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A School Talent Act You Won’t Forget, These Fifth Graders Will Have You Rolling On The Floor

Do you remember going to school? Sitting in class through lunchtime breaks and Physical Education and all the different events through the year, perhaps talent shows too. Simply the idea of being on stage was intimidating!

OK, so talent shows consist of either singing, dancing or playing an instrument and that pretty much covers it, but apart from showcasing talent the shows were a great way to show off to your schoolmates, the attention you got was pretty good too!

I really do think that these 10 year old boys that come from New Braunfels Christian Academy really did just that, they entertained, they impressed all their schoolmates, they, all in all, put on a great show in their school’s annual talent show.

These four boys had put a lot of time and effort too into their preparations for the amazing performance together and were really excited to see if their schoolmates would love it as much as they loved performing it.

The performance starts mysteriously with just a very big black sheet, everybody in the audience it quiet!

Then the sheet is pulled away, then there is nobody that is not laughing.

The boys didn’t go for the traditional talent show kind of thing, by singing or having an instrument, they thought up an original and incredibly funny performance, as babies in onesies and bibs, looking a little like puppets!

As soon as the music started it will crack you up, they are awesome!

The way they perform, right to the props and the choreography is just great, you will remember it for sure!

Have a look at their performances and you will see exactly, 1:50 will have you rolling on the floor!

Woman, 56 years Old Stabs Daughters Rapists and Escapes A Prison Sentence

As parents, we often take actions to prevent harm to our children, sometimes without thought to ourselves of the repercussions! This is just one of those times as this 56 year old mother jumped in with a knife in her hand to fend off three men gang raping her daughter.

One of the men died and subsequently the woman was arrested, however, the courts have now decided that she will not receive any time for the murder!

A South African woman was told by a friend of the terrible thing that was happening to her daughter, being gang-raped by three men, inside an empty house in part of a village called Qumbu.

The woman, 56, whose daughter was suffering the attack searched the house frantically only to find the three men and her distressed daughter. Without a thought, she quickly grabbed a knife and stabbed the three men to get them away from her daughter, one of the rapists died after the incident.

The mother was arrested and faced charges of murder and attempted murder for the part she played in the ordeal.

In South Africa, the case received a lot of attention, as well as international media too! The brave mother was nicknamed “Lion Mama”.

There were a lot of people who sympathized with the mother and there was a crowdfunding campaign set up to show their support and to pay her legal costs of around USD $ 10,000.

The mother’s lawyer said:

“She still needs to go for trauma counselling for her and her daughter. We have transferred the money that was paid to us to her for her wellbeing”

The Magistrates Court, Lady Frere, made an announcement that the woman was not going to be charged with the murder of the rapist and the other two men were arrested and await prosecution.

Talking publically to hundreds of her supporters outside the courthouse the mother said that she was completely touched by the public’s reaction and support.

She said:

“I felt like an old baboon that has no friends, but today you showed me I have people and that I was not alone. Thank you”

You can certainly say that this mother needed to save her daughter from the violence and stepped in without a thought for herself.

What would you do? Should she be locked up for the murder, share and support her!

Alexander Thought She Had Been Scammed, She Was Happy To Learn The True Story

Homeless people do have a way of drawing in those who want to genuinely help. Many of us only look at how they look outwardly but some of us make assumptions about them form how we think they ended up in the streets.

Nevertheless, even considering how that homeless person might have ended up on the streets, we find the love in our heart to give to them selflessly. On this note, there was one Facebooker who realized how important it is to do this!

A realtor in Jacksonville, North Carolina, called ShelbyLynn Henry Alexander went into detail about what exactly happened to her in January. She saw, while sat waiting at some traffic lights, a raggedy man standing with little clothes and it was only 30 degrees outside!

He had handwritten in big letters on a cardboard sign:

“Need a little help. Will pay it forward.”

Alexander went over to the guy, he had a dog that he wrapped in a blanket and decided to give him some money. She wrapped three bills around her real estate business card, and then for the times to come, maybe he would be in a better position and need a home.

Alexander drove off and as she did she said a prayer for him, she said about him:

“I never caught his name, but I remembered his face.”

Looking forward eight months and Alexander saw how much a simple prayer could change things, sure enough, she received a call one night from a client, at her office.

When Alexander arrived at the meeting with the client she noticed a dog poking his head out of the client’s truck. As the guy opened the truck door she noticed that is was the same guy she gave the money to earlier on that year.

This time around the guy was clean and dressed nicely, Alexander had a fearful thought that maybe it was a scam from the beginning, but then the guy, with tears in his eyes handed her back her card wrapped in three bills!

She was left completely speechless, she learned that he was homeless following a bad divorce. Present day he has a new job as an engineer, his life was back on track!

That day Alexander really learned to not judge anyone without knowing all about them and their circumstances, just pray and let God decide!

Jasmine, Wet And Bedraggled, Jumps In Earl’s Truck Terrified, Calls 911

Do you remember the last time you left something important at home and had to turn back to get it? It’s completely maddening when this happens don’t you think?

There are some people that believe in fate and that there are no such things as coincidences, then there are some that things happen for a reason, like a grand ordained plan. Earl Melchert, whatever he believed before the September the 5th he now won’t ever grumble about such a mistake again.

Earl returned to his house in Barett, Minnesota at lunch to pick up diesel, in the distance he saw what looked like it could be a deer, but as he got closer he realized it was a person!

That deer that was a person was really a scared 15 year old girl called Jasmine Block, soaking wet and very nervous to take refuge inside Earl’s truck.

Earl recognised the girl straight away, he had seen her picture on the television news, flyers and all across the internet, missing from her home Alexandria, Minnesota since August 9th.

Jasmine said that the father, who was 32 years old, came to her housemate at night looking for her help with his son. Jasmine got inside the truck he was driving and went with him to his house in Carlos, Minnesota.

Jasmine was tied with zip ties one she got there! For a whole 29 days she was sexually assaulted by Baker and his two friends Michael Samuel Powers and Jason Lee Holby, 21 and 31 years old respectively. She was moved to many different locations regularly.

