A girl grew up next to gorillas who were then released into the jungle. Twelve years later, the girl decided to find these gorillas in the jungle, but then something shocking happened, and no one believed it. This story starts at Howlett’s Wild Animal Park in England on a foggy spring day. A girl named Tanzy Aspen woke up to the loud sounds of birds and the fresh scent of morning air. The only daughter of Damian Aspinal, a renowned conservationist and environmentalist, Tanzy Aspen didn’t really have an ordinary childhood. When she was a kid, her parents owned and…
Author: town gist
During a funeral, something caught a grandfather’s eye as he leaned over the coffin to fix his beloved granddaughter’s dress one last time. His breath hitched, and he turned pale when he realized that thing should not have been there. As Harold leaned over the coffin to fix little Cindy’s funeral dress, something glistening in the light caught his eye. At first, he thought it was just tears shining in the corners of his eyes, but when he moved closer, he realized that he was looking at something that should not have been in the coffin at all. It was…
We’ve gotten to a point in our marriage where everything is at a standstill. After eleven years of marriage and two kids, I feel like I’ve seen everything there’s to see when it comes to this marriage. For eleven years, he had been doing the same thing. Stingy to the core. Even more stingy with words. He won’t praise you, encourage you or compliment you. You hear his voice only when there’s something wrong and to him, something is always wrong. My kids are my friends. They are the ones who keep me grounded. Their voice, their cries, their worries are…
Because they were born with different skin tones, one black and one white, their mother has no trouble recognizing them apart, even though they’re identical twins. Daniel and David Omeron were born only a few minutes apart, but they couldn’t be more dissimilar in appearance. Despite the fact that their parents, Stacy and Babajid, 38, are both black, David was born with pure white skin and golden hair, while his brother Daniel, like his parents and four-year-old sister Demolade, has black skin and dark curly hair. Daniel is the opposite. The reason for this is that tiny David is albino,…
David Wright, a man in his early 50s, had spent most of his life working tirelessly. He lived in a small town nestled in the quiet countryside, far from the hustle and bustle of the city. After losing his wife, Amy, to cancer a few years ago, life had become a monotonous cycle of work and sleep. David worked as a delivery driver during the day and picked up odd jobs in the evening to make ends meet. His life was simple, but it lacked the spark it once had when Amy was still by his side. One particularly cold…
Kevin was on his patrol duty when he pulled a Black woman over for a traffic violation. However, when she rolled down her window, something totally unexpected happened. That fateful day, Kevin Zimmerman had no idea just how much his life was about to change. He was out on his regular patrol, and his police-issued vehicle was parked by the side of the road as he monitored the traffic. It had been a slow day, and it was quite boring for him because his partner had called in sick. He was looking forward to the end of his shift so…
A little boy was starving and abandoned for being a witch, but just a few years later, you won’t believe what the little boy looks like. It is a heart-wrenching story that still echoes through the streets of a Nigerian city. A toddler, barely two years old, was found on the side of the road, abandoned and left to fend for himself. The young boy had been living in a world of utter despair, with no access to proper food or water. He had been forced to rely on the kindness of strangers who happened to pass by, in the…
Ten years ago, a woman made the life-changing decision to adopt three Black children. Little did she know, making this choice would result in the most extraordinary manifestation of gratitude imaginable. Alaya Robinson’s story is one that truly inspires. Her journey began when she entered the world as a baby born to a mother who was addicted to drugs. This led to her being placed in the custody of the state, and she spent much of her youth being shuffled from one foster home to another. Alaya spent the first four years of her life in the foster care system,…
When this man came to the wedding, everyone was shocked. But when he took the microphone, they were speechless. John was a homeless man in his 40s. The only thing he remembered was waking up in a hospital about five years earlier. He didn’t even know his name, but the people at the hospital called him John, so he went by it. In the hospital, he was told he was found barely alive on the side of the road. It seemed he was flung out of a car that ended up crashing and burning at the bottom of a cliff,…
The Macciantonio family’s life changed forever after their baby daughter had a chance meeting with Pope Francis in Philadelphia, leading to an outcome they never could have imagined. Joey and Kristen Macciantonio were both raised in devout Catholic families, attending church every Sunday and learning about faith, love, and kindness. Their shared belief in God brought them together, and they fell in love, knowing that faith would always play a big part in their lives. They promised to raise their future children in the same Catholic tradition. When their precious daughter, Gianna, was diagnosed with a rare blood disorder and…