Tag: Inspired

Ocean Researchers Find 1800s Shipwreck ‘Frozen in Time’ That Crashed on Lake Huron—Because of This

It was well past midnight when frenzied crew members of two wooden vessels abandoned ship. The Ironton and Ohio had collided north of Presque Isle Lighthouse up on Lake Huron, leaving a gaping 12-foot gash in Ohio’s hull. Ironton sustained a hole in her port bow and a splintered stem for having struck Ohio on…


Couple Bought an ‘Uninhabitable’ 18th-Century Italian Townhouse and Transformed It Into a Renaissance Holiday Home

A couple bought an Italian townhouse at an auction with a starting bid of one euro (US$1.10) and has managed to transform it into a stunning $250,000 Renaissance-style palazzo. The council in Sambuca di Sicilia auctioned 16 abandoned homes in the sun-drenched mountain village of Sicilia with prices starting at a symbolic one euro. In January…


‘Gift of Faith’: Pregnant From Rape, Mom Rejects Abortion, Places Son With a Family That Gives Priority to God

What does it take to turn an act of evil into an act of love? A college junior who became pregnant from rape drew on faith to acknowledge the value of the innocent human growing inside her womb and made a life-giving decision, choosing adoption over abortion. And to give her child the “gift of faith,”…


‘You Know You’re in Florida When’: Man Captures Turtle Riding Alligator Around Pond ‘Like a Horse’

A travel blogger in Tampa witnessed an obscene and utterly ridiculous—yet entirely hilarious—display of reptile familiarity that he said could only happen in Florida. As alligators abound throughout the Sunshine State, it’s no wonder locals have observed none other than a turtle waddling its way onto the scaly back of one of the reptiles to…


Lost Talking Parrot Reunites With Worried Owner After ‘Asking’ For Fla. Neighbor’s Help: ‘Peekaboo’

Said a shrill voice from behind him, seemingly from out of nowhere, “Peekaboo.” Reed Schweizer looked around and heard it again, “Peekaboo.” Soon enough, the Floridian spotted the bright-green parrot perched near his table, where he had been enjoying a cocktail on the patio. Schweizer would later call it an “Easter miracle” that the 5-year-old…


Two 81-Year-Old Grandmas Just Returned Home After an 80-day World Tour, Are Planning Their Next Adventure

When Sandra “Sandy” Hazelip turned to Eleanor “Ellie” Hamby in advance of their 80th birthdays and suggested traveling around the world in 80 days, her best friend was instantly all in. “Ellie’s eyes got big and she said ‘Woo-hoo!’ She started making definite plans for that to happen,” Hazelip told The Epoch Times. That was five…


Mom Worried Her Baby With Down Syndrome Would Negatively Impact Her Older Daughter—But She Was Wrong

A mom who worried that her second baby’s Down syndrome diagnosis would shatter her older child’s chances at bonding with her sister was quickly proved wrong when the baby was born. It was the mom’s preconceptions about Down syndrome that were shattered, and her girls share a love like no other. Nikki Geib, 34, is…


‘Orchestrated by God’: Woman Sends a Text to the Wrong Number, 14 Years Later They’re Parents to 6 Kids

Fourteen years ago, a woman from Ohio texted a Bible verse to the wrong number. However, instead of ignoring the message, the man on the other end responded and now they’re a happy family of eight. “I think 100 percent of the relationship was orchestrated by God,” Brenda Rivera Stearns, 36, told The Epoch Times….


Boy Who Slept in a Tent for 3 Years in Memory of Late Neighbor Raises Almost One Million Dollars for a Hospice

A British boy who spent three years sleeping outdoors in a tent in memory of his late neighbor has raised almost a million dollars for charity. Earning himself the nickname Tent Boy, his story has gone global and is inspiring a new generation of kids to believe in their own potential. Max Woosey of Devon…


‘Angel in the Sky’ Captured by Aurora Chaser During Uncanny Solar Storm in North Minnesota

Slogging through waist-deep snow, he saw the lights overhead, emerald ribbons dangling on the horizon. “It was going to be a fantastic night,” the photographer, Nicholas Narog, 35, told The Epoch Times. “But it kept getting better and better, and eventually the lights were over my head.” An accountant by day, Narog, from Minneapolis, knew…