Jasmine feared for her life all the time she was kept there and told investigators that Baker tried to Kill her three times, once in a bathtub, but he was not strong enough with his cerebral palsy. The 5th of September the two men transported Jasmine in a duffel bag in a pickup truck…

Completely scared, Jasmine found her chance to make a run for it when the two men went inside a store, so when she was unsuccessful in getting help in nearby houses she swam across a lake to get to land near Earl’s home…

Her captors were looking for her, desperately, and she knew it, she was desperate to get inside Earl’s Truck, she pointed the men out to Earl and he called 911, when the police came, ultimately leading to the arrest of the three captors.

Powers came out and said that he had spent two weeks at baker’s house and been involved in sex with a child. Baker only admits to heavy alcohol and drug use but denies accusations of knowing Jasmine, and even denies picking her up or holding her against her will.

For Earl, and his part in helping the girl and calling the police he received $7,000 from Alexandria Police Dept which he immediately gave to Jasmine’s family as an anonymous donor!


Earl had retired the wekk beofre really surprised everyone when he just smiled and handed his cheque to Jasmine and gave her a huge heartfelt hug.

He said:

“It’s the best thing I’ve ever done,”

“What a retirement present, to hand over some money to people that really need it.”

If Earl had not left something at home and hadn’t had to return, then he would not have been able to save Jasmine’s life, The next time you double back just think, maybe it’s fate or part of a bigger picture!

Six Months After Boy Donates Hair to Children With Cancer, He Has A Terrible Shock

Torrin Brenman has spent the last three years determined to change the lives of other children. The 12 year old boy has selflessly given his time in a very special way and it has had an unthought of consequence that has deeply affected his life.

Many children when they have cancer lose their hair because of the treatments used to destroy cancer. Torrin wanted to restore the health and spirits of the children have found out this and his main focus was children with cancer.

The organization ‘WIgs for Kids’ help children that do have this kind of hair loss, they use real hair donated to them to make the wigs, and they do this without any cost to the families or the children. Torrin grew out his own hair for three years so he could donate to this charity.

People that didn’t know him thought he was a girl and bullies made fun of him. Even after all the grief he continued to grow his hair until it was long enough to donate.

Six months later he started to become ill with a bad cough which developed into something more serious and he wound up in the intensive care unit at the children’s hospital.


It was so sad, Torin was told he had stage four Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, at only 12 years old!

Six months previously he gave his hair in the hopes it would help a child who had lost his hair with chemotherapy treatments and now he himself was starting chemotherapy treatments too!


The community of Detroit, in general, is made up of many people who do not have extensive resources, but nonetheless, they have worked very hard to raise money and help the family.

They also have brought presents to the family home for Torin and his sister, Julissa, but they had been sadly stolen! When the storey made the local news that the presents had been stolen while the family were in the hospital, they were returned to them!

Torrin really looked forward to this very special outing to see a wrestling event. Unfortunately though, despite having the tickets, this was not healthy enough so he was unable to attend.

His mother, Carrie, wrote on Facebook:

“Most ppl would be upset about being here but honestly he is continually being monitored here so for me it makes me feel much safer.”

We pray that Torrin gets the support that he once dedicated three years ago, trying to provide for children affected by cancer.

Fizzy Drink Nearly Fatal To Farther Weeks Before Son Is Born, Now He Has A Hole In His Head

Briana a soon to be a mother will have these four words, her mother in law said, imprinted in her thoughts forever “Austin had an accident”.

Brianna took the two hour journey to the hospital by car, her emotions were running high as she drove, without a single clue what was wrong with her husband. The baby she was carrying inside her was due in a few short weeks, they had excitedly anticipated the birth and new baby.

Squarely between life and death in an awkward balancing act, his brain had bled, the doctors were not sure why though at first.

Many tests later the doctors had eliminated drugs as the cause but they were able to give Austin’s family the reason why his brain had started to bleed like it did.

In order to push himself further and work more hours, especially with a daily commute, her husband had slipped into an energy drink addiction. Austin now faced a less than certain future, with many brain surgeries ahead of him, with the possibility of seizures and strokes.

Brianna wrote:

“But while everyone was focused on the almost unrecognizable face hooked up to all sorts of machines and tubes, all I could see was his parents”

Brianna’s heart couldn’t emotionally stand up to the gravity of the situation watching the grief on her in-law’s faces as they realized what was in store for him.

She went on to write:

“I saw the light leave his mother’s eyes as she saw her motionless son laying in that hospital bed”

“I saw his father break down crying as he held onto his wife.”

After two weeks her due date approached and he still had not woken up, she had to give birth without him there.

When her newborn baby looked up at her she wept with a bittersweet feeling, on one hand, the joy of the birth, but then the sadness of her husband too.

Brianna went on even more:

“But a beautiful miracle happened as I delivered our son, Austin woke up”

Months onward, eight to be more precise and Brianna finds herself caring for her baby and her husband, her husband is now a completely different man than she married, nevertheless, she falls more in love with him every day.

Brianna shared her final thoughts:

“Love is knowing you would sacrifice things that you didn’t even know you could sacrifice”

“Love is selfless.”

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Gorgeous Girl Get Her Long Hair Cut Ready For Hospital Treatment, Her New Look Is Fabulous

Laura after her cancer diagnosis was driven to cope with things most of us couldn’t imagine, lots of people have makeovers to change the way we look but Laura Turned to Jerome Lordet of Pierre Michel Salon in New York City to get a new look before she started the chemotherapy!

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She was very pleased that Jerome had the perfect look for her to make her dreams come true, and of course, to help her through the immense emotions she faced ahead of her, and in her treatment!

This was something that was really important to Laura because she wasn’t just looking for a new look, she really needed and wanted something amazing and dynamic, something easy to keep while she had her treatments.

