After spending months stationed in the Middle East, a dedicated Navy service member embarked on a journey of over 30 hours to surprise his daughter at her graduation ceremony on May 12. U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Douglas Hernandez took the initiative to reach out to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) to arrange the heartwarming surprise. Valarie Burke, Ph.D., the assistant dean of graduate student services at UNLV, shared that “I get an email that says, ‘I have a daughter that’s going to be graduating in May and I’m overseas and I wanted to know if there…
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In a departure from the usual sedate birthday celebrations, a remarkable 90-year-old named Shirley Robinson decided to mark her milestone by skydiving and, in doing so, raised an impressive £5,000 for a homeless charity. Hailing from Long Clawson in Leicestershire, Shirley fearlessly leaped out of a plane at 14,000 feet during the fundraiser held at Skydive Langar in Nottinghamshire. Despite being diagnosed with chronic leukemia the previous year, the resilient senior citizen successfully garnered essential funds for Crisis, a charity dedicated to assisting and supporting homeless individuals. Speaking to BBC News Shirley said: ‘It’s just wonderful how generous people have been. It’s…
In a touching moment, a 72-year-old man, Sam Kaplan, proudly graduated from Georgia Gwinnett College, with his 99-year-old mother in the audience witnessing the milestone. Notably, Sam is the first among his seven siblings to accomplish a degree, as confirmed by the school. After graduating from high school in 1969, Kaplan made the life-changing decision to return to school at the age of 68.’ “I was riding down 316 and heard on the radio that Georgia Gwinnett College was offering a degree that involved script writing,” Kaplan said in a news release. “My car seemed to have developed automatic steering and…
Sadie and Jarvis Sampson tried everything for years to get pregnant, and they finally gave up and accepted that they would always be aunt and uncle. Then they got a message that changed their lives overnight. Since they got married in January 2018, they had been trying to get pregnant. When that didn’t work, they tried everything else. The woman from Houston said that she used ovulation tests, prenatal vitamins, apps that track her cycle, and fertility monitors. Facebook/Sadie and Jarvis They even ignored advice from friends, family, and strangers that they didn’t like. 14 months went by while they…
Officer James Hurst of Savannah, Georgia, exemplified dedication to his duty when he swiftly responded to calls reporting a young child wandering alone on the streets. Despite being a protector and servant by profession, Hurst went above and beyond his call of duty. Alarmed citizens, concerned for the child’s well-being in the cold, reached out to the police station for assistance, and Officer Hurst promptly answered the call. Waste no time, he ensured the child’s safety by taking him to a nearby hospital for examination. (Youtube screenshot) During their time at the hospital, a heartwarming photograph captured Officer Hurst cradling the…
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Los animales abandonados suelen sobrellevar vidas bastante difíciles, siendo arrastrados a situaciones bastante complejas. Muchas personas son conscientes de los difíciles escenarios que deben enfrentar estos inocentes animales. Por lo que han desarrollado diferentes organizaciones que se encargan de brindarles una mano amiga a estos pequeños peludos. Una de estas organizaciones es Mini Cat Town, en San José California, donde recientemente la directora fue contactada sobre una pequeña familia de cinco gatitos que necesitaban ser rescatados. El caso involucraba a una gata con sus cuatro crías, que fueron dejadas en las calles de la ciudad. © Foto: Instagram / @fosterkittyfamily…
