…

Her daughter was not feeling well at school either and this too played a role in the events of the day.

It was September and all these events seemed to play a role in what was about to happened that day. Her daughter, Kailey George, 8, was at Vision Charter School, she felt a little ill, it was her coming home that saved the day and more!

Christie made the decision that she would try to leave work early to pick up her daughter early from school, but when they arrived home, it wasn’t Kailey that needed care, it was her mom!

Christie’s back began to hurt, she really didn’t feel well at all…

Christie got a foam roller, she used it to ease her back pain, she stumbled to the ground. Her daughter approached her mother, she sensed there was something serious going on with her mom.

She noticed that her mom’s mouth was drooping in a strange way and that she was talking in a weird way, she knew she had to do something quickly.

Her mom is a nurse and she just thought that she needed to hydrate, drink a little water, her daughter asked her something really important!

It was when her mom couldn’t use her arm properly to drink the water…

She asked her mom:

“Are you playing tricks?”

Christie wasn’t aware of the severity of what she was experiencing, but, in fact, she was experiencing a stroke and her arm was paralyzed.

It was, of course, the hole in her heart that was the root of the problem!

A blood clot had moved through the hole in her heart and it had found its way around her body and ended up in her brain and cause the stroke.

She really wasn’t aware of the seriousness of her situation even though her daughter was, her mom didn’t want her to ring 911, she thought it wasn’t that bad, but Kailey knew she needed to take action.

She called her dad and told him what was happening to mom!

Her dad called 911 straight away after hearing Christie trying to speak, fortunately, she survived the stroke, but it could have been a lot worse had it happened and her daughter was not there to call for help.

The hole in her heart was repaired during a surgical procedure, before the surgery she had to take blood thinners, but afterward, she will take some baby aspirin, for the remainder of her life.

An award was presented to Kailey in front of classmates, police offices and paramedics!

This wonderful little girl was just in the right place at the right time, like she sensed that she needed to be there to help, or maybe God had a hand to play?

Every single event that day contributed to the positive outcome for her mom, every little detail, and it all payed off and she came out of the experience alive, the more time your left untreated with a stroke the more of yourself you loose!

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What began as an awful tragedy very soon after became one of the most incredible stories I have ever heard!

Ryan from Oklahoma and Jessica from Michigan had both lost the other halves, their spouses, to brain cancer in August of 2010, they hadn’t a clue what to do or where to turn to, they felt completely lost.

Their spouses had passed only four days apart, both of them had also been keeping a blog of their difficulties, somewhere though, somebody had been reading both their blogs!

That person contacted Jessica, they said:

“There’s this man in Oklahoma who lost his wife four days after you lost your husband and I just think you could be encouraging to him.”

She left him a message on his own blog, she offered to talk on email or phone, if he wanted to.

However, she didn’t know was that one of Ryan’s children came home and was asking about a “new mom”. It really caught him off guard, it had, after all only been two months since she had passed away.

That night, he prayed with his children, and he said:

“God, if that’s what I’m supposed to do, give me a sign, show me something… just prepare my heart for something like that.”

The very following morning he got Jessica’s message:

After that the rest really seems history, they chatted each other’s socks down, hours at a time, then in December, they decided to meet.

They chose Savannah to meet, in Georgia, after all, it was “neutral ground,”. It was a place both had always intended to visit, but never quite made it there, they certainly didn’t anticipate they would make it there under these circumstances!

In all the phone calls and emails they had really made such a great connection with each other, it really helped them figure out what they wanted, no kids involved, just the two of them communicating.

Ryan said:

“Both of us had really good marriages and thought, ‘I want to do this again.’ I knew very quickly, even in the conversations, that I wanted her to be my wife and spend time with her for the rest of my life”

Everything was really great between them, and so it was that they got married in April 2011, the only thing next was to decide who would move in with who!

Jessica’s son was disabled, Lucas, and he went to a lovely school already, it was logical that Ryan moves his three kids to Grand Rapids, Michigan, which he did, with Jessica and of course her four children she already had.

Wow, seven kids, half of them not your own, well they are really strong and they absolutely made it work.