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Jerome knew what to do straight away and got straight to it by chopping more than a foot from her beautiful long brown hair and whilst it was a bit of a shock to her at first, she soon realized it was all part of the plan.

Next, the talented stylist, Jerome, cut beautiful natural layers that fell perfectly around her neck, an easy and stress-free cut to manage for her to manage in the weeks to come.

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Laurea just wanted to completely remove the problem of worrying about what to do with her hair and how it looked, she wanted a fuss free style! Jerome after skillfully layering the hair then blow dried the hair to an amazing finish!

Laura now looked completely perfect, and stunningly glam!

It was absolutely perfect for the trying times ahead of her, she just couldn’t stop feeling her hair and running her fingers through her hair over and over.

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The Pierre Michel Salon went on her their most talented makeup artist, Katherine, to give Laura a complete makeover too.

Her new style, hair colour, blush, eyeshadow, lipstick, were all applied perfectly to her pretty face, how completely adorable she looks!

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Laura was so amazed and taken aback by the Salons kind gesture to help her that she was not able to hold back her obvious emotion!

Embarking on such a difficult journey was going to be hard, but with the help of the Salon, she felt empowered and ready to start on her path with a fresh clean and easy to maintain the look.

Check out the amazing video and see her transformation with your own eyes!

Farmers Wife Sick Of Husband’s Long Hours, Until She Realizes Something….

We often don’t take the time to think about where all the food came from, especially when we sit down to eat it! Fresh vegetables and fruits are delicious, but we pay the price for them, the largest is to the farmer’s families!

To the farmer’s families, the sacrifice is great, that of a father working long hours and sacrificing his family time, either not realized or soon forgotten as we eat our food.

That is just the reason that the wife of one farmer decides to share the truth about her husband’s work on the farm after her difficult night trying to get the kids ready for bedtime.

Katie Spence Pugh, the Farmer’s wife was completely drained after a long hard day working, followed by an evening of looking after the kids, again without her husband’s help! Eugene her husband was, as is always, working his usual long hours in the fields and although his wife was frustrated she had a light bulb moment.

Katie went on to Facebook to let out her thoughts about the whole situation:

“I snapped this picture the other night at the end of a long day.

I was tired. I was irritated.

I had sent my husband a text telling him that I knew it wouldn’t make a difference, but I wanted him to know that I was feeling fed up with how much he works and with all that I have to do every day by myself.

The full-time job, cooking dinner, bathing kids, weekend trips without him, keeping up a home – you name it, I was resenting it. I have to have these little moments once (okay, several times) throughout planting and harvest season.

Then this happened.”

For Eugene, it really was the hardest time of year, with all the work he needs to do, but he had to keep on going for his family and the business.


Eugene wasn’t at all angry with his wife’s text, but simply sat down calmly to eat, for a little quiet time after a long difficult and wearing day doing all the farm jobs.

“He came in, fixed his plate and sat down to eat all alone. He was tired. He was hot. He was exhausted.

Rather than complain, he said he was sorry I was tired and felt that way.

Charlotte joined him and talked his head off and even ate most of his dinner. He didn’t complain. He shared, and it hit me. Do I wish that we saw him more than an hour or so a day? Yes. But, the love he has for his craft is something to envy.

Farmers work in a thankless profession. It’s always non-GMO this and organic that, and let’s not even talk about the stress from Mother Nature.

This is a man who is working to uphold four generations of blood, sweat and tears and showing his children the value of hard work and discipline. So while I felt frustrated, I really should have felt thankful.”
“I got to sit down to dinner and hear all the stories from the day with the kids. I got to give them a bath and hear their squeals and giggles. I got to snuggle and love on them for three hours more than he did. He is the one sacrificing, not me.

We will keep on keeping on until the next rainy day when we get a few extra hours with our hard worker. In the meantime, the next time you slip into that comfy cotton shirt or eat delicious farm fresh food, thank a farmer.

Where would we be without them?”

WIthout families like the Pughs then we wouldn’t have the fresh farm produce that we eat every day!

Even if things get difficult for them, Katie and Eugene will have each other to lean on for support – there will be no more frustration in their home.

Soulful Singing Firefighters In The Forest, Hear Their Words That Have Gone Viral

Samoan Hotshot fire crew are completely accustomed to marching through the forest, most people don’t even give it a second thought. Their absolute favorite thing that they do was caught on camera and now it’s going viral!

These brave firefighters not only save people’s lives every day, putting themselves in harm’s way to save others, nut they are really talented singers too! They often project their powerful Samoan hymns as they are on the move….

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A classic Samoan hymn that is popular with Samoan people is “Fa’afetai i le Atua”, which sounds a little bit like “What A Friend We Have In Jesus” it is all about saying praise to God for what he has given and its translated to something like:

“Thank God, that we grow, when he was free, to all of us”

This is the song in the video below starts by saying thanks to the son of God for coming from the heavens and to his soul for bringing success to their lives.

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The forest fighters, who are incredibly brave and bold, they know how perilous their work is, saving others lives but too they also know that they have God to thank for protecting them in times of need.

Of course it makes perfect sense that they sing to the heavens to praise the Lord while on their merry way to the next place, it’s not only gracious but it’s magical echoing through the forest.

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To gladly run into dangerous situations every day to help others takes amazing people, who are selfless and have God to help them out in times of need. Strong individuals with strong souls and their voices really are heavenly!

Four weeks of training is how long it takes before they are permitted to march through the forest together, with a more than significant bond they have developed, each depending on the other for their lives.

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Have a look at them in their full mountainside sing song in the video below!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=De9hDyIN6JY

Teacher Creatively Defends Girl Picked On By Classmates

Kinsie Johns is a Teacher who adores her job, so when this third-grade teacher found out that in her safe space in the classroom a student was being teased, she was immensely distressed. Kinsie loved all her students in her class and instead of going on the warpath she chose another route!

Kinsie formulated a plan to remedy the situation once and for all, something that would catch all her students by surprise, and take away the power of the teasers!

