New-Yorker native and single dad Lamont Thomas tried his best to hide the tears as he adopted five siblings of ages 5 to 1. Thomas has been adopting foster kids since 2000, and he has raised more than 30 youngsters since then. After a long process, the Thomas household has gotten bigger with the five …
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Cats are loving animals and when they find a home, they will always go back no matter what the circumstances are. This mirrors the story of Toby, a stray cat who walked 12 miles back to his family that gave up on him. Toby found this family when he was looking for a home but they …
On November 14, 2011, a firefighter in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, responded to a call that would end up changing his life forever. Firefighter Marc Hadden had saved dozens of lives as a firefighter and police officer, but on that fateful day, he delivered a baby for the very first time. A woman called 911 …
Last week, “Inside the NBA” host Ernie Johnson announced on Instagram that his adopted son, Michael, had passed away at age 33. Michael suffered from a rare genetic disorder called Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Two days after his death was announced, the NBA on TNT shared a video of a speech Johnson gave in 2019, recounting …
13-year-old Tony Mutabazi never knew who his birth parents were. He had been under the foster care system since the age of 2, and when he turned 4, a couple from Oklahoma adopted him. A few years later, however, his foster parents did the unthinkable – they left him at a hospital and never returned. …
On Monday, 300 people gathered inside a Collin County courtroom to witness and celebrate the adoption ceremony of an 8-year-old boy. Nike Schwartz spent 1,553 days in foster care and on February 17, he became an official member of his family! Four years ago, Child Protective Services (CPS) took Nike out of his biological parents’ …
An Italian man named Luca Trapanese has been involved in social service programs ever since he was a teenager. So when he held Alba, a baby girl born with Down syndrome who needed a family, he knew in his heart that he was going to be the father of the abandoned child. From the moment …
Chris Norton was just six weeks into his freshman year at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, when his life was changed forever. After he mistimed a play during a football game, he was left paralyzed from the neck down. That fateful day was on October 16, 2010, and Chris was just 18 years old. Lying …
MINNESOTA mother, Leah Spring, 51, together with her partner Dean Ellingson, 61, has decided to do an incredibly selfless thing — they gave a warm and welcoming home to FIVE kids with Down Syndrome. Leah, who already has a daughter with Down Syndrome, has selflessly adopted five more children with the same condition. The big-hearted …
Every once in a while, people come across people or scenarios at unexpected times that will leave a mark in their lives. These encounters might be a fleeting memory. Better yet, it can be a memory that will last a lifetime. The latter is what happened to a man who met a dog in a …