The Good News Thread:

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The paw-fect pair! Rescue dog abused in its previous home is photographed cuddling up to its tiny new owner as it learns to trust humans again

• Toddler Archie Spence, from Manitoba, Canada, and pooch Nora are best friends
• Photographs show the inseparable pair cuddling up to one another at home
• Archie's mother Elizabeth explains how they adopted Dora seven years ago
• She says the dog's terrified of 'almost everything' - apart from her 23-month-old

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5005659/Photographs-rescue-dog-toddler-cuddling.html#ixzz4wG9w3ali
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Emotional moment woman who spends six HOURS walking and riding a bus to and from work every day is presented with a car by her generous co-workers

• Linda Walton had an exceptionally long commute to work
• She would walk for 40 minutes and take a bus for two hours
• After a colleague discovered the daily ordeal her team decided to buy her a car
• She was in tears after co-workers gave her money for gas along with the vehicle
• Her 30 mile journey now takes just 25 minutes by car

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5020583/Co-workers-surprise-woman-new-car-giftcards-gas.html#ixzz4wdZV5jne
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The 10-year-old conjoined twins who were only supposed to live ONE DAY: Sisters attached at the skull have defied doctors to become model school pupils - even though they see through each other's eyes and share the same emotions

• Ten-year-olds Tatiana and Krista Hogan are joined at the skull and brain
• They can see through one another's eyes and they share emotions
• While each controls her own limbs, both twins can control each other's limbs
• The twins have defied their doctors' expectations of only living for one day
• Now, their miraculous story is being featured in new documentary, Inseparable

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5051823/Twins-joined-skull-share-miraculous-story-new-film.html#ixzz4xa44u1Vo
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The 10-year-old conjoined twins who were only supposed to live ONE DAY: Sisters attached at the skull have defied doctors to become model school pupils - even though they see through each other's eyes and share the same emotions

• Ten-year-olds Tatiana and Krista Hogan are joined at the skull and brain
• They can see through one another's eyes and they share emotions
• While each controls her own limbs, both twins can control each other's limbs
• The twins have defied their doctors' expectations of only living for one day
• Now, their miraculous story is being featured in new documentary, Inseparable

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5051823/Twins-joined-skull-share-miraculous-story-new-film.html#ixzz4xa44u1Vo
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I looked at all the pictures and watched the video. How do they put on T shirts? Or any over the head clothes?

 

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The 10-year-old conjoined twins who were only supposed to live ONE DAY: Sisters attached at the skull have defied doctors to become model school pupils - even though they see through each other's eyes and share the same emotions

• Ten-year-olds Tatiana and Krista Hogan are joined at the skull and brain
• They can see through one another's eyes and they share emotions
• While each controls her own limbs, both twins can control each other's limbs
• The twins have defied their doctors' expectations of only living for one day
• Now, their miraculous story is being featured in new documentary, Inseparable

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5051823/Twins-joined-skull-share-miraculous-story-new-film.html#ixzz4xa44u1Vo
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Custodian worked graveyard shift for 23 years for the best reason

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/cus...-5-kids-college-trickle-effect-120028969.html

Video at above link

In our current culture, millennials move from job to job in order to climb the ladder. The average time spent at a company is just two years. For baby boomers and other generations, this has not been the norm. Loyalty and dedication to a single company or career drove, and still drives, much of their working lives. AOL’s original series Lifers features these dedicated, loyal workers who have been in their jobs for years and years. Will they retire? Are they prepared to?

Fred Vautour, 63, of Waltham, Mass., grew up in a broken home and without a lot of support, and his childhood experiences drove his choices later in life: He knew that he wanted to work “not just for the money but because you want to be your best at what you do.”

Vautour ultimately took a job at Boston College as a janitor on the overnight shift. All five of his children went on to be accepted at the prestigious New England college — and because of their father’s employment there, they were able to go to school completely free of tuition.

Vautour’s job has saved his family more than $700,000 in tuition.

Working the graveyard shift — or from midnight to 7 a.m. each day — Vautour has been on the job for 23 years, and in that time he has missed only three and a half days of work.

