Category: mom

Mom of Boy With Autism Helps Raise $35,000 for School Custodian Who Goes Above and Beyond

When a beloved school custodian missed out on a $10,000 community prize, one mom decided to one-up the accolade. Touched by the custodian’s kindness toward her son—who has autism—the entire community helped raise an incredible $35,000. The check was presented to Raymond Brown, custodian of White Oak Elementary in Edenton, North Carolina, on March 20, to…


Mom Arrested in Death of Her 3 Children Was in Custody Dispute

LOS ANGELES—The woman arrested on suspicion of killing her three young children at her Los Angeles apartment had been involved in a custody dispute with their father, according to a newspaper report Sunday. Liliana Carrillo, 30, was arrested Saturday in Tulare County after fleeing the gruesome scene and leading law enforcement officers on a long-distance…


Single Mom Saves $750,000 in 4 Years Thanks to These 6 Money-Managing Tips

Single mom Lakisha Simmons was set on obtaining financial security after getting divorced in 2017. Turning to literature on smart finance, she began saving, investing, and managing her outgoings like never before. She saved an impressive $750,000 in just four years. By implementing the tips she learned, the mom of two is on track to…


Homeless Mom With 7 Kids Gifted House, Thanks to Donations From ‘Griswold Light Display’

What started out as a little holiday fun turned into a life-changing philanthropic movement for a couple who call themselves The Griswolds of New Jersey. Steve and Gina Harbaugh, of Mickleton, gifted a house to a homeless mom and her seven kids with the help of donations they raised from their 2020 Christmas light display….


Brave Mom With Pulmonary Hypertension Delivers Her Miracle Baby With Help of 15 Medics

A mom-to-be with pulmonary hypertension knew that more than 50 percent of women with this life-threatening disease do not live to meet their babies. Yet, with her husband by her side, she decided that termination was simply not an option. Jackie Zieman, 30, of Manhattan Beach in southern California, survived her pregnancy with the rare condition, and…


Mom-to-Be Was Told to Have an Abortion but Pins Hopes on ‘Miracle’ Instead–and Her ‘Miracle’ Is Now 11

While pregnant with her daughter, Nataliia Martyniuki was shattered when doctors recommended she have an abortion. Amidst complications, her baby was not expected to survive, but Nataliia chose to place her faith in a miracle instead, and declined. Eleven years later, that miracle became a beautiful, thriving artist named Anna. “I have learned to believe in…


Teen Mom’s Journey of Canceling Abortion to Raising 8 Kids: ‘Motherhood Is Not a Drawback’

Over 20 years ago, a pregnant high-schooler, fearing that her dreams and ambitions were at stake, scheduled for aborting her unborn son after a planned parenthood counseling convinced her that she was carrying nothing more than a “clump of cells.” But a family intervention led to a change of heart, and she forged her life…


Mom Says It’s a Miracle as Teen Survives Brain Aneurysm and Is Now Able to Stand, Walk

A mother who was told her teenage daughter may not survive a massive, sudden brain aneurysm insisted she be transferred to a different hospital, and never left her side. Miraculously, the teen survived. Now, her family is celebrating her gradual steps toward recovery. Fifteen-year-old Mionna Johnson of Canton Township, Michigan, was a healthy honor roll…


Mom’s Medicine Hack for Young Children Leaves Her Baby Wanting More: Video

A mom has shared a clever hack for encouraging little ones to take their medicine with fewer tears and more giggles, and parents are loving it. Mom of two Nikki Jurcutz, a former paramedic and specialist in birth courses and baby first aid, shared her now-viral genius hack on her Instagram page, TinyHeartsEducation. Holding her 18-month-old…


‘Extremely Rare’: Male Orangutan Steps Up to Care for Daughter, 2, After Mom’s Sudden Death

A male Sumatran orangutan has defied the “absent father” role of his wild counterpart by stepping up to care for his 2-year-old daughter after her mother died unexpectedly in a zoo in Colorado. Female orangutan Nias, who lived at Colorado’s Denver Zoo for fifteen years, passed away on Dec. 17, 2020, at the age of 32….