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With her head held high Kinsie cal to school the next day, walking into the classroom she stunned the students, it was plain as day that none of them was expecting what she had done!

One of her students, as it happens, had been styling her hair in the fashion called “space buns”. A little girl made her hair like this on Tuesday, but on Wednesday she was getting teased and called space girl.

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Kinsie was really saddened that the girl could be made to feel like this, and formulated the plan! She coordinated the finer points with the student, who had been teased and wrote herself, on her hand, a little note of what to do.

The very next day Kensie’s students were awestruck when they saw her! The could hardly believe what they were seeing, even the student who had been teased was surprised.

Kinsie said:

“She was beaming when she saw me and the students noticed that our hair looked the same.”

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Kinsie wrote on her Facebook that she promotes to her students to just be themselves, and makes the point that “it’s ok to be different”

Quoting Dr Seuss she said:

“Why fit in when you were born to stand out!?”

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The day after this all happened all the students copied the hairstyle in solidarity, how awesome!

Kinsie said:

“The little point I was trying to make turned into a huge support for my little friend. All the girls in my class are wearing their hair in ‘space buns’ and even some of the boys got involved! They all wanted to support her and we even got some second graders involved!”

What do you think about not only the clever way Kinsie dealt with this but the positive result she achieved in response? Awesome right? Worth sharing!

Supposed To Deliver A Prayer, This Old Lady Has Everyone Rolling On The Floor

Mary Maxwell had a request to say a prayer before the dinner which honoured carers, but she found the opportunity to also bring a little laughter to everyone too.

She asked for blessings of the carers, but then delivers an incredibly funny speak about growing old and the changes you could encounter while you get there, inevitably!

It can be a scary thing growing older, but Mary takes it all in her own pace and brings humour to a subject that, really, by most people, is dreaded, she says:

“The thing about old age is you don’t get to practice. This is the first time I’ve ever been old… it just sort of crept up on me.”

Knowing that if you can resist taking life too seriously, Mary takes the view that everything will pan out just fine and how it’s meant to. Her dry witty delivery, with such a straight face, was tremendous, with one-liners like:

“This is the first time I’ve ever been old” and “It just sort of crept up on me”

…everyone was absolutely rolling around in the aisles!

Many comedians avoid the subject of getting older like the plague, but Mary, with her amazing humour even in prayer, you can tell that she won’t avoid it at all, she going to hit it head on!

Mary’s view on getting older is a light and sparkling change that coerces everyone in the room to laugh loudly and uncontrollably, it’s no surprise that this has more than 13 million views, what an incredible and witty lady!

Among all ages Mary really is popular, she’s even got her own dedicated followers on her own blog, it’s more than likely that it’s her humour that has helped her in her years!

Listen to her amazing presentation, press “play” on the video below to hear it!

Son And Mother See Licence Plate At The Drive Through, They React Quickly And Jump in, Just In Time!

Getting up each morning, most of us think that the day is going to go just as planned, usually if we have a plan that is. Work, maybe for some of us, school, routine jobs, and other things. Now and again though something happens that we were not expecting and an ordinary day will become life changing.

One day when A son and his mother were going through the drive through at a fast food place, they hoped to have a delicious lunch, but instead and to their amazement, they left the restaurant with a lot more!

Landon and his mother Tara Routzong were in the drive through and saw something that drew their attention to the licence plate in front of them. As they patiently waited in the line at the ‘Chik-fil-A’ Tara and her son noticed something on the licence plate directly in front of them, something which drove them straight to take action!

The licence plate displayed the word ‘Florida’, but what was the reason that it was so interesting, after all we pass many licence plates every day, but Tara and Landon were feeling very downtrodden when they had the realization where the guy came from!

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The sad news about the Hurricane Irma on television has touched us all, such a destructive storm as it passed through the Caribbean and finally landed on Florida, tearing up homes, lives and while communities too. So when Son and mother noticed the Florida plates right in front of them, they decided almost immediately and together to do a good deed.

Tara said on Facebook:

“Went to Chick Fil A for lunch today because yum. Landon saw the car in front of us was from Florida (we have been talking about Irma today) and he declared we were paying for their meal and I agreed.”

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Then she said:

“But how do you pay for the car in front of you?? You run toward their window with a debit card in hand and scare the mess out of them lol”

The Florida guy felt very deeply moved by this gesture, so unexpected and beautiful was this act of kindness! The Floridian guy in the ‘Chick-fil-A’ drive-thru was actually fleeing the path of this crazy and terrifying hurricane…

“Landon and I both had tears in our eyes from how appreciative he was.”

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Tara said, in her Facebook post:

“The man has left his home in Miami and was passing through to go stay with family in Birmingham. I told him we hoped he returned to his house untouched and that we’d keep him in our thoughts.”

The awesome kindness of his mother and son wasn’t expensive, but the gesture really made a difference!

The tragic events of the hurricane has really brought out the best in most of us, as humans, looking after other humans. People from all over the world and many different states are joining together to donate their time, help, personal things and belongings, and hard earned cash to help rebuild the lives of those suffering because of the hurricane.

Tara said:

“I often feel like I’m failing because I can’t do it all, all the time and then things like this happen and remind me that I don’t have to. My most important job is going just fine.”

Something Feels Wrong When She Gives the Homeless Woman Her Leftover Food…

Carmen Mendez and her boyfriend were on their way to get some fried chicken when they spotted a homeless woman near the entry, the woman was quite dirty but sober, she was standing quietly close to the trash asking people for their leftovers.

As everyone put their trash into the bin, they looked at her but just carried on throwing their food in the trash!

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Mendez said on Instagram:

“Not one person said yes, they all ignored her and threw it away, it broke my heart” … “I have been volunteering with the homeless now for many years… they don’t repulse me or make me sick to my stomach. I hold them all with so much love.”

Carmen, who felt heartbroken by what was going on decided to give the homeless woman her leftovers if she was still there when she finished, but 20 minutes later she had gone!