“You never really get used to working the night shift, but you just adjust to it,” Vautour explains.

He notes that his commitment to his job was about understanding the value of its benefits — primarily, free college tuition for his children — over the pursuit of opportunities for higher wages. And getting to see his two daughters and three sons all graduate without student debt has been immeasurably rewarding.

“He is so passionate about work and about getting us to be the best people we can be,” Vautour’s daughter Amy says. After completing her undergraduate degree at BC, Amy ultimately went on to earn her master’s degree from Boston College too, in higher education.

His daughter Alicia, the youngest of his five children and who earned a degree in nursing from the school where her father has worked all these years, agrees: “The biggest thing I learned from him was dedication.”

For his part, Vautour says he hopes that one day his grandchildren will know that their grandfather “did a lot on my own” — and that his hard work was seen and appreciated by his children, who are passing down those values to their own children now too.

“It’s the trickle-down effect,” Vautour explains.

 

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'He asked for nothing': The incredible story of how one woman, 27, has raised $110,000 in 12 days for a homeless veteran who gave her his LAST $20 for gas when she was stranded on the highway

• New Jersey woman helped by a homeless man after she ran out of gas on an interstate in Philadelphia has raised more than $110,000 for the good Samaritan
• Kate McClure, 27, started the GoFundMe campaign earlier this month after she said she ran out of gas on Interstate 95
• A homeless man, Johnny Bobbitt Jr., walked a few blocks and bought her some with his last $20
• McClure said she didn't have any money to repay him at the time but returned to the road several times to give him cash, clothes and food
• After a few visits, she started the fundraiser with the hopes of using the money toward housing and other expenses for the 34-year-old Bobbitt

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5107571/Woman-raises-money-homeless-man-helped-her.html#ixzz4zFneZ9Ve
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'I will never forget what the Americans did': French Holocaust survivor, 83, donates $1MILLION to hurricane relief projects to say thank you to the GIs who rescued him 73 years after they stormed the beaches of Normandy

• A French Holocaust survivor credits American soldiers for saving his life
• Bernard Darty, now 83, was only 10 when he was found in hiding in 1944
• Now, Darty is doing what he can to pay respects back to his lifelong heroes
• He and his wife, Paulette, donated $1million altogether to American Red Cross and Wounded Warriors Project
• Darty said: 'I want to thank Americans with all my heart for rescuing us'
• He added: 'The gratitude I feel to these men is beyond words. They were saviors'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5109641/Holocaust-survivor-donates-1MILLION-relief-projects.html#ixzz4zFs1T8YQ
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Paying it forward! Realtor helps homeless man find housing, a job interview and real estate classes after he found her lost $10,000 check

• A homeless man in Connecticut found a $10,000 check and returned it to owner
• Elmer Alvarez found the sizeable check on a street in New Haven, Connecticut
• He called real estate agent Roberta Hoskie before she realised it was lost
• So touched by his honesty, she rewarded him with housing and a job interview

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5113457/Homeless-man-returned-10-000-check-rewarded-housing.html#ixzz4zMd7cPgH
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A DOUBLE jackpot! Canadian woman with Stage 4 breast cancer wins $1.5 million lottery AND learns that she is finally responding to chemo

• Diane Bishop from Newfoundland was diagnosed with breast cancer in April 2016 and had not responded to three rounds of chemotherapy and radiation
• The cancer has spread to her lung and pelvic bone
• She could not quit her job because disability benefits would not cover her expenses
• After she shared her story with a news outlet, strangers donated money to her that helped her travel to a clinical trial in Toronto
• On a whim, she also purchased a lottery ticket and hit the jackpot
• Two weeks after winning $1.5 million CAD, her doctor in Toronto told her that the chemo was working and her tumors have shrunk

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5114629/Terminal-cancer-patient-wins-lottery-chemo-starts-working.html#ixzz4zPRD2Z9D
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Not so Secret Santa! Christmas comes early in New Jersey as shopper pays $10,000 for 8,000 toys at Toys R Us and then gives them ALL away

