When Poppy, Amy and Stephen Smith’s daughter was born, they immediately realized that there was a problem with her. Their daughter was born prematurely and the doctors diagnosed her with Mobius syndrome, a rare disease that paralyzes facial muscles and makes it difficult to speak and eat.Little Poppy spent her first days in the intensive care unit and slowly her condition improved. Her parents hoped that despite the illness, Poppy would grow to become a healthy little girl.And when she was 15 months old she started walking, and her parents were very happy. But she still had trouble making sounds,…
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When Margaret Freeman was 18, she made a decision that would affect the rest of her life: she married sweet, funny Daniel Hernandez whom her wealthy father disapproved of.“You marry that low-life and you’ll get nothing from me Margaret!” her father had screamed. “You’ll see what love really is when you get to live in a one-bedroom rat-hole with roaches crawling up the walls!”But Margaret didn’t listen. She was sure she would never regret loving Daniel. Ever.At first, it was romantic to go home to that tiny apartment (there were no rats and roaches — there was no space). Margaret…
Something wasn’t quite right, but she wasn’t sure what it was right. Then the dog barked, but when asked about it, she would deny everything.After she left she quickly took the scissors. She had to get it off before she got back or she’d be caught red-handed.Jordan Reynolds was a 14-year-old boy who took great pride in his hair. For the last 9 years, he had elegant dreadlocks. It felt like a part of his DNA.He was a middle child to Melanie, mom, and dad, Max. Max was better known as Maxbeatbox, the Youtuber. Jordan was encouraged to be creative…
During the funeral dad lifted the body of his daughter to say goodbye looking closely, he was in shock from crumbling roadways that have turned into dangerous, makeshift waterfalls along the pan-borneo highway to Road surfaces so bumpy. That they’ve been compared with the surface of the Moon East. Malaysia has long been plagued with complaints of poor infrastructure and road work maintenance.In fact, just recently a group of villagers in sandakan Saba have been taking things into their own hands to repair a local roadway themselves. After claiming inaction on the part of local authorities, that comes as no…
It was a little over two and a half years ago, right before I was about to be married I was asked the question, “Are you prepared for what you and your family will experience seeing as how you are marrying a black man?” Being a white girl raised in Salt Lake City, Utah I was offended.The man I was speaking with took notice to my offense and simply said “I don’t mean to hurt you, I just wanted to make sure that you were aware that things will be different than I think you are expecting. Things will be…
At the busy corridors of Beirut International Airport, Officer NASA and his four-legged partner, Jim, embarked on their routine patrol. Jim, a German shepherd with a finely tuned nose, usually went about his duties calmly.However, on this particular day, an ordinary routine would transform into a mysterious story. Surrounded by the orchestrated chaos of travel and cargo, Jim’s ears perked up as they approached a seemingly unremarkable suitcase from Ukraine, bound for Beirut. Despite its nondescript appearance, something about the suitcase captured Jim’s attention. He hesitated, then sprinted towards it, leaving Officer NASA perplexed. Jim’s behavior was….Read Full Story Here…….
Officer Adam secretly follows a lonely, black girl wandering the streets by herself, but moments later, he bursts into tears when he sees something he never expected. What did he see, and how will this heart-wrenching moment change their lives forever? Officer Adam leaned back in his patrol car, his eyes scanning the quiet streets of the neighborhood. He’d been on this beat for years, and the routine had become as familiar as the lines on his weathered face. The job had changed him, hardened him like steel forged in fire. He’d seen too much, felt too little. As he…
A man enters a supermarket wearing only a geriatric diaper. Everyone laughed and joked, but one of the cashiers followed him and discovered something he could never have imagined possible.Lorenzo arrived at work that morning feeling the familiar weight of another day at the supermarket. The air was heavy with the expectation of a long, exhausting shift. He had barely arrived at work and had already started organizing his things, trying to find some comfort in the predictable routine that was…..Read Full Story Here……..
“When people saw this man walking his pack of six German Shepherds without leashes, they were left in awe at the blind obedience the dogs were displaying. Some of them even thought that the man was mistreating the dogs into submission. But when they finally discovered his secret, they were both shocked and amazed.The moment people first saw Augusto de Oliveira on the streets of Hyannis, Massachusetts, they were starstruck. Here was a man in his early twenties walking a large group of….Read Full Story Here……..
“Everyone dreams of winning the lottery; however, suddenly coming into a giant sum of money doesn’t necessarily mean smooth sailing. When greedy friends and family members come out of the woodwork, there is no telling how far they will go to get a piece of the money. That was the case of Abraham Shakespeare of Florida, a man who went from the luckiest guy alive to starring in a sinister mystery. In 2006, Abraham Shakespeare won the $30 million lottery jackpot. After taxes, Shakespeare ended up with….Read Full Story Here………