She said:

“I looked for her as we were getting ready to leave and couldn’t find her” … “I felt sad knowing all the rejection she had that night searching for a warm meal.”

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Sadly, Carmen was about to throw her food away when she heard a small voice say:

“Can I have your food?”

Without a moment of hesitation, Carmen gave her food to the woman with a big smile, but it just didn’t feel like it was enough.

Mendez said:

“I felt like a horrible human being feeding her my leftover chicken strip… she deserved so much more… so I bought her a whole meal… she deserved to eat a hot meal”

Carmen boldly went to the restaurant counter to get the woman a full hot meal, and politely asked the restaurant to let her stay to eat it! The woman was clearly in tears and appreciative of what was happening here.

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Mendez then said:

“That hug she gave me was like a hug I had never felt… those tears she shed were felt deep in my heart”

“I held her tight and let her let it out. I wasn’t repulsed by it. I just held her. And that is a moment I will never ever forget. So next time you judge a homeless person, think twice… not all of them are homeless because of a drug addiction or because they are lazy.”

Most of us would agree that to give a homeless person money would be foolhardy or possibly feed some addiction, but no one could fault Carmen’s show of selflessness and compassion.

I hope it inspires more people to do the same in the spirit of humanity and the betterment of it!

71 Year Old Lady Lives In Car In Front Of Her House, Neighbors Discover The Reason Why…

If there is one thing that is synonymous with family it’s the worry because our family, siblings, parents and even friends are close to our thoughts and to wonder how they are doing and genuinely care,  really shows our love!

There are though, unfortunately, a lot of people that do not have families to look after them and to help them out in desperate times. As it happens Theresa Hernandez was in this position.

Theresa was 71 years old, living out of a car parked in Arizona, at the front of her house. There was no running water she could use and she had no electricity either so she would sleep in her car that was not drivable anymore.

Fortunately, Justin Hernandez, her neighbour, however, the name suggests, he was quite unrelated to her, decided to call in on her. Having only moved into the area about a month ago it pulled on his heartstrings to see how his next door neighbour was living.

He said:

“It tore my heart. It broke my heart” … “A 71-year-old woman sitting out here in 110-degree weather isn’t alright.”

“I figure if this was my nana or my mom, I wouldn’t want her to live like this, so I had to do something to help get her back into her home.”

Justin found out that the reason why the woman couldn’t live in her home was that the inside of it was a complete mess!

Excrement and Trash and dirt were on the inside of the house. Theresa told him that after her husband passed away she really couldn’t take care of the house and the two dogs on her own.

She said:

“So my jalopy became my home”

Justin started a Facebook page called ‘Paying it Forward’ and sure enough, complete strangers began to pitch in to help!

People donated money and some people showed up as a group to help clean up! Craftsmen came to help restore the house with plumbing and electricity, happy to help out and offer their services to get all the essential utilities up and running again.

Theresa could not have been more thankful and indebted to everyone, she said:

“I don’t know what I would do without people like them” … “What the world would do without people like them. There are very few.”

The house will, for sure, need a lot of work before it can be called finished and be in a livable state again, but thanks to everyone’s help, time and dedication it getting there quickly!

The neighbour said:

“I don’t believe we’re going to have it done right away, it’s going to be a process” … “It’s going to be a long process, but at least we all got together and everyone’s trying to help Miss Theresa get back into her home.”

Hospital Canteen Worker Blows Everyone Away With What She Does At Christmas

As an incredible surprise, a food service worker in a Chicago area children’s hospital, Jessie Tendayi, saved up for an amazing surprise for the children who were at the hospital, keeping the surprise all to herself.

The worker, 54 years old, working at the Advocate Children’s Hospital in Oak Lawn, Illinois, does something very special. She saves her hard earned cash to do something special for the children at the hospital at Christmas, however, this year her surprise really blew everyone away!

The Chicago Tribune reports that Tendayi saved up all year and spent around $5,000 of her own money to buy 1,300 toys, doing all the shopping for the toys herself!

Tendayi said to the Chicago Tribune:

“I have to do what I have to do to make the children happy”

Tendayi arrived at the Hospital and Advocate Lutheran General, in Park Ridge, on the 12th December with the toys and the children were able to walk through all the awesome gifts and choose one for themselves.

She began buying the toys for the children back in 2009, and on that year she bought, in comparison, 100 presents for the children in the hospital. Each year since then she has tried to increase the number of presents she buys, arriving at an incredible 1,300 this year!

Tendayi said:

“Why do I do it? God put it in my heart” … “One day I was watching TV and I saw children in need. I asked myself, ‘What should I do for them to calm down what they are going through?’ So I started saving my money to make sure the children had something to play with while they are sick, so they can forget their pain.”

Zimbabwe was the hometown of Tendayi where she moved from around 19 years ago, the two didn’t have any children, but, she says:

“I do now. I do have a lot.”

18 years ago Tendayi was hired to work in the hospital cafeteria and while she makes a modest living with her job, it’s not a lot, but nevertheless, she has a savings account where every month she sets aside money to save up for Christmas presents for the children.

Tendayi said:

“It’s not about being rich. It’s not about money” …“The little we have, we can share. For me, it’s a blessing. I’m able to make a difference for the children. Children, they need somebody who cares about them. You want to make a difference to them. I felt in my heart I had to do something for the children.”

The biggest gift is seeing how the children appreciate the gifts, Tendayi says the children make her feel like she actually has a huge family of her own.

She also said:

“I’m happy. I’m happy to do this” … “When God puts this in your heart, you don’t get tired.You love what you’re doing. I love helping other people.”

An Ultrasound Destroys Mom’s Dreams, She Prayed, But Was Completely Numb

The most incredible times in your life, as a new mom is when you get to know the sex of your baby, maybe as a surprise or well before the birth actually happens, it’s a great and happy moment. She can imagine the colour and plan the nursery, even see in her mind’s eye the future of her little one and the many many cute outfits she will buy!

