Category: mom

Mom of 8 Says Advocating for Son With Down Syndrome Is Her ‘Biggest Achievement’ in Pro-Life Outreach

A pro-life couple from Missouri has thrown resilience, faith, and gratitude straight into the face of fear after learning their eighth child was diagnosed with Down syndrome. For parents Cathy and Andrew Daub, getting pregnant with their eighth baby came as a complete surprise as they already had their hands full with six boys and…


Missouri Man Convicted at 14 of Killing Mom Gets Parole

KANSAS CITY, Miss.—A Missouri man who has insisted for more than 20 years that he was wrongly convicted as a teenager of killing his mother has been granted parole. Attorneys for 37-year-old Michael Politte confirmed Tuesday that he had been given parole, the Kansas City Star reported. He is set to be released on April…


Photos: Lazy Orangutan Refuses to Wake Up Despite Mom’s Best Efforts

A series of pictures have captured the comical moment a lazy orangutan doesn’t want to wake up from his naps, despite his mother’s best efforts. In pictures snapped by Galina Bonnard—who’s in her 40s and hails from Belgium—an 18-year-old Sari can be seen dragging her sleepy son Berani, 5, at Pairi Daiza Zoo in Belgium. “The orangutan family…


Doctor Said Mom’s Efforts to Save Her Babies Were a ‘Waste of Time,’ Now They’re 3 and Thriving

A mom from Canada who went into labor with twins at just shy of 22 weeks’ gestation was told by her doctor that they would die the day they were born. However, she refused to give up on her babies, and against the odds, her baby girls pulled through, heading home after 115 days in the…


Mom-of-3 Colors Home With Leftover or Tester Paints Costing Less Than $14 for Each Room

A British woman has her hand-painted colorful home, with every room costing less than 10 pounds (approx. $14). Heidi Pettitt, 44, from Walsall, in West Midlands, England, has brightened up her home by using tester pots of paints, which are often free. The mom-of-three, who works for the housing association, began the renovation during the…


1-Year-Old Accidentally Shoots Mom, Baby in Walmart Parking Lot in Texas

By Jamie Landers From The Dallas Morning News DALLAS—A woman was seriously injured when her 1-year-old child accidentally shot her and an infant in a Granbury parking lot Wednesday, police say. The shooting happened around 11:25 a.m. outside a Walmart along U.S. Highway 377. The children’s 23-year-old mother was standing outside the driver’s side door…


California Mom Gives Birth to 1-in-2-Million Twins, 15 Minutes Apart but in Different Years

In a massively rare occurrence, twin babies born in California on New Year’s Eve have two different dates and years on their respective birth certificates. Fraternal twins Aylin Yolanda and Alfredo Antonio Trujillo were born at Natividad Medical Center in Salinas to parents Fatima Madrigal and Robert Trujillo of Greenfield, California, just 15 minutes apart….


Boy Whose Mom Was Told He Wouldn’t Live Past 2 Turns 17, Dreams of Becoming Police Officer

All because his parents refused to abort him, a boy whose mother was told he would never live past the age of 2 has recently celebrated 17 years of life with some of his favorite people—local police officers. Joshua Bourassa, of Pennsylvania, has Krabbe disease, an inherited condition that destroys the protective coating of nerve cells in…


Mom-of-5 Shares Final Moments With Husband Who Lost Cancer Battle: ‘Faith Is Our Compass’

Since her husband’s cancer diagnosis, a grief-stricken mother of five has been sharing their journey as a way to make connections and navigate through their pain. Unfortunately, her husband lost his battle at the age of 42. In a series of raw social media posts, she shares their final conversations, her heartbreak and healing, and…


Mom Preserves Christmas Tree Her Teen Son Decorated Before He Died

A grieving mother wrapped her Christmas tree in cellophane to hold last year’s decorations in place in order to preserve the ornaments her teenage son had put up before he died. Heather Davis, 34, lost her son Kooper, 17, to suicide in December 2020, just weeks after he helped to decorate their tree. The mom-of-five…