Category: dad

Astros Fan Promised to Take Daughter to World Series but Can’t—Until Braves Fan Gives Them Tickets

Houston dad David Bramlet and his 11-year-old daughter, Addison, are diehard Astros fans, and in 2017 he promised her if their team made it to the World Series, he’d buy tickets and take her to her first World Series game. When last month the Astros upheld their end of the bargain, David found himself coming up…


(Video) Daughter Quits Job to Start Successful Beauty Brand With Dad’s Support: ‘Encourage the Children’

A former high school French and Spanish teacher who launched her own beauty brand during the COVID-19 lockdown reaped six figures in sales in just six weeks. As her venture goes from strength to strength, the 30-year-old entrepreneur claims she couldn’t have done it without one special supporter: her father. Maria Wilkes of London, England,…


Daughter Stages Fake Wedding so Dad With Stage 4 Cancer Could Walk Her Down the Aisle

In the wake of her father’s stage 4 cancer diagnosis, an Oklahoma city hairstylist came up with a bittersweet idea as her father regretted that he would miss her future nuptials. Thus, despite being 23 and single at the time, she staged a “fake wedding.” Father of three Kevin Roy, former head of safety management at…


Girl, 8, Saves Dad’s Life After Hearing Him Gasp for Breath in the Middle of the Night

An 8-year-old girl saved her dad’s life in the middle of the night while she was getting herself a glass of water. Rochelle Ramsey from the Scottish town of Port Glasgow, Inverclyde, became her father’s hero after she heard him struggling to breathe in the night, which turned out to be pneumonia and septic shock….


Dad of 7 Survives Brain Aneurysm and Credits His Recovery to Faith, Family, Doctors

A father of seven who suffered a massive brain aneurysm at the age of 37 has defied his prognosis and gone home after four months in intensive care. He is now crediting faith, family, and his doctors for saving his life. Doting dad Angel Apreciado of San Antonio, Texas, now doesn’t want to miss a…


Bringing Happiness Back Into Father’s Life

Get the tissues ready. Because if you have any heart at all, you will be crying your eyes out. This man just lost his furry friend, but his daughter knew exactly what would help him heal his pain.


Adorable Baby Stole the Show

Baby Ethan did a great job stealing the spotlight from his daddy as he ran on stage and delivered the cutest dance performance—without once dropping his pacifier! And isn’t it sweet to see a child latch onto his father like that? What an amazing bond they have here!


When Dad’s Got Your Back

I can always tell when my husband is on the phone with his dad. He stops whatever he is doing, walks outside, and starts smiling in anticipation of his dad’s latest joke. My father-in-law just survived his third heart attack but continues to enjoy life and see the humor in it all. What a blessing…


Michigan Dad Accepts Late Son’s High School Diploma: ‘It Was Such an Honor and Privilege’

It was a somber moment for one family from Michigan during a recent high school graduation ceremony in which the father accepted his late teen son’s diploma. Donald Perry Jr., from Saginaw, was only 17 years old when he was killed in a tragic road accident in November 2020. At the time of his demise, he…


Dad Who Had a Heart Attack Walks Daughter Down the Aisle After Wedding is Moved to Hospital

A bride whose father had a heart attack on the morning of her big day still managed to walk down the aisle with him after the wedding ceremony was moved to the hospital. “Not what we planned, but every bit [was] magical if not more so,” Alesha Strycharz from Blackstone, Massachusetts, said. Marketing manager Alesha,…