• Charlie K paid for more than 60 orders at Toys R us totaling over $10,000
• That amount was worth about 8,000 toys which local families received
• He humbly said: 'I’m trying to bring some happiness to people'
• Charlie also bought $2,000 worth of toys for Toys For Tots, a U.S. Marine charity

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5117405/Man-New-Jersey-buys-8-000-toys-Toys-R-Us.html#ixzz4zUjouTMu
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'I have to return the favor': Homeless veteran who received $360,000 in donations after he gave a woman, 27, his LAST $20 for gas says he will use the windfall to help others

• Kate McClure, 27, started a GoFundMe page for 34-year-old Johnny Bobbitt Jr. almost two weeks ago
• Bobbitt, who is homeless, came to her aid when she ran out of gas at on Interstate 95 in Philadelphia
• He walked a few blocks in the middle of the night and used his last $20 to buy McClure some gas
• McClure said she didn't have any money to repay him at the time but promised to return
• She set up a GoFundMe which has since raised more than $360,000 to help Bobbitt get back on his feet
• Now the veteran has pledged to use part of the donations to help others who are struggling

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5118629/Homeless-vet-plans-pay-donations-forward.html#ixzz4zZ3dP3Yt
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Texas Rangers pitcher Cole Hamels donates his $9.75million Missouri mansion complete with 100 acres of land to a camp for children with special needs and chronic illnesses

• Cole Hamels bought his dream mansion in Missouri but would end up not moving in when he was traded to the Texas Rangers
• He and wife Heidi donated the home to Camp Barnabas which provides camps for children with special needs, chronic illnesses and their siblings
• The massive home is 32,000-square-feet, the estate sits on over 100-acres of land and boasts more than 1,700-feet of shoreline
• Cole and Heidi married in 2012, they have two boys, Caleb and Michael and one girl they adopted from Ethiopia named Reese

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5193349/Texas-Rangers-Cole-Hamels-gives-mansion-charity.html#ixzz51htORwUn
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Concealed-carry permit holder flips the script, shoots and kills alleged carjacker

The unidentified employee, 24, had just arrived for work at Milwaukee Machine Tool Corp., shortly before 6 a.m. Monday when a man named Carlos Martin, 21, allegedly attempted to carjack him with a gun, Milwaukee city alderman Cavalier Johnson told ABC News.

Police have provided few details.

The Machine Tool worker had a concealed-carry permit, Johnson said, and used his legal weapon to shoot Martin, who died from his injuries.

PHOTO: An employee at the Milwaukee MachineTool Corporation, with a concealed carry permit, shot and killed a man who attempted to carjack him. (WISN)


The debate over concealed-carry weapons and the virtues of the “good guy with a gun” has been reignited after the high school shooting in Parkland, Florida, this month killed 17 students and educators.

While people who have concealed-carry permits are trained to deal with the consequences of taking a life, that’s never the intent, according to concealed-carry permit trainer and gun expert Dean Hazen of Urbana, Illinois.

“It’s a terrible thing, the worst thing you can possibly do in your life with never-ending consequences,” the retired police officer said. “The intent is never to kill anybody. The intent is to stop the threat. Whether they live or die is not up to you.”

But intent or no intent is beside the point for Johnson, the Milwaukee alderman.

“I think that whether it is mass shootings or what we have here, the root cause is trying to make sure that people who shouldn’t have guns don’t have them in the first place,” he said.

The Milwaukee Medical Examiner did not immediately respond to ABC News’ requests for results of Martin’s autopsy.

Police said the shooter is cooperating with their investigation, after which the Milwaukee District Attorney’s office will review the case and decide whether to bring any charges.