Ryan said:

“The kids all just meshed as if they were brothers and sisters from day one. It’s just amazing how they just took to each other immediately”

Just to put the icing on the cake, they are a family of ten, having had another child of their own in 2015. In 2013 they upped and moved to Tennessee, they now have 30 acres and a big country style house they all live in!

This huge happy family really is a great example of how to fight for love and live your life with determination and zest! Please SHARE with friends and family and let’s inspire others to have the same zest for life!

Celebrating at a restaurant is a wonderful way to celebrate, that is unless you are called Makenzie and Steven Schultz, their celebration quickly turned into a complete disaster, the worse they have ever had!

For the first glass of water it took around 20 whole minutes, then another 40 minutes for them to get their appetizer and another hour for the entree!

Many people might well have complained about this kind of behavior, some probably even have walked away without a second thought, but not wanting this to happen in their special night the Schultz’s’ reaction was a true surprise for sure!

To be true to the facts people all around the Schultz’s were poking fun of the restaurant and how unbelievably bad the service actually was.

But after all that they didn’t leave an awful review of the restaurant, they didn’t even speak to the manager, they empathized with the waiting staff and left a note to them, what awesome people!!

Makenzie explained:

“So here’s the deal. Our service tonight sucked …Yeah, it was pretty terrible. But, it was very obvious that the issue was being short staffed, not the server.”

“He was running around like crazy and never acted annoyed with any table. At one point we counted he had 12 tables plus the bar. More than any one person could handle!”

The Schultz’s sat waiting and watching the server run back and to, between too many tables, all the time saying how sorry she was, never once losing her cool…

Makenzie realized and turned to Steven and said:

“Wow, this used to be us. Waiting tables. I don’t miss it at all and I never loved that job. I did it for the tips.”

They both agreed that the server wouldn’t be getting any tips, just because of how slow the food was coming out, even though it really was not her fault, at all.

The Schultz’s decision was to be really kind about it, in fact, they did the opposite of what most people would do and they left a tip of $100 on top of the $66 dollar meal, and a note to explain.

In the note they said:

“We’ve both been in your shoes. Paying it forward =)”

They quickly left before the server had a chance to read the note, they didn’t want a fuss, it was simply a kind gesture.

Later on, Makenzie decided they this story could be a real inspiration to others too and decided to share it! She says that a bit of thoughtfulness can often really change a situation for the better, especially when its a situation outside of the person’s control.

Makenzie wrote:

“I’m just sharing this as a friendly reminder to think of the entire situation before you judge …And always always always remember where you came from.”

What an awesome story, if you too are inspired then please SHARE this story with your friends and family.

When you’re homeless your kind of stuck in a rut, between a rock and a hard place, but to suddenly find out there is something amazing waiting for you, something you completely forgot about, it will change your life, it’s truly amazing…

Jon Helsinki is 62 years old and has been living in a cardboard box for the last three years next to a bus stop in Tampa, Florida!

He slept often under the shelter there and the bus stop benches there, most people didn’t even notice that he was there, he felt completely invisible to everyone.

His identification documents had been stolen from him and it was almost impossible to get new ID’s for him as he was from Poland originally and is now all alone in the world!

He had tried to apply for temporary housing at the Florida Community Housing Solutions Center, but again, it was a dead-end because he had no way to prove his identity, so he was refused.

He was really stuck in a rut, a vicious cycle of events that kept going around and around and then back to where he started again.

Charles Inman, a caseworker heard his story and he wanted to help him out. Charles was working with the community health provider DACCO and stepped in to try to do something for him.

Officer Daniel McDonald also helped them, from the Tampa Police Department, they made a good team and were determined to help the guy break the terrible cycle he was stuck in.

Inman said after meeting Helinski for the first time:

“This situation looked really difficult, and I wasn’t sure how it was going to end up”

“If it failed, it meant we’d put a 62-year-old man on the street, and Officer McDonald and I were not OK with that”

“John was born in Poland, so it made it even more difficult for him to get new ID …I helped him out and said, that we will figure this out and get him a bed”

The two men worked with Helinski and got all the identification papers he needed finally…

McDonald said:

“First, I drove him personally to the local tax collector’s office, where he was able to get a temporary State of Florida ID card”

With the ID papers, he could finally get his birth record from the US State Consular Affairs department.