Cuando una persona desea viajar en avión con su mascota, el lugar indicado y que le es asignado por las compañías aéreas es la bodega. Allí es alojada durante todo el viaje para no causar problemas o molestias a otros pasajeros. Este había sido el lugar que tendría que haber ocupado Viktor, un gato con sobrepeso. Cuando el dueño de este gato, Mikhail Galin, recibió la noticia de que su amado gato debía viajar en la bodega porque pesaba 10 kilos, fue una gran preocupación, ya que estaba convencido de que no aguantaría un viaje tan prolongado de 8 horas, lo que pondría…
Luego de la invasión rusa a Ucrania, son miles los casos que hemos conocido de familias que han abandonado sus hogares dejando atrás a sus amados perros y gatos. Fueron decisiones difíciles y muy dolorosas, pero el repentino estallido de la guerra limitó la capacidad de acción de millones de personas que de un día a otro se encontraron encerradas en medio de un conflicto bélico. En muchos casos, las personas no pudieron huir junto a sus mascotas debido al problema que eso genera, tanto para viajar en autobús o en avión. Generalmente, no está permitido viajar en estos tipos…
Las salidas furtivas que ejecutan las mascotas no suelen dejar ningún rastro, más allá que un pequeño momento de preocupación para sus familias cuando la hora de volver se hace un poco más larga. Pero un hombre de Tailandia se llevó una sorpresa bastante divertida, pero no del todo graciosa, cuando su gato regresó con una deuda que él tendría que cubrir. El caso, que tuvo lugar en Chang Phuak, en la ciudad tailandesa llamada Chiang Mai, se hizo viral cuando el hombre publicó en un grupo de Facebook sobre animales, un divertido post sobre el evento. En el pie…
Adoptar a gatos de edad avanzada es una gran oportunidad de brindarles amor y cuidado en sus últimos años de vida. Los gatos mayores a menudo son pasados por alto en los refugios de animales debido a su edad, problemas médicos o simplemente porque no son tan lindos y juguetones como los gatitos. Sin embargo, estos gatos tienen mucho amor y compañía que ofrecer y merecen una segunda oportunidad. Los gatos de edad avanzada también pueden ser una excelente opción para personas que no tienen tiempo para cuidar de un gatito activo o que buscan un compañero tranquilo y relajado.…
Stacey Herald, the ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ’s sᴍᴀʟʟᴇsᴛ mother, is about to ɢɪᴠᴇ ʙɪʀᴛʜ for the third time, ᴅᴇsᴘɪᴛᴇ ᴡᴀʀɴɪɴɢs she is ʀɪsᴋɪɴɢ her ʟɪFᴇ. Stacey Herald, who was ᴊᴜsᴛ 2ft 4ins, had a ʀᴀʀᴇ ɢᴇɴᴇᴛɪᴄ ᴄᴏɴᴅɪᴛɪᴏɴ called Osᴛᴇᴏɢᴇɴɪsɪs IᴍᴘᴇʀFᴇᴄᴛᴀ, which sᴛᴜɴᴛᴇᴅ her ɢʀᴏᴡᴛʜ and ᴄᴀᴜsᴇᴅ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀᴅᴇᴠᴇʟᴏᴘᴇᴅ ʟᴜɴɢs and ʙʀɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ʙᴏɴᴇs. Stacey became a mother ᴀɢᴀɪɴsᴛ the advice of ᴅᴏᴄᴛᴏʀs, who ᴡᴀʀɴᴇᴅ that if she got ᴘʀᴇɢɴᴀɴᴛ, the baby could ɢʀᴏᴡ ᴛᴏᴏ ʙɪɢ and ᴄʀᴜsʜ ʜᴇʀ ʟᴜɴɢs and ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ. She said :”They all told me that I would ᴅɪᴇ. They ʙᴇɢɢᴇᴅ me not to have a baby. even my mother said,’ You know…
The fraternal and ɪᴅᴇɴᴛɪᴄᴀʟ set of twins are believed to be New Zealand’s ғɪʀsᴛ sᴇᴛ of quadruplets since the 1990s. The chances of having ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴀʟʟʏ ᴏᴄᴄᴜʀʀɪɴɢ quads is ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴏɴᴇ ɪɴ 729,000, and despite being born three months ᴇᴀʀʟʏ, they are now thriving. Kendall Walker, 28, and husband Joshua MacDonald from Timaru, New Zealand tried for three years to have a second child and finally just to get ᴘʀᴇɢɴᴀɴᴛ after ʟᴏsɪɴɢ another baby in between these guys was so much. They always imagined holding a baby again, but to get four was amazing. Kendall who had been taking the ғᴇʀᴛɪʟɪᴛʏ ᴅʀᴜɢ ᴄʟᴏᴍɪᴘʜᴇɴᴇ ᴛᴏ…
A set of Florida parents have been blessed three times over, as they’ve welcomed all three daughters on the very same day, exactly three years apart. The ᴏᴅᴅs ᴏғ sᴜᴄʜ ᴀ ʀᴀʀᴇ ᴏᴄᴄᴜʀʀᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ʜᴀʀᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴄᴀʟᴄᴜʟᴀᴛᴇ. 1-ɪɴ-48 ᴍɪʟʟɪᴏɴ ᴏᴅᴅs ᴀɢᴀɪɴsᴛ sᴜᴄʜ ᴀ ᴄᴏɪɴᴄɪᴅᴇɴᴄᴇ, ʜᴏsᴘɪᴛᴀʟ says. When Fʟᴏʀɪᴅᴀ ɴᴀᴛɪᴠᴇKristin Lammert was ᴘʀᴇɢɴᴀɴᴛ with her second daughter, Giuliana, her due date was so close to her first daughter Sophia’s birthday that Kristin felt confident Giuliana would be born on the same day: Aug. 25. No one believed her, but she wound up being right. Three years later, her third daughter, Mia,…
