Image by: yakovlevmax0 By James Reubin I believe that living in another country, far away from your family and friends, changes you in many ways. However, there are some things that I think will always remain the same. Last Friday, when I got home from work, I welcomed the weekend by having some alone time…
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This Guy Is Helping Homeless People Find Their Families Using the Power Of Social Media
By Jack Day Kevin Adler had a really good idea last Christmas when he filmed a homeless man looking to find his sister and uploaded the video to YouTube. Within an hour the sister was tagged on social media and a month later after some fundraising the two were reunited. So Adler thought why not…
You Have to See How This Purple Heart Made It’s Way Home
By Richard K. Noots Ever found a military award in a dumpster? Yeah, me either. However, if I found one, you best believe I’d- … Probably do nothing more than turn it into a police station or something. Seriously, what do I know about retrieving lost items and getting them back to their owners? Luckily for…
Even Prisoners Deserve a Second Chance, and You Won’t Believe This One
By Richard K. Noots Dion was once a simple drug dealer trying to make ends meet. He wasn’t a bad person, he just wanted to pay bills and feed his family. It turns out, the majority of people in prison aren’t bad people. just people who got caught up in something they didn’t understand. Once Dion…
One Poem Managed to Bring This Family Back Together
By Richard K. Noots A simple poem, written when a son was born had been locked away in the child’s storage for decades. One day, the son found it when he was living far away from the mountains his family raised him in. Once he read it again, something in him changed. He called his dad up, and returned…
Dads Might Just Help Save the World
By Richard K. Noots If you’re a dad, or thinking about becoming a dad, you should watch this video. Dads are one of two of the most important people your child will ever interact with (the second being the mother, and they are of equal importance). However, there’s an issue in our culture with an inability to actually…
Sorry Other Dads, I Think This One Just Won Father of the Year
By Richard K. Noots Want to know how your a good dad? When you make your child laugh like she belongs in an insane asylum, that’s how. That’s just what this dad did when he decided to show his little girl just what exactly he does for a living. She takes the whole thing quite well, and it…
Ever Wonder Why We Have Pets? This Video Will Explain All You Need to Know
By Richard K. Noots Dogs are a unique species. Although they didn’t come about until our ancestors started breeding obedient wolves, it is because of their ability to work well with us that they truly thrive in life. While most species may be content just living around people (like cats), dogs are only successful if they’re in a…
This Family Went On a Treasure Hunt, What They Found Will Inspire Your Own Adventure
By Jack Day If you have ever experienced the joy of discovering some kind of treasure in your life, then you know how fun it was for this Reddit user to open a trunk they found from that belonged to their great grandfather. The grandfather apparently never told anyone about it and so it made…
These Four Families Built Sustainable Homes that Will Last As Long As Their Friendship
By Jack Day If you have been thinking about how to live a more sustainable life and get away from the city dwellings, then you will enjoy this story. 4 couples in Texas who have been friends for over 20 years decided that they would give it a shot. In doing so they decided to…
This Baby is Flying, But That’s Not The Greatest Part of His Story
By Richard K. Noots Poor William Lawerence had the unfortunate occurrence of being born with Down Syndrome. His father, Alan, wants to show his kid to not let that get him down though. So, aside from creating a Kickstarter in order to help more children just like his son, he also creates these great pictures! It’s just a little photo shopping, but…
This Turns Out to Be No Ordinary Hockey Game For Two Life Long Fans
By Jack Day When Eitan and Ronit Urman went to a recent hockey game at the Arizona Coyotes stadium they knew it was not going to like other nights. As long time season pass holders they were being honored for their devotion by getting to do the ceremonial puck drop before the game. Little did…
3 Reasons Why This Guy Is The Best Uncle In The World
By Richard K. Noots Many of us would do anything for our kids. That same amount of people would surely do anything for children who are just related to them, as well. What about cross-dressing though? This little girl wanted to see the new Cinderella movie in a princess dress, but she started having second thoughts because she…
This Father/Son Story Will Break Your Heart
By Richard K. Noots Sometimes in our countries, we can get a little cocky about how good we have it. In some countries, they have to dig through trash just to make ends meet. We’re talking entire families, and in some cases villages (like China). This story takes places in the Philippines, where this father and son must trudge out…
These Guys Share Their Lottery Winnings in Unique Ways
By Richard K. Noots Winning the lottery is like a one-in-a-million chance. However, it does happen, because someone has to win it. Luckily, the two people who won these lotteries needed the money in a big way. Each one has a unique way of presenting it, but the second video is pretty hilarious. The father tries to explain to his…
This Family Decided to Restore This Old Truck; You Have to See The Results!
By Richard K. Noots Ever want to restore old vehicles? Well, most of us would say that it requires too much work. In this case however, one family decided that the only way their daughter could get a truck is if they built the thing practically from scratch. Don’t believe me? Definitely a project. I…
One Mathematician Built A Castle With His Bare Hands
By Richard K. Noots Well, one retired mathematician built his own castle. Sounds crazy, right? But you know how impressionable old people are over the internet. They see one Instagram photo and they suddenly go nuts with ideas. I kid, of course. This guy is awesome! I’m so jealous of his family, since they routinely get to visit a castle. This is definitely…
He Was Once Blind, But Now He Can See
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ejd0GZo4NOE By Charlie DeWitts You read correctly. This man, Allen, happened to be blind for the last ten years of his life. After deciding to do a new, experimental surgery, he has finally been granted with the gift of vision once more. Who knew bionic eyes were a thing? This is absolutely amazing, and hopefully…
If Your Family Was Homeless on The Street, Would YOU Notice?
By Richard K. Noots A social experiment was done recently to see if family members could notice members of their own family in a state of homelessness. So, Brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts and whoever else decided to dress up like the homeless on the routes that their family members walk. Of course, they weren’t even noticed at all. Although, one could argue that…
This Kid Gets the Perfect Gift, and It’s Sure to Make Your Heart Swell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ3rp1iEmko By Charlie DeWitts Jodie Green’s son has a huge love for vacuum cleaners. Dylan happens to autistic, and his mom helped him by giving him a vacuum cleaner-inspired birthday party. He was absolutely ecstatic. However, that wasn’t enough for Jodie. Like any good mom, she decided to take it one step further. Check out…
Ask, and Ye Shall Recieve
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ0KW0smTPI By Richard K. Noots … I was very alone last Thanksgiving and really would not like to go throughout that this Thanksgiving… PLEASE, if you have room in your home and in your heart to share your Thanksgiving, I not only (would) be thankful, but would also consider myself blessed to spend this time…
You Don’t Need Eyes for a Roadtrip … Just Heart
By Richard K. Noots Two brothers suffering from a degenerative eye disease known as Choroideremia named Justin and Tod Purvis have decided to take life by the proverbial horns. Their mutually shared disease began during childhood, and it slowly makes the sufferer blind as they grow into adulthood. Not wanting to miss out on the…
Google Maps: Helping You Find the Way to the Bank, & Your Long-Lost Family
By Charlie DeWitts Every now and then a story so innocent reaches out and touches our heart. This, is one such tale. Watch how a man, stripped from the only life he knew, manages to find happiness in his new home, and then goes on a search for his former life. How does he do…
7 Life-Changing Ways to Live Life to the Fullest
Image by: WikiImages By Robert Spencer We work out. We eat right. We go to work. We relax at home. We’re doing all of the things right. So why do you feel so empty inside? Sure, sure, talking about “how we feel” is normally something that our women bug us about. But just between you…