Then the pieces started to fall into place, they could get him an appointment with social security and find out about his benefits he used to have.

The big shock was that Helinski had never stopped receiving benefits, they are still getting deposited in his bank!

They then went to the bank and the men saw he had a bank account he had forgotten about, with the social security checks and more!

With his forgotten accounts he was able to move into his very own home, he is now living in the community homes that Inman work for, but all of a sudden his future is a lot happier and assured!

McDonald says:

“He has the money now to move into his own home …He deserves it. He’s a very good, sweet and genuine man.”

A huge thanks to these two men who made it all possible for this once homeless guy, they turned his life around and now he has a bright future again!

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To voluntarily have your daughter’s leg amputated is an incredibly difficult decision to make. This truly awesome story of facing facts and overcoming anything that has in store for you…

Born with deformed legs and hands, little Jemma Kelly was very special, he mom Tamara was shocked when she first saw her little girl.

She said:

“She only had three fingers on each hand and there wasn’t an ankle on her bottom right leg so it had formed in a hook shape”

As Jemma grew a little older she couldn’t walk or play as normal children could.

She said:

“I want my daughter to lead a normal life, she’s an amazing little person and I will not let her life be changed by her disability”

Doctors said that there are a few options to try to help her daughter, her parents made the heartbreaking decision to have Jemma’s leg amputated above the knee-joint!

Kelly said:

“We were given options to extend her leg with screws, metals, and rods, but we decided that if she had it amputated she could live a better life without countless surgeries”

At just 9 months old they did the surgery on her, then just before her first birthday she was fitted with a prosthetic leg, so she could adapt to it and move around like other toddlers.

They encouraged her to move around and to help her adapt to her new limb as much as possible!

Her new prosthetic leg actually has a knee-joint, it allows Jemma much more movement and flexibility.

Tamara said:

“She does cheerleading, plays tee-ball, rides a bike, bounces on trampolines—if you covered her prosthetic leg you’d never know the difference between her and any other child… Now she can bend down to grab things like in tee-ball and so she’s just getting used to being able to kneel rather than throw her leg out”

Tamara went on to say:

“When she was younger she used to stand at the couch and balance like a flamingo but now she’s walking, running and always on the move”

“When she learned to walk it was such a massive achievement…”

“We’ve had to undergo a lot of therapy and I’ve researched different ways to teach her how to move but now she’s just incredible.”

“We’re all incredibly proud of everything she’s done so far, she’s an amazing little girl”

Jemma and all her family really take the positives in life, they focus on what she can do in her life, which is nearly everything!

Great luck To Jemma for the bright future she has ahead of her, you will achieve whatever you want in your life!

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At a young age we teach our children to give respect to their elders, thankfully, this is something that many of those children then carry on doing as adults too. Seniors now live much longer and we have and know more about medicine and life and so they need a little more help to get along sometimes too.

Thank goodness there are more people out there who will see opportunities to call in on an elderly person in need and help them out, one of those great people is Chris Carter…

He was on an outing with his family recently and Chris saw the perfect opportunity to help a senior guy who was hunched over and pushing a lawn mower, a large one at that!

Chris instead of just passing by, he turned and looked at his wife, then decided that he would do something fantastic.

Tara shared what he did with the Facebook page ‘Love What Matters’, She was completely taken back by her husband’s reaction at first, but she knew that what he did was really in his caring nature.

Tara said:

“This is one of the many reasons I love my husband. As we are driving home with Kylie and Gage, Chris suddenly turns the jeep around and says, ‘Take the food home and come back and get me.’ I didn’t know what he had seen but said okay.”

His wife was a little worried at first but then she saw what her hubby did next and it touched her, it was so warm and kindhearted. Chris’ lovely nature and thoughtfulness, he pulled over and parked the car up.

He jumped out of his car and walked over to the senior guy, he was finding the work with the lawn mower difficult.

Tara went on to say:

“We pull up and Chris takes the push mower from this elderly gentleman. I pray that my son learns from this and randomly helps people do things like his father does.”

