Sometimes, grandparents are tasked with raising their grandchildren. Ms. Ella is one of those people. She’s 72 and a military widow. She’s also raising her six great-grandchildren on her own. She teaches them life lessons, cooks for them, and cleans up after them. Ms. Ella doesn’t go into a lot of detail about how she …
A man was shocked when he found something unexpected on his morning walk to work in Alabama. He passed by a wooded spot and noticed a box in the underbrush, and within that box were 6 small, helpless puppies. The puppies were in awful condition, and the man knew they had been abandoned there and …
An organization called Rescue From The Hart found a dog that was hungry and very ill. The dog was close to death as there were multiple organs that were failing. Those who rescued her didn’t know if she would survive the first day that she was found. The little dog was named Angel, and the …
While the Amish lifestyle has won both support and backlash, their misgivings about technology and modern modes of life force them to devise ingenious, albeit simpler, solutions. An Ohio-based Amish community proved this to be true after banding together in the name of helping out a fellow Mennonite. When presented with a daunting task, 250 …
Clint Edwards runs a very popular blog dedicated to fatherhood. Titled “No Idea What I’m Doing: A Daddy Blog”, it contains stories – both wise and humorous – about his adventures in parenthood. He has a lot of followers, both on the blog and on Facebook. Clint’s main idea behind the blog was to share …
The phenomenon of the lottery is certainly an interesting one. People flock to the counters to place small bets quickly, the whole process often taking no longer than a minute. Yet, the odds are stacked against them – in the ever-famous Powerball, participants have a mere 1 in 292 million chance of winning the biggest …
The first thing that Sarah Sleieme noticed about the Pit Bull was its tears. She is a frequent visitor to Charlotte Mecklenburg Animal Care and Control in Charlotte, North Carolina. But the sad expression and slouched posture on the dog named Cinnamon drew her eye. Sleieme discussed the dog with the area SPCA and discovered …
Things aren’t always as they seem. Thanks to the speed at which the internet can circulate information and the editing tools that are easily available to anyone, it is incredibly simple to take information and events out of context. As it turns out, it doesn’t take much more than telling the story from a different …
From the first formation of America’s constitution, the Founding Fathers have been adamant that religion and legislation should always be kept separate. This is in order to prevent any one religion from gaining power over the others, threatening lesser-practiced religions with discrimination. This is why many people believe that religion has no place in any …
Jeff and Natasha were excited and joyous when they welcomed a baby girl named Mallory into their family. But then, just three weeks into their new life together, she passed away – and when they found out why and how easily it could have been prevented, they knew they had to reach other new and …