Category: Family & Home

Football Mom Snaps Photo of Senior Player Helping Injured Opponent on Field—and It Goes Viral

An Iowa high-school football player was caught on camera helping an injured player on the opposing side—and his kind act has gone viral. During a Friday night game in early September, after a play ended, Charles City Comets wide receiver Mario Hoefer witnessed one of his opponents go down. Carter Steinlage of the New Hampton…


California Woman Finds 4.38-Carat Pear-Shaped Yellow Diamond on Ground in State Park

A retired California couple struck paydirt while visiting Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas late last month when the soil yielded the visitors a large, pear-shaped yellow diamond. Noreen Wredberg and her husband Michael from Granite Bay spend much of their time traveling to national parks in the United States; and found themselves at…


Dear Next Generation: ‘The Virtue of Gratitude’

The most important message I’ve tried to impart to my grandchildren is the virtue of gratitude. Too often we see ourselves as victims and lament the perceived injustices against us. We dwell on negatives and are easily offended. The result is unhappiness and depression. Gratitude is the opposite. It is the positive feeling of looking…


Cat’s Silent Heart Disease Causes Painful Hind Leg Paralysis

Q: Latte, our 8-year-old indoor cat, suddenly started crying and pulling himself along on his front legs while dragging his back legs. We rushed him to his veterinarian who diagnosed a saddle thromboembolism and recommended euthanasia because Latte’s prognosis was so dire. We agreed, but because of Latte’s stress and ours at the time, we…


Video: After 29 Years Battling Cerebral Palsy, Bride Realizes Dream of Walking Down the Aisle

A 29-year-old UK woman who’s been battling cerebral palsy since the day she was born has fulfilled her life’s dream of walking down the aisle by herself. Recently married, Alaina Banfield-Coffee—a talented artist who paints with the help of a brush attached to headgear—lives in Cardiff, Wales, with her husband, Philip. Born with the neurological motor…


Spend the Winter—or the Summer—in Grand County, Colorado

In February 1928 an astounding feat of railroad engineering was completed when the first locomotive passed through the 6.2-mile-long Moffat Tunnel, connecting the eastern and western sides of the Continental Divide in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains and shortening the distance between Denver and the Pacific Coast by 176 miles. Later the construction of U.S. Highway 40…


Parenting Matters: The Value of Pets

I became acutely aware of the value of pets while at work one beautiful summer day. I was enjoying lunch on the clinic patio when I noticed a teen patient of mine walking toward me. Shaking my extended hand she began, “I want you to meet someone.” She gestured to the dog on the end…


Photographer Snaps Bear Cubs Playing and Hugging as if From a Fairytale

Adorable pictures show bears play fighting before seeming to make up by hugging in a scene like something out of a fairytale. Photographer Valtteri Mulkahainen, 60, from Sotkamo, Finland, took these pictures while visiting the Martinselkonen Wilderness Centre. The pictures show two cubs play fighting before adorably embracing in a hug, appearing to make up…


Mom Stranded at Gas Station With Kids and No Money for Gas—Until Officer Arrives, Pays for Fuel

This is what police officers across the country do every day. After getting a call of a woman with two small children stranded at a gas station at night with no money for gas, Officer Greg Howard from the South Bend Police Department paid for her fuel so that she could be on her way…


Photos: Stay-at-Home Mom Upcycles Old Furniture Into Creations Worth Hundreds of Dollars

A first-time mom with a creative streak is revamping broken and discarded furniture and, in the process, is making hundreds of dollars. Her venture has become so successful that she’s now teaching others how to do it. Maggie McGaugh, 26, lives in Fort Worth, Texas, with her husband and son, Harrison. She discovered her talent…