How Chris reacted to this situation is a really good example of what we all should do as much as we can, respect and honor our elders, help them when they need help, he really showed the youth of today how to act by his example.

Chris’ compassionate act wasn’t done for attention, or to get noticed or any other selfish reason, he did it to help someone else because he cared and he is a good guy, such a selfless act.

It is after all times like these that Senior need a little help sometimes, I know if it was me that needed help like this I would really appreciate it, what a true gent!

The elderly guy was really grateful for Chris’ help, it’s the smallest gestures that can mean the most sometimes!

Have you eve done something like this to help someone? Is yes, then tell us about what you did in the comments; Your story too could inspire people to do the same!

This nine-year-old boy managed to beat the odds in his battle against cancer, just long enough to get to see his newborn sister and pick her name before he sadly passed away, his parents describe his heartbreaking story…

The doctors discovered cancer in Bailey’s body quite late, so, unfortunately, they could only say that he had just days or weeks to live.

The young boy was completely set in his mind that he would fight cancer, held on to his life for a hard and challenging fifteen months, he had round after round of treatment…

It was Christmas Eve when Bailey passed away, he was with his parents Lee and Rachel Cooper, they were at his side, but not before he got to see his newborn sister, he named her Millie.

Bailey’s troubles started in the summer of 2016 when he was taken ill and got medical attention. The Doctors thought he might have had some kind of virus, but when it didn’t get better they gave him antibiotics for a chest infection.

His condition just continued to get worse…

His blood test results were completely devastating, has was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, it was cancer, it affects the vessels of the glands in the body.

He was started on chemotherapy and steroid medication and in February of 2017 cancer went into remission, it seemed like there was a glimmer of hope and he might recover.

The bay’s father said:

“They thought there were no more signs of cancer …He started back at Stoke Lodge school and from then we were home.”

“He had to go in for regular check-ups and routine MRIs every three months, but things were looking up.”

It came to easter time, the doctors called his parents, there had been a relapse and he had to return to hospital again.

Bailey was reassessed, the doctors said that he had a seventy percent chance of survival now.

He father said:

“He went into chemo again …The doctors threw the book at it, and told us even if he survived it, the long-term effects will last for the rest of his life. He had a stem cell transplant.”

Bailed bravely battled the disease and towards the end of July, he had recovered enough that he could leave the hospital again and spend some time with his family.

Baily’s mom said:

“We had six weeks at home with him that summer. It was amazing”

Towards the end of August again there was a relapse. But this time around the cancer had returned even more aggressively than previous times.

The consultant Doctor said:

“It’s at stage four, and it’s even worse. It’s very aggressive.”

There were sizable lumps in his chest, inside his lungs, his liver and his stomach, it was extensive!

His father said:

“She told us there wasn’t very long left—it was only days or weeks”

Bailey was determined and he battled as hard as he could, he was determined to meet his little sister, she was due in November.

His mother said:

“Those three months were absolutely horrendous. We knew he didn’t have very long, and we tried to enjoy whatever time he had left”

Bailey’s situation deteriorated and he had to go on pain medication.

His mom said:

“We didn’t think he would last that long, but he was determined to meet Millie. It got to the end of November, and Millie was born.”

“He hugged her and did everything an older brother would do—change her, wash her, sing to her”

“But week by week, he got dramatically worse. He would be down and sleeping on the sofa a lot, and sometimes in bed unresponsive. It was difficult.”

His father said the doctors predicted that he wouldn’t last until his sister would be born but Baile had a different idea about that!

His father said:

“Doctors said he was going to go before Millie was born. He didn’t. He fought, and on the way to hospital, he said we should call her Millie”

“But the moment after he met her, he began to taper off quickly. He was slipping away.”

Dying boy, 9, kept fighting long enough to meet newborn sister and pick her name https://t.co/SfjeplgCpP pic.twitter.com/fMTH0XOZ6Z

— Daily Mirror (@DailyMirror) January 12, 2018

Bailey was taken to the hospital on Friday, Dec. 22.

His mother recounted:

“We sat there hour by hour, watching him slip away. We read him stories, and listened to his favorite music”

“By 11:45 a.m. on Christmas Eve, we were by his bedside. We knew it was not going to be long. We told him ‘it’s time to go, Bailey, stop’.”

