Stephanie, a 13-year-old girl from Houston, Texas, says she misses her dad. He’s away from home a lot because of his unusual job – he’s an astronaut and works at the International Space Station where he conducts experiments in space. When Stephanie was asked about sending him a message on the ground, she points out…
Don and Lorraine have been married for 25 years and in that time couple have run a farm, had three kids and share a life together. But their life together would be altered forever, after Don was diagnosed with ALS in 1995. His motor functionality gradually deteriorated and within five years, Don was on a…
“FA” was just 10 years old when her stepfather starting abusing her. By the time she was 15 and preparing to testify against him, she was suicidal, afraid, and unable to sleep. Then she met Tombstone, a lifelong biker and member of BACA (Bikers Against Child Abuse), a group whose sole mission is to empower…
Yvonne Dowlen has been ice skating for over 65 years, and for her it’s an integral part of her life and helps keeps her young. Born before the Great Depression, she says skates were hard to come by, but she got some and hasn’t put them away since then. Even after a few health setbacks,…
Farmer Jonathan Lawler never expected to see hunger in his very own farming community. It was his 15-year-old son who inspired him to start thinking differently when it came to his farm. “He came home from school and talked about kids who take home food from the food pantry,” Lawler said. “My awareness of hunger…
Leslie is an urban explorer who finds and photographs abandoned buildings in Ontario, Canada. She calls herself the “Tourist” and during one of her excursions in 2015 she stopped in front of a house that stole her heart. She thought it was empty, but when she stepped inside she was surprised to find a man…
Aid worker Anja Ringgren Lovén dedicates her life to helping neglected and orphaned children in Nigeria. When she found Hope, the 2-year-old boy had been accused of witchcraft and was starving to death. He was abandoned by his parents and shunned by everyone in his village. Hope is one of thousands of Nigerian children who…
Claire Evans was just 19 when she awoke and told her mum she wasn’t well. She was experiencing numbness and paralysis in her arms, and after going to the doctor she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS). Doctors put her on a strict regime of medications to lessen her MS symptoms. Five months later, Claire…
Willow Tufano is only 14, but she’s already accomplished something many adults dream of. She’s a homeowner and landlord! She got her start selling things she found on Craigslist and worked her way up to being able to buy a house! When Ellen DeGeneres heard Willow’s story, she knew she had to meet this incredible…
When Barbara Danner was pulling up to drive thru at her local Dutch Bros in Vancouver, Washington on Saturday, she noticed something unusual happening at the check-out window. In front of her was a young woman in her car and three employees at the window, with their expressions downturned and holding onto each other. She…
This beautiful moment between brothers brought tears to my eyes. Mark McMullan sings an amazing rendition of “Bring Him Home” from the hit musical Les Miserables to his brother, Declan, at their local bar in Ireland. Declan suffered a cardiac arrest a few years ago, which resulted in him developing Locked in Syndrome. It’s a…
Divorce is never easy on any child. Sean Whalen knows this from his own experience after he, his mom, brother were thrown out on the street by his dad. Now an adult and a single dad to three kids, he has a renewed appreciation for the strength and resolve his mother had while raising him…
When Annabel Beam fell 30 feet into a dead, hollow tree, her family feared the worst. Annabel and her sisters were climbing a tree one day when she plunged into the deep hole. At first, her parents couldn’t tell if she was alive, until her father saw her lift her tiny arm up. “I wanted…
A chance encounter and a simple gesture of kindness was all it took for an officer to change the destiny of a homeless man. It all started when Deputy Holman of Greenville County Sheriffs’ Office in Greenville, South Carolina, pulled over one night after noticing a man soaking wet in the rain. The man named…
Imagine making the painful decision to take your unresponsive loved one off of life support…and then they miraculously revive! Lyndee Pellettiere-Swapp was found unconscious by her son and rushed to hospital. For the next 12 days, she was unresponsive and was in a coma (although not diagnosed as brain dead). Her doctors told her family…
Six years ago, Eric’s doctor told him to buy a funeral plaque as he would need one within the next 5 years because he was so overweight. But Eric says he’s still here because a shelter dog saved his life. He reveals how he weighed 340 pounds and had blood pressure that was through the…
This a touching story of courage and family love. Melissa is 21 years old and in the Marines. She turned her life around after a very difficult childhood. While she was growing up, Melissa’s mother was in and out of jail and she was in and out of foster care. As result, Melissa has never…
