Tag: People

Standing in a Park for Truth

The park, a place for hanging out and relaxing, can now be a stage to speak out and stand for one’s own truth, as well as re-establish community ties, according to one advocacy group. The ‘A Stand In The Park’ group, which now has 100,000 members across 20 countries, was the brainchild of Brady Gunn, who,…


‘Meant to Be’: Mom in Labor Learns That Her Delivery Nurses Have the Same Name as Her Twins

The birth of twins can be an overwhelming moment, but one Denver mom experienced a special coincidence as she welcomed her baby girls. In early October, expectant mom Lauren Meehan’s twins decided to make a quick arrival in the middle of the night. The delivery took place in the operating room of Rose Medical Center and…


All Will Be Lost When Hong Kong Becomes Xianggang

“In July 2020, the implementation of the ‘National Security Law (NSL)’ no doubt officially turned Hong Kong into Xianggang and at the same time sent Hong Kong to the guillotine,” Professor Cheung Chan-fai, former head of the Department of Philosophy at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), said. As a septuagenarian, now 73 years…


Man Teaches Gymnastics to African Kids, Leads Them to Bright Crime-Free Future: ‘Our Kids Are Strong’

A man in Uganda is offering homeless kids hope for a bright future. He not only teaches these budding acrobats basic gymnastic-style flips but also guides them to shun bad company and seek goodness to unlock their full potential. He dreams of launching these kids as professional Olympians one day and enriches their lives with the…


Mom of 2 Reveals Money-Saving Trick That Cut Her Family’s Grocery Bill by $1,000 per Month

A mom of two crushed by her grocery bills decided to take matters into her own hands. She devised a money-saving method with a handy acronym, and when it saved $1,000 for her family on groceries every month, she shared it with the world. Becky Guiles, 42, is a mother and entrepreneur from upstate New…


Coal Miner Covered in Soot Goes Viral for Attending a Basketball Game With His Son After a Work Shift

A dedicated father who works as a coal miner was spotted at a basketball game with his son, still wearing his sooty work clothes. A photo of the pair has gone viral. On Oct. 22, Micheal Joe McGuire attended the University of Kentucky’s men’s basketball annual Blue-White game at the Appalachian Wireless Arena with his wife, Mollie, and their son….


4 Women Depart UK for Antarctic to Run World’s Most Remote Post Office—and Count Penguins—for Winter

An all-female team of four is getting ready to travel 9,000 miles from England to Antarctica on a mission to reopen the world’s most southerly, and most remote, post office and museum. Besting 4,000 other candidates for the coveted posts, the women will station at Port Lockroy on Goudier Island in the Antarctic Peninsula, a historic…


Nathan Law’s Exile Is Proof of Hong Kong’s Democratic Decline

Born in the 90s, Nathan Law Kwun-chung never considered that he would be forced to leave his beloved Hong Kong; but that happened after he chose the path of fighting for freedom. Growing up in a poor family that emigrated from the mainland, Law’s mom moved to Hong Kong from China before she and her…


Homesteading Family Try ‘Chicken Pumpkin Carving’ Method With Brood—and It Works Amazingly Well

A homesteading family in Virginia became so tickled with a video online featuring pumpkin-carving chickens they decided to try it with their own brood. The resulting jack-o-lantern was amazing. According to the family, you don’t have to spend a ton of money to make memories. Stan, a police officer and wrestling coach, runs his family’s…


‘It Felt Very Special’: Woman Designs and Knits Her Own Wedding Dress in 6 Weeks for $400

Spurred on by her wedding date, a Finnish knitwear designer and YouTuber decided to take her dress into her own hands, literally. She came up with a delicate knitted and crocheted design and set to work creating a masterpiece. Veronika Lindberg of Helsinki, Finland, who goes by the name Kika, shares her talent for knitting…