Katie Whiddon was nervously waiting for her 18 week ultrasound and hoping that her baby was a little girl, but when the ultrasound tech left the room in a hurry, she thought maybe she could quite be sure of something she saw, maybe it was hard to tell the sex of the baby properly?

The tech came back with a doctor, which must have felt maybe a little reassuring that a doctor was there too now, and Katie was feeling absolutely positive and unquestioning that there could at all be a problem!

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Gepostet von National Pro-Life Alliance am Dienstag, 20. Juni 2017

The doctor had some terrible news to tell her:

“Things aren’t good. Things are really bad…”

Katie was made aware of a problem, she was having a son that didn’t have any legs and only had upper arms…

She did consider many options before this moment happened, but she never even give this possibility a second thought, she couldn’t believe that her precious baby would never walk or ride a bike, or even be able to simply just hold hands.

Not wanting her son to have a life of hardships and suffering, she made an appointment for an abortion, she did, however, pray for peace, but all she could do was cry and cry!

She talked to her mom and her sister, she needed to know if she was really doing the right thing, and deep down she knew that she had to keep her baby. She found out after that other people had been praying for her and her strength too, that night!

She knew straight away that things were going to be incredibly difficult, especially as a single mom, but thankfully her family were so supportive and completely understood and supported her decision. They encouraged her to move home so they could be a bigger part of her life and to help her go to college.

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Moving forward three years and her son, Camden, was really doing well for himself, in fact, a video of him and his little bro went viral with over 60,000 like on Facebook.

The video shows Camden being calmed down by his baby brother as he gives him his pacifier. Katie is so proud of her sons, and how they really look after each other even now!

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Katie Wrote:

“I know that most people look at Camden and think, poor child. But when he gets comfortable in his surroundings and starts doing things on his own, everyone always gathers around to watch!”

“Don’t underestimate someone just because of the cover they were born in”

Katie Whiddon is so grateful that she actually did make the right decision to give her son life, every day is amazing!

A 16th Birthday, Dad UnTarped The Gift, What Looks Like A Car Makes Her Laugh and Laugh

A coming of age birthday is marked, usually, by the ages 16 or 18 depending on your family and your location, but at least in the USA and UK 16 is a pretty significant milestone, and certainly in the USA this coming of age represents the time when you can legally drive a car of your own, licence permitting of course!

This undoubtedly is one of those times when a lot of 16-year-olds receive a car to mark their passage into having more independence, and of course, this is duly noted by advertisers on TV, and television commercials too!

So when you see a video of a father leading a daughter, blindfolded, outside to unwrap, maybe, a car, too many teenagers it’s a dream come true!

Dad took the blindfold off his daughter, while mom was recording the whole thing, in front of her was a large tarpaulin and a large ‘something’ underneath the tarp, she started to laugh nervously and excitedly!
The mom was recording this reveal as both dad and daughter were laughing, was it too short to be a car?

Her dad played along with the thought that it could be a car, he said:

“Darling, this is for you.” … “Cuz you’ve been such a good girl…We thought you’d need your own car.”

She was still laughing and guessed that it could be a boat, but her father insisted it was a car!

Finally, he lifted up the tarp, to reveal her ‘car’ underneath, his daughter started laughing even more! Underneath the tarp was hidden a small three-wheeler motorized vehicle.

This is the best moment to just simply pause the video and admire completely the effort dad make for this prank, the long branches of wood taped together to make the shape of a car! All the effort paid off and really made his daughter laughed and laughed.

His daughter was completely in with the joke now and appreciated the humour absolutely, darting around the new vehicle and giving mom the video a thumbs up for the great birthday gift.

For sure this was a truly memorable 16th birthday, and all captured on video, awesome right?

Wouldn’t you be encouraged as a dad to now do such an awesome funny prank too, provided of course you had a real birthday gift too, would you?

Caught On Dash Cam, He Is Truly Grateful For What This Guy Does To Him

There are so many things in life that pass us by and that we pass by and ponder a moment to think, “I wonder what that was about?” , but in the case of Pavel Fesyuk, who decided to investigate the curious situation he encountered, it was a good decision!

Pavel is a talented man and not only a former contestant on the television show American Ninja Warrior, but also a mixed martial arts fighter! But upon his curiosity and investigation, he wouldn’t need those talents… He just needed a strong sense of duty to help others in need.

Pavel was driving his car at the time and he saw that a car had stopped on the side of the road and a man was next to the car, it was William Harris and he wasn’t just standing next to the car…

He was actually, and more descriptively, doubled over! Pavel was not quite sure what was going on but he felt a deep sense that he should do something.

When Pavel got close to William he straight away made it clear that he needed help, he was choking!

Pavel thought that a good pat on the back would help this guy in distress, but it was very apparent that he needed drastic help, and fast!

Pavel quickly wrapped his hands around William Harris, stood behind him, and rather expertly performed the Heimlich Maneuver!

After two large contractions William could breathe again, thankfully, and amazingly it was all captured on the dashboard camera of Pavel’s car!!

Good Samaritan Saves Choking NY Motorist With Heimlich

PERFECT STRANGER: A motorist choking in the street is grateful for a good Samaritan in the right place at the right time who performed the Heimlich – with the save caught on camera. http://bit.ly/2ih7grB

Gepostet von ABC World News Tonight with David Muir am Donnerstag, 12. Januar 2017

The newsgroup ABC News posted the video to their Facebook Page there were a lot of people that were, of course, very proud of Pavel, in fact, Jennifer Guggisberg said:

“This world needs more people like this!! God Bless Him!”

And… Joyce Caro said:

“God Bless that Good Samaritan. I am proud of him, right there and then, there was no black or white, just being a good person.”

After William could literally take a breath again, a full clear breath, he and Pavel had a conversation, albeit brief, before they returned to their own cars!

I hope if one day if I was choking that some amazing person would come to help me too, what a terrible way to die if you were to choke for the sake of a helping hand!

Or maybe Shakespeare could compare it to the loss of his kingdom for the sake of a horse?