We often hear of homeless outreach programs that work hard to provide food, clothing, and shelter to the hundreds of thousands of individuals living on the streets. But we don’t often consider the particular challenges homeless women face day-to-day. For instance, what happens when they get their periods? What do they do if they don’t…
We all have our personal struggles to overcome in life. However, rather than dwell on the difficulties and challenges we face, why not celebrate our talents and abilities instead? The following video does just that. Julia Maritza Ceja Medina may be visually impaired and wheelchair bound as result of having polio, but that has not…
At 90-years-old, Norma isn’t letting a recent cancer diagnosis slow her down. In fact, she’s chosen to forgo treatment in favour of a life of adventure and travel. Recognizing that cancer treatment would involve a risky surgery, and rounds of radiation and chemotherapy, Norma decided to bid farewell to the nursing home and hit the…
Tony Emms and his partner Charlotte Sperry have a young child. When he recently spotted the two peacefully napping, he reflected on their life together and how he maybe hadn’t been giving the woman he loved the credit she is due. He poured his heart out in a post on Facebook to let her know…
When Caiden was born, his parents, Mashanda and Michael Lane, noticed something was a little different with him. He didn’t cry and he would stare off into the distance. Originally, he was diagnosed autism, but doctors would later re-diagnose him as having apraxia and aphasia, conditions caused by a stroke that Caiden had while still…
Matthew Watkins makes it a point to greet any postal worker who comes by the home. When the local postal carrier noticed Matthew wasn’t home when she came by one day, she inquired and learned that the teen had been diagnosed with leukemia. He spent nearly a year in hospital, but when he recently returned…
What will you do when your parents age? This story of a son and father is sure to tug at the heartstrings. The author appears to be unknown, but these words of wisdom leave a powerful impression. A son took his old father to a restaurant for an evening dinner. Father being very old and…
Brittaney Lynn Shane’s boyfriend was good at pointing out her every flaw. Whether it was the way she wore her hair or makeup, or her weight. When he left her for a “prettier” girl, she had completely lost her confidence and blamed herself. But not for long…She shortly realized something and took to Facebook to…
Tim’s Place in Albuquerque New Mexico has become somewhat of a historic roadside restaurant in the past 5 years and that’s in large part due to its owner, Tim Harris. Tim is the first restaurant owner in the United States with Down syndrome. For several years, Tim has poured his heart and soul into his…
It was hard for me not to get teary-eyed when I learned what Sissy the miniature Schnauzer did for her mom. The little dog was recently caught on the security cameras at Mercy Medical Center in Iowa walking through the front sliding doors and into the front lobby. Security guards didn’t know what to make…
What if you saw a veteran struggling to buy food or diapers for his baby? Would you help or turn away? ABC’s What Would You Do? posed the question in this video segment they recently filmed in San Antonio, Texas. They got an actor to pose as a veteran soldier and when he approaches the…
Sarah Owen Bigler was hoping for a quick and easy trip to Target. She had a long day at work, her husband was sick and she had just picked up her kids from school and the sitter. So when she was ready to head to the checkout line, she picked the one with only one…
Larry Payne and his wife Pat were married for over 50 years and shared a wonderful life together. When Pat recently died from breast cancer, Larry was devastated but he wanted to do something to honor her and decided to build a bridge over a small creek in the local cemetery. He put his “heart…
When you go to dine at this particular restaurant, you are going to have an experience that will open your senses in a truly unique way. That’s because the wait staff are all deaf. The restaurant’s owner said he wanted to deliver a whole new dining experience and also give deaf people a chance to…
Temperatures neared freezing in Manhattan over the weekend, but one man saw an act of kindness that is warming millions of people around the world. Lazaro Nolasco boarded a New York subway train on Friday night and saw a homeless man sitting without a shirt on. The man looked sickly and was shivering. That’s when…
The story of the Coble family is a profound one, filled will tremendous loss but also new beginnings. Chris and Lori Coble lost their three young children, Kyle, Emma, and Katie, in a horrific traffic accident in 2007 not far from the family’s home. Lori was taking the kids out when a big rig tow…
Broadway actor Kelvin Moon Loh came to the defense of a mother and her young son sitting in the audience of “The King and I” after the child disrupted a matinee performance in September 2015. The woman’s son began crying and screaming during a particularly emotional scene. The mom tried to calm her son, but…
Recently, family friends of Stuart Edge lost their father unexpectedly. Christmas will be the first holidays they spend back at their home without him. “This family is always giving back to us, as well as many others in the community, so we wanted to make sure their first Christmas back inside their home was a…
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