Milwaukee Machine Tool declined to comment on the shooting.



https://www.yahoo.com/gma/concealed...ots-kills-162203257--abc-news-topstories.html

 

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Baby girl reacts with wide-eyed amazement as she hears her mother's voice clearly for the first time after having a hearing aid fitted

• Aeris was born with severe hearing loss and had to have hearing aids fitted
• In the footage as soon as the device is put in her ear the little one stops crying
• She stares at her mother in amazement who is saying 'hello' to the little one

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5511155/Baby-reacts-hears-mothers-voice-clearly-time.html#ixzz5A16CZngS
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Jackpot! Nevada woman wins $1.4million on a slot-machine at a casino near Las Vegas

• A woman hit the jackpot just outside of Las Vegas this weekend
• She took home a $1.4million prize thanks to playing a Buffalo slot machine
• She won the bounty at the Green Valley Ranch Resort in Henderson, Nevada
• The woman chose to remain anonymous according to a casino spokesperson

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5567273/Local-Nevada-woman-hits-1-4million-jackpot-strip-casino-just-outside-Las-Vegas.html#ixzz5BSdSdw6U
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From handcuffs to a multi-millionaire! Teen wins $15million on a scratch-off ticket a little less than a year after he was arrested for loitering

• Quinn Kofler, 19, won $15million on a scratch-off ticket, the Florida Lottery announced Wednesday
• Just last June, Kofler was arrested for loitering in Fort Myers
• The Bonita Springs man decided to take a lump sum payment of $11.1million

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5639517/Teen-wins-15million-scratch-ticket.html#ixzz5DFEebr1B
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Boy, 13, who fractured his skull in seven places is hailed as a miracle child for 'coming back to life' after doctors predicted he would be a 'vegetable' and his parents signed papers to donate his organs

• Trenton McKinley, 13, was injured in a dune buggy accident in Mobile, Alabama
• He was rushed into emergency surgery suffering from seven skull fractures
• Doctors told his parents that he was brain dead and would never recover so they decided to sign papers to donate his organs
• The day before Trenton was going to be taken off of life support, his brain began to show activity
• He is now on a road to recovery that includes brain surgery to have part of his skull reattached

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5697063/Boy-comes-life-parents-sign-papers-donate-organs.html#ixzz5ElXTaW5Q
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'He exemplifies how great the human soul can be': Kentucky elementary school janitor who worked for 32 years and didn't touch his pension before he died wills $175,000 to child abuse victims

• Alvin L. Randlett donated $175K to child abuse victims in Kentucky in his will
• The 75-year-old died December 2015 and the donation was presented Tuesday
• Mr Randlett worked as a janitor at Sixth District Elementary School for 32 years
• Many of the children were underprivileged and he worked to look out for them

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5710849/Kentucky-janitor-bequeaths-175k-life-savings-child-abuse-victims.html#ixzz5F2fQOhsy
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The 10-year-old conjoined twins who were only supposed to live ONE DAY: Sisters attached at the skull have defied doctors to become model school pupils - even though they see through each other's eyes and share the same emotions

• Ten-year-olds Tatiana and Krista Hogan are joined at the skull and brain
• They can see through one another's eyes and they share emotions
• While each controls her own limbs, both twins can control each other's limbs
• The twins have defied their doctors' expectations of only living for one day
• Now, their miraculous story is being featured in new documentary, Inseparable

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5051823/Twins-joined-skull-share-miraculous-story-new-film.html#ixzz4xa44u1Vo
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From the link:
'One doctor said they would be lying on their backs all their lives,' said McKay, 'but they have surpassed everybody's expectations'.
A perfect example of why you should always get a second opinion !!

I looked at all the pictures and watched the video. How do they put on T shirts? Or any over the head clothes?

Zippers on the backside !!!!

 

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California man wins more than $6million in five months from four different lottery tickets

• Antulio Mazariegos has claimed more than $6million in prizes in five months
• His first win came in November when he won $1million from a Scratchers ticket
• Mazariegos then purchased four California Black Premium Scratchers in April
• He won $5million from one ticket and two other tickets garnered him $1,000 and $600, respectively

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5750733/California-man-wins-6million-five-months-four-different-lottery-tickets.html#ixzz5G5yvilsy
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[Uglytruth]

I think we all need to come to this thread more often!

 

[newmisty]

HOORAY!

This is the best thing I've seen in a long time! I was jumping in my seat and cheering for our hero!