An Amazing Random Act After Firemen Ditch Groceries For Emergency Call

Some North Carolina firefighters from the Apex firefighters department were completely stunned by the kindness of a random act of a woman at Walmart. It still remains a mystery to the identity of the woman, but firefighters hope that she will at least get their sincere message of thanks.

It all began when the crew from engine number 2, at Walmart buying some groceries had to abandon their groceries before they could even complete their purchase because of an emergency call. The left straight away for the emergency without a second thought.

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Gepostet von Town of Apex Fire Department am Montag, 6. Februar 2017

The crew said to the Walmart cashier that they would be back to pay for their groceries before they quickly left, there was no time to spare at all, they had to leave straight away to the emergency call.

Firefighter, Andrew Baker said:

“It’s important to us,” …it takes no more than 90 seconds to leave on a call… “We take a lot of pride in trying to get out.”

When the fire crew returned to Walmart there was a surprise waiting for them, an employee, a woman, had paid for all of the groceries, with a note on the receipt saying “Thanks for all you do”.

All the crew asked who the woman was, but nobody knew who it was, the whole crew left feeling overjoyed and grateful for such a wonderful thing that happened.

Jeffery Jones, Firefighter said:

“The nice employees at Walmart told us that it was a lady behind us in line” … “But we never did actually get to meet her and tell her, ‘thank you.’”

The hope is that the storey will find its way back to the mystery woman and she will know that she is welcome to visit the fire station any time at all.

The firefighters said:

“We would like to tell her thank you from the bottom of our hearts”

Sadness and heartache are commonplace in the role of a firefighter, putting out fires, emergency calls, sickness and death are all too commonplace. So, such a simple gesture was really appreciated, for the whole crew to know they really are appreciated like this brings such light to the dark days they endure and make it all seem even more worthwhile.

Baker said:

“It makes me feel like there are still good people in the world” …“You don’t get that every day, so to me it gives you a warm feeling inside to know that people really do care about you.”

We will probably never know who the mysterious woman was, but her kindness is truly amazing and inspires all of us. Just also to realise that to make a better world we all need to give what we can to help others and to help the brave people, whether it is firefighters to army personnel who keep us safe and secure risking their lives for us.

1 in 33,000 Are The Chances Of This Happening On The Birth Of This Baby Boy, Dad Is Amazed

Some people think of themselves as spiritual, some think of the world analytically, and some even consider statistics and patterns and how things are organized. From our daily circumstances, many of us seek inspiration and even the meaning of what we are doing, or is life just a collection of coincidences?

The birth of the beautiful Matthew James Eppard brought everyone together, on the 1st July there is going to be a great celebration for the Colorado family!

But the statistics show that the coming of baby Beauden’s birth show an amazing 33,000 to 1, 8 pounds 11 ounces was the weight of the little baby born on the same date as his father and great grandfather!

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James Morrisette was brought into the world on 1st July 1931, and daddy to the little baby was proud Connor James Eppard born the 1sy July 1990.

Beauden was the third boy in four generations that was born on this exact date, and his grandfather Rik chose to blaze a brand new trail in 1963, on a birth date of the 9th December.

Rik and indeed everyone else too in this close group are over the moon about this new addition to the family, but what was even more amazing was that Beauden’s due date was scheduled, originally, for the end of July.

So what could have changed? Jordyn Eppard, Mom needed an emergency C section!

This C section procedure was the safest for baby in the circumstance, but proud daddy Connor has said, joking, that it was God’s way of keeping the family tradition.

first of July, Beauden Matthew James Eppard entered the world as a crying 8-pound, 11-ounce bouncing baby boy. Baby…

Gepostet von Kinda RoseFoxy am Montag, 24. Juli 2017

Connor explained that considering the birth date was what helped them decide to give him the additional name of James, the full name picked originally was Beauden Matthew.

When the baby made his big entry on the 1st July it seemed fitting to honour Morrisette in this special, forever continuing way.

The birth date may well show incredible tiny odds, but the odds of little Beauden being loved always and forever are easily 100%.

Little Mila Sets The World To Rights About Airports And Security, And Has Everyone Laughing

Mila Stauffer, a two year old from Arizona was with her family of seven when they set out for Michigan, having no idea that it would get so complicated at the airport the family seldom got to do much without getting much unwanted attention.

So, going to the airport wasn’t an exception either, after all getting five children through baggage control was no easy task, but they did it. But, when the time came to go through security controls little Mila wasn’t prepared to go happily.

The second Mila’s family came home she needed to get off her chest about their experience. Talking into mom’s camera she tells us her opinion about long lines, security checks of her brother and the absolute lack of accessible bathrooms, she was not prepared for this at all, so much so that she just had to share!

When you’re an adult travelling is pretty hard, but when you’re a toddler it’s almost impossible and little amazing Mila had no time at all for it!

Mila explained exactly why she thought the security at the airport was so terrible, her mom was doing her level best not to let out a giggle, this little girl is not to be diced with!

Mila never has any problems speaking out and telling us what she thinks, and her mom captured it on video to share with us all, it’s gone completely viral!

Right at the end of the video Mila looked purposely into the camera and said, pointedly, that she has had it with TSA and “NEVER AGAIN” does she want to have that experience.

Unfortunately for Mila if she does want to fly again, with her family, undoubtedly she will be going to have even more experiences with them and of course we will be ready to hear all about it!

We have seen Mila rant about things before, but this time it’s really something we can relate to more so than any other time!

Take a little look at her rant for yourself in the video below. She’s so funny!

In Innocent Looking Toy Destroys 75 percent Of A Young Boy’s Eyesight

A young teenage boy from Tasmania had a terrible accident with a laser pointer that caused him to lose about 75 percent of his sight, as reported by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

Ben Armitage, an optometrist of 14 years to the family said:

“He came in to see me and on the Friday night he’d got a hold of a laser pen and unfortunately shined it in his eyes for a very brief period of time”

Ben took a photo of the boy’s eyes and discovered that he had burned his retinas and irrevocably damaged his eyes.

