Being a single mother to multiple children is challenging, but it has become twice as hard since the pandemic began. Alisha Carter, a single mom of five daughters, has dealt with all sorts of troubles since the onset of the pandemic. The 35-year-old full-time postal worker has lost her home, lived in a hotel for …
Story of hope
In days like these, we need positive news more than ever. And this 90-year-old grandma’s story is sure to give you light and hope amid this dark period in humanity’s history. Since January, Geneva Wood has been recovering from a stroke at The Life Care Center, a facility in Kirkland, Washington. By February, her health …
“Your hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life. Keep going. Tough situations build strong people in the end.” — Roy Bennet When Jason Wickline a recovering addict saw his son, Krystian, being taken into custody by Child Protective Services, he knew that he needed to turn his life around before it …
Girl’s emotional reaction to being adopted comes not just from joy, but relief as well “Ohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten.” The famous quotation taken from Lilo and Stitch speaks a volume of truth about how important having a family is. The family is where we first learned how it …
“Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great minds rise above them.” An eight-year-old homeless girl from the Philippines became a living testament of Washington Irving’s words. Her diligence in trying to do her homework despite the continuous heavy downpour of the monsoon rain was captured on video and touched thousands of hearts …
A wedding anniversary is supposed to be spent in the arms of your beloved, celebrating it over a candlelit dinner, an out of town trip, or simply by cuddling with each other. This was how Jonathan Grant, a Navy Seal, and Laura Browning Grant, a pilates instructor, expected their fifth wedding anniversary to turn out, …