A MOTHER'S DAY AFTER PARTY!

https://nypost.com/video/hero-mom-s..._medium=referral&utm_campaign=zergnet_2894014

 

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Gianficaro: Good deeds are abundant, if not in the headlines.
http://www.buckscountycouriertimes....o-good-deeds-are-abundant-if-not-in-headlines

 

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Alabama student who woke up at 4.30am every morning to get a bus to his high school is gifted a car after photos of him making the trek in graduation robes went viral

• Photo of Corey Patrick, 19, went viral last week after he was spotted heading to his high school graduation in Birmingham, Alabama
• He wore his cap and gown to the bus stop to make the 90 minute journey
• His family don't own a car but he was determined not to miss his ceremony
• Corey woke up at 4.30am every morning so he could make the trek to school
• After the photo of him went viral, a local radio host decided to gift him a car

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5778371/Alabama-student-gifted-car-viral-photo-graduation-robes.html#ixzz5Gmvft5EU
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Malian 'Spiderman' who scaled four storeys to save a child dangling from a balcony meets President Macron and is awarded French citizenship and a job in the fire brigade

• Child seen outside apartment on Rue Marx-Dormoy while 'father was shopping'
• Neighbour tried to reach child from adjacent balcony in 18th arrondissement
• Mamoudou Gassama, 22, then scaled the block in 30 seconds to rescue boy
• He has now met with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace
• Gassama to be made a French citizen and will be handed a job in the fire brigade

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5777403/Paris-hero-climbs-four-storey-apartment-block-rescue-boy.html#ixzz5GndnIsKB
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[louky]

Black spider man saves toddler. Was just looking to see if that was posted

 

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Easy peasy lemon squeezy! Nine-year-old boy makes a whopping $6,000 in just TWO HOURS running a lemonade stand to help cover his sick baby brother's medical bills

• Nine-year-old Andrew Emery set up the lemonade stand in Greenwood, South Carolina, on Saturday
• He made nearly $6,000 in two hours to help with his brother's medical bills
• Andrew's baby brother Dylan is currently in hospital after being diagnosed with Krabbe disease - a rare and often lethal neurological condition
• Despite his young age, Andrew said he wanted to help his parents out financially

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5780803/Boy-makes-6-000-selling-lemonade-help-sick-brother.html#ixzz5Gtrj0qbA
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Homeless high school student gifted a brand new car by stranger who jumps out of a dumpster to surprise her

• Sionna Brenn, 19, moved from Ethiopia to the US when she was nine years old
• She was placed with an abusive foster family, and was later declared homeless
• Sionna has been working 35 hours a week in addition to school to afford college
• Surprise was from Charlie Jabaley, former manager of 2 Chainz, on Wednesday
• He's riding from LA to NYC in under three months to surprise deserving people

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5795237/Homeless-high-school-student-Houston-gifted-brand-new-car-Charlie-Jabaley.html#ixzz5HCUtU3oa
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Meet Barkley, the adorable 'ranch manager' Great Dane who takes pride in caring for wild horses rescued from unloving homes and auctions - and even gives them HUGS

• Barkley the Great Dane works helps to heal rescued wild horses and donkeys
• The dog lives with the animals at SkyDog Sanctuary in California and Oregon
• The ranches hire people in recovery as well as veterans, according to its website
• A priority is to promote adoption of horses via the Bureau of Land Management
• The sanctuary on social media educates people about the issues the horses face
• Mustang families are reunited and bonds are formed between the new horses
• Barkley is seen in photos and video watching over the horses and donkeys
• The happy animals graze and wander around open fields alongside their friends

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5801877/Meet-Great-Dane-takes-pride-caring-rescued-wild-horses.html#ixzz5HS9BJ3sK
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'I wanted to make it official': Heartwarming moment father-of-two gets adoption papers for his birthday from the girls he has raised since they were babies

• John Boden, of Glendale, Arizona, was gifted adoption papers on his birthday
• His daughter, Brianna Colwell, gave him the papers saying he had always taken care of her and her older sister so she wanted to make it official
• When Boden realized they were adoption papers, he started crying