“The moment we said ‘stop’, he took his last breath and had just the one tear come out of his eye. It was peaceful.”

Baliey’s parents managed to share their final moments with their son, they said that in those final moments he said something extraordinarily touching about his little sister, just before he was taken to the hospital.

Bailey said:

“I want to stay but it’s my time to go to become her guardian angel.”

Rest in peace little man we wish you peaceful happy days in heaven, you were so brave, our thoughts rest with you.

This boy, only ten years old came to the coffee shop and took a seat at one of the tables there, the waitress who was working in that section was really annoyed. He was just a child and he wasn’t really going to spend a lot of money! She thought he was wasting her time…

It was her job, after all, to serve customers, paying customers of course, but no matter how little they ordered they are still paying and valued customers, right?

She went to the table an put a glass in front of his face…

He said to her, innocently:

“Miss, how much is an ice cream sundae?”

She said:

“Fifty cents”

He was quiet like he was thinking a little and looked down then he asked her the cost of a regular ice cream.

The waitress at this stage was growing impatient with the little boy. There was a line building up over at the door and she wanted to get on and seat all the people building up waiting for seats.

She replied to him, quite impatiently:

“A plain cup of ice cream is 35 cents”

The little boy decided to order the regular ice cream, he gave her his menu with a smile.

Just a few minutes after she returned with the ice cream and the bill then walked off without saying anything.

The little boy politely sat there, he ate his ice cream and, paid for it and left!

The waitress soon saw that the table was empty and was sighed relief that the child had not taken up too much of her time, she went straight over to the table and cleared up, quickly preparing it for the next customers.

Just at that moment, she was clearing up the table she was something at the table that really deeply touched her and made her feel so incredibly sad!

It was a tip the little boy had left her a 15 cent tip, he had given her the rest of the money he had, how amazingly kind and sweet!

She was stunned and stood there, paused for a moment thinking about what the little boy had done. The only reason he couldn’t afford an ice cream sundae was that he included her tip in his costs

The waitress was overcome with guilt, how could she have been so cold towards him and selfish? The tears welled up in her eyes the more she thought about it and her conversation with the little boy, he gave up his sundae to give her a tip!

Maybe if we do actually think of other more, before ourselves then the world would actually be a better place, SHARE this with your friends and family, make the world a better place.

Every family is unique and certainly, there are not many families in America like Madeleine’s family! Her parents were only teenagers when she was born, young and unprepared for family life they still refused to give up on their baby girl and each other!

With all odds against them, Madeleine’s family managed to rise above it all. She posted this picture online when graduating high school and it truly shows their perseverance!

Madeleine shared her family’s amazing story with the Love What Matters Facebook page.

“We made it TOGETHER. My mom was 15 while pregnant with me, she had me at 16. My dad was 17. The original picture is from June 2000.

My parents were judged a lot during this time but stayed strong together. They both lived with their parents but were raising me together. They were determined to make it and provide me with a future. My dad worked full time in construction and my mom was still playing soccer.

Today, they have a strong, loving marriage. They purchased a beautiful home. My mom is a stay-at-home mom and my dad has a great career as a longshoreman. I have two little sisters that are following in my footsteps.”

“The original photo has always been an inspiration to me. I wanted to recreate this photo since the beginning of my senior year but especially after I accepted my offer to college.

I also wanted it to be a reflection to show them how far we’ve come together as a family. My parents have always been my motivation to be successful in high school and now strive to do well in college.

I couldn’t ask for a more loving, supportive family than the one God gave me. Yeah, that’s right, we made it TOGETHER.”

Madeleine’s family has overcome so many obstacles, laughing in the face of life’s challenges. This picture is the perfect representation of Madeleine’s wonderful childhood and her supportive family.

Life has its ups and downs, but Madeleine is lucky, she knows her parents will always be by her side, no matter what! This picture shows how happy and proud they are of their little girl graduating high school! They’re also very proud that she’s off to college and bettering herself.

We wish Madeleine and her family all the best!