A mom welcomed not one but four babies ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ⒾⓊⒾ with her husband in January this year. Santina Monreal, 37, and husband Adrian, 37 met over 10 years ago. From the moment after our first date, Santina knew this man was the one for me. 4 years after meeting, they became husband and wife. The couple knew they wanted a family, two kids to be exact. In September 2017 the couple ᴄᴏɴᴄᴇɪᴠᴇᴅ ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴀʟʟʏ, but sᴀᴅʟʏ Santina sᴜғғᴇʀᴇᴅ ᴀ ᴍɪsᴄᴀʀʀɪᴀɢᴇ – she was told she had ᴀ ᴜᴛᴇʀɪɴᴇ sᴇᴘᴛᴜᴍ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ɪs ᴀ “ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ sʜᴀᴘᴇᴅ ᴜᴛᴇʀᴜs” which can make ᴍɪsᴄᴀʀʀɪᴀɢᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴏɴ. Dᴏᴄᴛᴏʀs…
While most parents can find it ᴅɪғғɪᴄᴜʟᴛ to take care of ᴀ ʟᴀʀɢᴇ family. But, Chloe who of-eight with twins and triplets has offered a glimpse into what the night-time routine looks like in her busy household. Chloe Dunstan, 27and her husband Rohan from Perth had three children by the time she turned 22 – Evan, 8, Otto, 7, and Felix, 6 – swiftly followed by triplets Rufus, Hank and Pearl, nearly 5. Two more babies joined Chloe’s family in late October. All of her children were ᴄᴏɴᴄᴇɪᴠᴇᴅ ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴀʟʟʏ. Two of the children were confused and asked their mum if…
With the chances of two consecutive twin pregnancies thought to be in the region of ᴏɴᴇ ɪɴ 700,000. Gina who mom of five admits people joke ‘I’m not sitting next to you’ for ғᴇᴀʀ of catching her ᴘʀᴏᴅᴜᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ ɢᴇɴᴇs. She giving birth to two sets of twins – one identical, one fraternal – with ɴᴏ ‘ғɪʟʟᴇʀ baby’ in between at ɪɴᴄʀᴇᴅɪʙʟᴇ ᴏᴅᴅs. Gina Shelton, 30, and husband Olie Lloyd, 33, were sᴛᴜɴɴᴇᴅ in March when their second natural pregnancy in three years turned out to be another set of twins. She said :” I never thought we would have twins,…
A family’s bundle of joy turned out a little ʙɪɢger than they had expected. Because, they wellcome a newborn baby that ᴡᴇɪɢʜᴇᴅ the ʙɪɢɢᴇsᴛ a ᴅᴏᴄᴛᴏʀ had ever ᴅᴇʟɪᴠᴇʀᴇᴅ is already in clothes that fit a six-to-nine-month-old. The newborn baby boy, named Finnley, was born weighing in at ᴀ ᴡʜᴏᴘᴘɪɴɢ 14lbs and 1oz – seven pounds ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴛʜᴀɴ the average baby. He ᴡᴇɪɢʜs ɴᴇᴀʀʟʏ ᴅᴏᴜʙʟᴇ the average weight of a newborn. Parents, Cary and Tim Patonai, knew they were expecting ᴀ ʙɪɢ baby with ᴅᴏᴄᴛᴏʀs predicting he would weigh around 13.8lbs when he was born. Mom Cary said: “He was so ʙɪɢ plus I had…
After all, giving birth on your ᴏᴡɴ, in ᴀ ʙᴀᴛʜʀᴏᴏᴍ sᴛᴀʟʟ, no less, is a sʜᴏᴄᴋɪɴɢ and ᴘᴏᴛᴇɴᴛɪᴀʟʟʏ ʟɪғᴇ-ᴛʜʀᴇᴀᴛᴇɴɪɴɢ sɪᴛᴜᴀᴛɪᴏɴ . However, a mom was ᴇxᴛʀᴇᴍᴇʟʏ sʜᴏᴄᴋᴇᴅ when she gave birth to her second child in ᴀ ɢᴀs sᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴅᴜʀɪɴɢ ᴀ ʙᴀᴛʜʀᴏᴏᴍ ʙʀᴇᴀᴋ. Kaitlyn Fullterton was on a drive with her husband, Sergio Mancera, when she felt the urge to use the loo. Although Kaitlyn was ᴘʀᴇɢɴᴀɴᴛ, this urge felt like a normal need for the toilet, so she asked her husband to pull over at the nearest petrol station. Kaitlyn said: “We got further along the road and I felt…
When Kaylie and Brandon learned they would soon become parents to triplets, they could not contain their excitement. They anticipated that their children would be extraordinary. However, they did not anticipate being included in the Guinness Book of World Records. All because of premature birth at the end of the 22nd week of pregnancy, which caused two of them to be born five days after the first sibling. Rubi-Rose, Payton Jane and Porscha-Mae Hopkins, who were born in 2021, have set the Guinness World Record for the lowest combined birth weight and most premature triplets to survive. They were born…
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