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-daughter-gifts-adoption-papers-birthday.html

 

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Missing 12 boys and their soccer team coach are found ALIVE after being lost in a flooded cave in Thailand for NINE DAYS

• Governor Narongsak Osottanakorn said that Thai Navy SEALS found all 13 alive
• There has been international search effort since group went missing on June 23
• Flooding trapped boys, aged 11 to 16, in Tham Luang Nang Non cave with coach

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5910069/Missing-12-boys-football-team-coach-ALIVE-cave.html

 

[JayDubya]

Inspiring 10-year-old girl says the 200 stitches due to a lawnmower blade mishap will make her look tough in basketball

The story is further below.

This is from the father's Facebook post:

So.............yesterday this unfortunate event happened In our small part of the world. I was mowing at our farm and must have struck something as a piece of my lawnmower blade sheared off and propelled towards my daughter. As I seen my wife waving her hands erratically i turned around and saw what no parent ever wanted to see as my daughter was holding her hands on her face with blood everywhere. It seemed that as I turned to run to her that I made it in one step and then we were on the ground trying to stop the bleeding. My wife called first responders and as they were on the way I checked her out. Both eyes looking at me as I hold the 1 inch gash from ear to hairline together she held it together as I assured her it would be ok............fire and rescue came, the the ambulance to Alex, determined that a trip to Fargo was what we needed and into surgery my daughter proved to me she is the human I wish her to be. Strong, unjudging and calm ..........
200 stitches and a skull fracture later she is smiling and giggling with her cousin as we wait for Neuro to clear us to go home........

As I was in a dark ambulance on a 100 mile journey to Fargo I was trying to explain to her what a substantial facial scar may be like..........she looks at me through starry eyes and said.......

"Dad, it really doesn't matter what people look like on the outside anyway"

I always tell her that I want her to be a better human than I am............i just checked that box...........

All the thanks in the world to Kensington Fire and Rescue, Douglas County Hospital staff, North ambulance and the folks at Sanford West Fargo.............yall are the best





https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ins...ill-make-look-tough-basketball-211735078.html

Skylar Hedstrom may be only 10 years old, but the young girl has shown maturity beyond her years after she was involved in an accident with a lawnmower blade.

Skylar, of Hoffman, Minn., was watching her father, Brian Hedstrom, mow their lawn on June 9 when he ran over a tool. He told the St. Paul, Minn., Pioneer Press that he’s not a “pick-up-sticks-before-he-mows kind of guy,” but he certainly wishes he had been that day.

The tool caused the blade of the lawnmower to detach and fly backward, where it hit Skylar.

“My wife came running up to me, waving her arms and screaming, pointing to [Skylar],” Hedstrom said. “I jumped off, turned around and she was standing there, covered in blood. It was the scariest thing I’ve seen in my whole life.”

Hedstrom said he reached his daughter in what seemed to be one leap and was immediately on the ground holding her wound together. After he called 911, she was transported to a hospital in Alexandria, Minn., and then was transferred to Sanford Medical Center Fargo in North Dakota to see a specialized pediatric neurologist and cranial doctor.

But that ambulance ride is where Skylar’s winning personality stood out to her father.

Hedstrom wrote: “As I was in a dark ambulance on a 100-mile journey to Fargo I was trying to explain to her what a substantial facial scar may be like….. she looks at me through starry eyes and said… ‘Dad it really doesn’t matter what people look like on the outside anyway.’ I always tell her that I want her to be a better human than I am… I just checked that box…..”

In fact, after rolling her eyes at her dad who said that the scar might be an issue when she’s older and starts to flirt, she said it would probably make her look more intimidating on the basketball court.

The scar, a month later, looks to be healing wonderfully for the 10-year-old, even though, according to Hedstrom, her head had been glued back together. “That’s what he told me. [The doctor] said he glued it together,” he said.

All in all, despite the 200 stitches, Skylar said it felt like getting hit in the face with a dodgeball.