Ben had said that:

“Unfortunately, that’s the area where your detailed central vision takes place and therefore it’s had somewhat of an exaggerated effect on how much sight he’s lost”

The damage occurred immediately that the boy pointed the laser into his eyes, his vision was impaired exactly at that moment the laser light shone on the back of his eyes, he didn’t feel any pain but the damage had been done.

The part of his eyes that were damaged was an area called the macula, in cases like this that meant that the blindness was very likely to be permanent.

The optometrist, Ben, was hopeful that some of his vision may return once the swelling had subsided a little, however the boy had to be prepared for the fact that he may only live his life with 25 percent vision.

The Chief Executive of Optometry in Tasmania, Geoff Squibb, has since warned parents about the dangers of laser pointers and especially in relation to children, who don’t always really understand the gravity and seriousness of or trying foolish things like shining a laser into thier eyes.

He says:

“Parents are better off trying to warn children of them after this particular case where the future of a young person has been seriously affected.”

The repercussions of this can be absolutely devastating, what looks like a harmless toy is in fact a ‘silent destroyer’ of retinal components of your vision.

They All Thought She Was Psychotic, But After Seeing A Tv Show They Discover The Real Cause

In 2009 Emily Gavigan, during her sophomore year at the University of Scranton, was alarmingly paranoid and regularly rambled. She was convinced that terrible things were about to happen to her family.

Emily’s parents were very concerned too but didn’t really know what to do, but the Gavigans were not able to turn a blind eye to the situation any more, especially when Emily mysteriously disappeared one afternoon!

For the afternoon in question none of the family were able to get in touch with her for a full 24 hours, until finally they got a call from Emily’s Grandparents in New Jersey to say that she had turned up there unexpectedly.

She had driven all the way to New Jersey from Pennsylvania without any money at all, flying through the tolls as she went without paying! WHen she arrived there she said that a truck had followed her all the way.

Grandfather looked out of the window for the truck, but he didn’t see any trucks, emily’s parents came to the conclusion that it really was the time to get her some professional help.

The doctors thought that Emily’s problems were psychological, like her parents had thought, and though they ran tests on her and tried various medcine, nothing seemed to have an effect.
The treatments, if anything, made Emily even worse and at this point the doctors thought that her condition may be physical in nature, like a tumor on the brain, but they couldn’t find any physical evidence that this was the case either.

The whole family tried everything they could, but desperately nothing really helped or got to the bottom of the problem and all the time Emily was still getting worse.

In a strange turn of events the family were alerted to an episode of the ‘Today Show’, and to their surprise and shock something made them sit up and pay attention!

The story they heard was of a New York Post reporter, Susannah Cahalan, she wrote an article about the time she spent a month thinking she was for sure losing the plot. The storey sounded very similar to what the family had experienced with Emily, which prompted the doctors to then run tests on Emily!

Susannah suffered from a condition of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis, which causes the immune system to attack parts of the brain, causing neurological damage and strange behaviour.

Emily’s doctors were not receptive at all to the family’s suggestion and queries, they were convinced that the family were just grasping at straws.

After some time though Emily was in fact tested for the condition, and guess what, it was positive! Now Emily had not only a correct diagnosis but could be considered for treatment that could actually help.

The Long road to recovery had finally started and there was light at the end of Emily’s long dark tunnel, finally. She could at last begin to return to the life she had before the condition robbed her of her mental faculties.

And so in 2012, after Emily had recovered she then joined Cahalan on the ‘Today Show’ and shared her story too of how the show had really saved her life.

Many miles away in Omaha, Nebraska, another family, the Jensen family, were watching this time as the Gavin’s had previously. Their daughter Madison was going through the same sort of experiences and had the same symptoms Emily had.

Madison’s mother really didn’t know what was going on with her daughter, that is until she saw the show too. Then, after that, she felt positive that she had found what would also save her 6 year old.

Madison is the wonderful age of 10, and is living happily thanks to Cahalan and Emily sharing and talking about their stories on television. Her mother hopes that one day they will be able to also share Madison’s tale and again help someone else too!

15 Year Old Nickols Woke Up Screaming, Now His Family Warns Others About This Deadly Prank

Nickolas Conrad, a 15 year old boy from Arkansas was woken up suddenly in the night with the sensation of fire on his neck, like he had been set on fire.

The burning was intense, but he hadn’t been set on fire, it was his so called friends that had pranked him, but this wasn’t an ordinary prank, it was much more serious.

Nickolas said:

“I just want them to leave me alone. They’re not my friends anymore and they’re not going to be”

It’s been called by some the “Hot Water Challenge” where people are pouring boiling water on unsuspecting others…

Everyone is now being warned about a seriously dangerous new thing that is spreading via the internet.

Nickolas was a victim of the insane new trend that is going on.

One particular night after Nickolas had fallen asleep, his so called friends crept to get some boiling water from a microwave. It was really intensely hot when they poured the boiling water on him.

Nickolas said:

“I felt this really bad burning on my neck and when I woke up and I started screaming and crying. It was the worst pain of my life”

Nickolas’s so called friends had burned him before with a cigarette lighter, he just wanted to be left alone!

He Said:

“I just want them to leave me alone. They’re not my friends anymore and they’re not going to be”

Nickolas isn’t alone and their are others that have been really badly burnt or injured in this cray trend, an 11 year old girl called Jamoneisha Merrit was burned on her face when her so called friends threw boiling water at her.

In Florida a girl died, she was 8 years old and died because she attempted a version of the hot water challenge, her cousin challenged her to drink boiling water through a straw. Several months after the grave injuries she suffered she died.

Diane Johnson, the aunt of the little girl who died is now trying to raise awareness about this dangerous growing trend, and to make others realize the grave consequences.

Diane says:

“Parents, talk to your kids about these challenges. Don’t just give them your phone and let them go by. Watch what they are doing”

This really must STOP. Please share this article and raise awareness any way you can so parents will talk to their children and make sure they know how really dangerous it is!

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