There are some really amazing people in this world, as adults, we have a good sense of what to do in most situations, but as a toddler, it’s much more difficult to know what to do, which makes this story even more amazing…

Toddlers do have a basic idea of right and wrong but past that it’s difficult, as an adult we know for sure when we encounter a difficult situation but as a toddler, it’s not so clear.

This toddler had an instinct that there was a danger, that she really needed help and she knew how to dial the police ‘911’ service…

How this three-year-old knew that she needed help we may never really know, or how she knew to call 911 in an emergency, but she did…

One day, home alone apart from another baby, all by herself, she made a decision,it would change her life forever!

A lot of kids might dial 911 because they don’t know any better, there are countless times when officers have turned up and only find there are children that called 911 because of thy needed help with their homework, or some other insignificant reason that wasn’t really legitimate.

There have been cases where children have saved the lives of a member of their family by calling the police, like the case where a five-year-old saved the life of his father after he saw him lying on the ground.

This little girl though saved herself and a little one-year-old boy!

Police officers arrived at the trailer park hole and they were shocked at what they found there!

The anonymous three-year-old girl called 911 and spoke to the operator for over eight minutes until the sheriff’s deputies arrived there.

The girl and the baby boy was in the trailer in Oak Park, Florida, alone, the trailer was dirty inside and there were three dogs inside with them.

Both the children have dirty diapers on ad=nd dog feces was all over, two dogs were caged in the kitchen and one was running loose and quite aggressive.

Most shocking of all was that there was an unsecured gun within reach of the children. There was a gun there to that one of the children could have gotten hold of!

The authorities sad that the refrigerator was virtually empty…

About two hours later Yajaira Tirado was found and charged with two counts of child neglect with no harm.

She said:

….”she had only been gone for five minutes”

…to get groceries from a neighbor, but later admitted to the fact that really she lied about it. Tirado also told officers that she believed the shotgun was not working and broken.

A member of the family was called to the home, and the children are now in his custody thankfully. The Department of Children and Families have been called to investigate the case.

Life in today’s world is pretty hard as is being a parent, but to be a single parent is even harder than that. Ashton Matheny is doing everything he can to raise his daughter on his own even though he is in a unique situation himself.

Ashton Matheny is the boyfriend of Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind, she is 22 years old, at eight months pregnant she had been murdered for her baby.

The Bismarck Tribune said that Savanah disappeared one day after her neighbor asked her for some help. Some five days later the police found Savanah and Matheny’s daughter with the neighbor.

The neighbor and her boyfriend were later charged with conspiracy to commit murder and kidnapping, also with giving false information to the police.

Matheny said:

“All I wanted was a life with Savanna and my baby …But they took it from me. My world’s gone, man. They took my world from me.”

Savanah’s body was found a few days after over in the Red River, what an awful thing it was!

Matheny told everyone about his long-term girlfriend that he had planned to marry!

He said:

“She would have been the best mom ever …She was so good with kids.”

The baby who is called Haisley Jo is really healthy and thank goodness, after being born four weeks early it’s really great that he is so healthy!

Matheny said that:

“She’s my miracle baby …She was perfect coming in.”

Matheny will have a steep hill ahead of him to climb, he is now learning to not just cope with the loss of his loved one, but also learning to raise his daughter all by himself.

He said:

“It was pretty overwhelming”

The really great thing is how he is approaching the thing, he says that he really and absolutely loves being a dad and adores his little girl!

He said:

“She’s beautiful …She’s Savanna all the way.”

At the young age of twenty-two years, the father of this little girl now has to be mother and father to Haisley Jo. He bathes, feeds, changes her, all the time trying to get enough sleep to get the job done as best as he can!

He said:

“I have to go over a checklist every time I leave the house”

He is playing the role of dad and being strong but all the tile he is taunted by what happened, it really doesn’t feel real at all.

He says:

“I feel like I’m living a nightmare”

Although its been really hard for him that his parenting skills have improved and now that he has sole routines to follow he is getting along well and Haisley Jo is really happy, however, nothing numbs the pain of losing Savanah!

Matheny said:

“I have dreams of Savanna almost every night …My dreams about her have been frequent lately. She’s in my dreams all the time. Everyone says you have your daughter to look forward to (raising). And I do. But that doesn’t bring back Savanna. Nothing will.”

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