 

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Good Samaritan saves dying stranger's life by donating him a KIDNEY after seeing his desperate plea for a new organ on Craigslist

• Jessica Morris donated kidney to David Nichere who was weeks away from dying
• David, a 30-year-old writer from San Francisco, had his first operation as a baby
• Jessica decided to help David after setting New Year's resolution of saving a life

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...e-donating-KIDNEY-seeing-plea-Craigslist.html

 

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Emotional moment dad working three jobs surprises his daughter with her dream dress for her school formal after he told her he couldn't afford it

• A father in Pennsylvania who works three jobs told his daughter he couldn't afford to buy her the dress she wanted for her 8th grade formal
• However he was able to get up the money to get it for her- so when she visited him at one of his jobs- he surprised her with a dress bag
• The emotional moment she unzips the bag and sees its her dream dress inside was captured on camera
• She jumps up out of her seat, hugs him and starts crying in the now viral video

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...rises-daughter-dream-dress-school-formal.html

 

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Single mother waitress is shocked to receive $1,000 tip on $32 bill after telling couple celebrating their anniversary how she works three jobs to support her children

• Anna Hofstetter, 30, works part-time at the Hotel Nashville in Nashville, Indiana
• On Saturday, a couple who got married there seven years ago returned to celebrate their anniversary
• She told them how she worked three jobs to support her children on her own
• When she gave them their bill of $32.40, they wrote '$1,000' in the tip section
• They told her to 'give something' to her children and quietly left the restaurant

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6019889/Single-mother-waitress-given-1-000-tip-32-bill.html

 

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Donor, 53, meets the patient who received her HEART: Seriously-ill woman agreed to donate her healthy organ to another person so she could get new lungs as part of the extremely rare 'domino procedure'

• Linda Karr, 55, of Berkeley, California, had a degenerative heart condition that left her in need of a heart transplant
• Tammy Griffin, 53, of Happy Valley, Oregon, had cystic fibrosis, which was causing to struggle to breathe and needed new lungs
• Doctors at Stanford University Hospital in California approached them with the chance to participate in a rare, domino procedure
• Griffin would receive the heart and lungs from a deceased donor and Griffin's healthy heart would go to Karr
• Just six weeks after the procedure was performed, Griffin was able to meet Karr and hear her old heart beat inside her chest
• Their meeting is now the subject of a new painting titled Tammy and Linda being unveiled on Friday

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...ed-heart-ALIVE-shes-met-recipient-person.html

 

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Emotional moment CEO of a hair company gifted her daughters' teacher with a brand new car so she wouldn't have to take the bus to work

• Courtney Adeleye, the CEO of The Mane Choice, gifted her daughters' teacher with a brand new car so she wouldn't have to take multiple buses to work
• Adeleye captured the emotional moment on video and shared it on Instagram
• The teacher broke down in tears when she walked outside and saw the car

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-gifts-teacher-brand-new-car-wouldnt-bus.html

 

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Teacher, 44, donates a kidney to his sixth-grade student after own son beat kidney failure
Teacher, 44, donates a kidney to his sixth-grade student - years after his own son beat kidney failure at two years old

• Kaden Koebcke, 12, was diagnosed with a kidney disease known as Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) when he was age two
• FSGS is when scar tissue forms on the glomeruli, which filters the kidneys
• Doctors told the family that Kaden was in need of a kidney transplant and from a living donor because his condition was so severe
• In May, his technology teacher at Grace Christian Academy, William Wilkinson, 44, was found to be a match
• Both underwent operations on Tuesday and their families say they are recovering well

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...th-grade-student-son-beat-kidney-failure.html

 

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Woman walks away with $2.4 million jackpot on Atlantic City casino slot machine after betting just $10

• New Jersey woman won the progressive jackpot on a Wheel of Fortune Double Sapphire Gold Spin game Saturday
• She walked away from Borgata in Atlantic City with $2,481,940.75 after spending $10 on her first try
• The casino shared the news on Twitter Sunday but kept her identity under wraps

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...City-casino-slot-machine-betting-just-10.html