Tag: Inspiring News

Teen Cowboy Artist Named ‘Grand Champion’ at Rodeo Art Show—Fetches $30,000 at Auction for Painting

A Texas high schooler was named grand champion of a renowned rodeo art show and is set to take home $30,000 when her artwork, an exquisite photo-realistic painting of a rider on horseback herding cows, is sold at auction. Mia Huckman, 18, lives in Houston and attends Foster High School in nearby Richmond. From among…


Never-Before-Seen VIDEO of Sunken Titanic Released—Marks First Time Humans Feast Eyes on Wreck

The crew of human-occupied vehicle (HOV) Alvin drank in the spectacle of a shipwreck’s haunting bow, recording the historic moment with their vehicle’s underwater video camera. The three researchers were the first humans to lay eyes on the “unsinkable” passenger liner, RMS Titanic, since her ill-fated voyage in 1912. Their 1986 expedition captured video near…


New York Mom’s Thrifted ‘French Country’ Home Proves You Can Find Beauty on a Budget

A stay-at-home mom who found her penchant for design while raising three young children has made her house a home, full of affordable thrifted gems, combining French, English, and traditional design. Originally from New Jersey, Leah Kroeber, 48, lives in New York with her husband, and three children aged 22, 18, and 14. She was…


Rules for How to Be a ‘Gentleman’ From an 1875 Guidebook, the Final Chapter: Miscellaneous

Here is an excerpt from “The Gentlemen’s Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness” by Cecil B. Hartley, published by Locke & Bubier in 1875.  MISCELLANEOUS. WHEN you are walking with a lady who has your arm, be careful to keep step with her, and do not force her to take long, unladylike steps, or trot beside you with two steps to one…


Mom Welcomes Baby 17, Keeps Family Tradition of Giving All Kids Names Beginning With ‘C’

A mom of 17 and her husband, who feel blessed by their ever-expanding family, are continuing to uphold a tradition since giving birth for the 17th time: every baby has a name beginning with the letter “C.” Patty Hernandez, 41, is originally from Guatemala, and her husband Carlos, 40, is from El Salvador. They’ve made their home…


Andean Bear Escapes St. Louis Zoo for Second Time in One Month—Despite Keepers’ Beefed-Up Security

An Andean bear at the St. Louis Zoo last week managed to pry free from his pen again—having already escaped once earlier last month. At about 1 p.m. on Feb. 23, Ben the bear was sighted outside his enclosure by visitors, who called it in to staff. Zoogoers were told to shelter in place and…


‘I’m Not a Disease’: Abortion Survivor Credits God for the Strength to Forgive After Years of Shame

A woman who discovered at 19 that she had survived an attempted abortion buried the revelation deep down and carried shame in her heart for years. It wasn’t until a conversation with God that she replaced shame with love and opened her heart to forgiveness. Today, Jennifer Milbourn, 44, is a psychology student and community…


Couple Welcomes Rare Second Set of Identical Twins 13 Months After Giving Birth to First Set of Twins

The proud parents of naturally-conceived identical twins were blessed twice over when they became parents to a second set of identical twins just 13 months after welcoming their first. Twenty-seven-year-old elementary school teacher Britney Gilbert Alba, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and her husband, firefighter Frankie Alba, 25, were thrilled to discover they were expecting identical twin…


This Giant Maine Coon Is So Big It’s Already the Average Height of a 9-Year-Old Kid

Finn the cat has grown so big he is now 1.3 meters (4.3 feet) long, the average height of a nine-year-old kid. And many people mistake the enormous Maine coon for a dog. Owner Natalie Bowman, 32, adopted Finn in 2017 when he was just three-and-a-half months old. The cat’s stupendous size makes him an expensive…


Cave Sweet Cave? Why Does Half of This Modern Town in Australia Live Underground—With Own Church, Casino?

Deep in the South Australian outback, there lies a town where some fifty percent of its people live underground. The reason? It’s not due to some nuclear catastrophe or a mass case of agoraphobia. Rather, intense summer heat—and winter cold—is what led most of its approximately 2,000 inhabitants to carve out a subterranean home. A curious…