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Family Adopts Dog So He Can Pass In Peace: He Surprised Them All

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They thought they were bringing home a sick dog, and they did. But they never expected to also bring home a miracle.

However, that’s what happened to an American family when they visited Ankara, Turkey. During their stay in this region of the world, a Mom and her daughter came upon a shelter that had 4,000 dogs.

The shelter was an overwhelming mass of confusion that couldn’t do much to help many of its dogs. However, this family stepped up to try.

They found a litter of four dogs. They were sick, being trampled, and living in horrendous conditions.

“I thought we were bringing them home to die,” says Mom in the heart melting video below. However, a miracle came in the form of a puppy named Faith.

Faith was the runt of the litter, the tiniest pipsqueak of them all. However, he pulled through when his three siblings could not. Faith fought against the odds and went on to become not just a loving family pet, but an inspiration.

If you believe Faith is a miracle then please SHARE to let others know of the power miracles have in our lives. And remember to always count the blessings and miracles you have in your life.

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Mom Goes Viral With Important Message On Why ‘Stranger Danger’ Is A Lie

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Catherine St. Germain is a brave mom who’s shocking Facebook post has gone viral for it’s powerful, although harrowing message.

Aaron Scott came into the single mom’s life after a tough breakup and made her feel incredibly happy, and most importantly safe. After being friends with Scott for about 20 years, the Loveland, Colorado mom felt like she was getting a fresh new start and a second chance in life.

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From the outside, Scott seemed to be a man of honor. A U.S. Navy veteran and former cop, he had already been a father three times before marrying Catherine and becoming step-dad to her 15-year-old daughter.

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But about 10 months after her blissful wedding day, Catherine’s world came crashing down, getting a phone call from the police station where her daughter was waiting. Her “perfect” new husband had sexually assaulted his new stepdaughter, but instead of being ashamed and frightened like many victims, the teenager bravely reported her attacker.

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Now, just like her daughter, Catherine St. Germain has chosen to speak out during her extremely difficult time, in hopes that no family will ever have to go through the pain and suffering that she did.

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The mom’s message is clear and although her situation is unique, every parent should hear it. People warn their kids of “stranger danger,” like in this social experiment, but the truth is that more often than not children are abused by people they know and trust.

Please SHARE this brave mother’s story and help remind others that child predators do no hide in the dark, they hide in plain sight.

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Guilty Dog Is Caught Red-Handed But Denies Everything

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Daisy has been a very, very bad girl. 

She’s been caught red-handed, tearing up many items all over the household

But when her human shows Daisy the evidence and repeatedly asks her “Did you eat this? Daisy, did you eat this?”

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Credit: YouTube- Kyoot Animals

Daisy denies everything and refuses to look at the evidence.

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Credit: YouTube- Kyoot Animals

She also fails to speak unless her lawyer is present.

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Credit: YouTube- Kyoot Animals

Even though she has GUILTY written all over her face.

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Credit: YouTube- Kyoot Animals

Watch this absolutely hysterical video below of Daisy denying all accounts of her wrongdoings:

If this video made you smile, please SHARE it with your friends and family on Facebook!

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Hairdresser Uses Hair Dye To Tell Mom She’s Having A Son

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If you’ve ever had a bad haircut or dye job, you know how important a hair stylist’s job is in making people feel confident and beautiful. Yet when this pregnant woman walked into a hair salon one day, she entrusted her hair stylist with not just her hair, but with delivering this life-altering news.

After making it through her first term of pregnancy, Amanda Parrish decided to finally find out the sex of her unborn baby like many expecting mothers. However, unlike many expecting mothers, she decided to have her hair stylist rather than her doctor tell her if she was going to be having a boy or a girl

Amanda tried to stay as calm as possible as her hair stylist Amber Sacrison applied dye (blue for a boy and pink for a girl) to her long hair, without having any clue which color was being applied. Sacrison first suggested dying only a small strand for the reveal, but Amanda boldly decided to dye her entire head.

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Photo by Facebook/Amber Sacrison – Hair Artist

Finally, after having to close her eyes for almost the entire treatment, Amanda lost patience and couldn’t bear the suspense any longer. “I’m not closing my eyes again. I’m not doing it,” Amanda said in the video as Sacrison was about to remove the towel and reveal her new hair color.

Seconds later, Sacrison finally revealed that Amanda would soon be welcoming a baby boy to the world, and last week, nearly six months after the big reveal, she finally gave birth to that healthy baby boy.

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Photo by Facebook/Amber Sacrison – Hair Artist

“It was awesome. I loved being a part of something like that. To see their happiness was just amazing to me,” Sacrison said.

Watch the entire video below to see the suspenseful way this new mom found out she was having a son.

Would you like to find out the sex of your baby like this? let us know what you think in the comments below, and please SHARE this with friends on Facebook.

[Featured image credit: Facebook/Amber Sacrison – Hair Artist]

Hairdresser Uses Hair Dye To Tell Mom She’s Having A Son is an article from: LifeDaily

19 Hottest Girls From Your Favorite Old-School TV Commercials

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Ahhh the good ole’ days…when ‘Vanilla Ice hairstyles’ were considered cool, along with Converse boots and Madonna. Who doesn’t remember sitting down to watch their favorite 80s/90s TV show, and look forward to the adverts with all the hot girls in them. Of course it would easily become a blush-fest if your parents or older siblings were in the room, as you sat munching on your popcorn trying not to make a facial expression and hoping you were’t ruby red. But it was all worth it, as these girls were the things that teen fantasies were made of, as young men and women alike sat and watched their favorite TV commercials with glee and lots of anticipation…

Here are 19 of the hottest girls from your favorite old-school TV commercials. Enjoy the trip down memory lane…

19 Hottest Girls From Your Favorite Old-School TV Commercials is an article from: LifeDaily

This Tiny Chick Was Going To Be Put Down, But These Heroes Gave Her A Cast Instead

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People will go to extraordinary lengths to make sure lovable pets like dogs and cats get the best care should they need it, however, farm animals like chickens usually don’t get the same consideration.

Originally, teachers from the Mary Kay McMillin school in New Jersey had contacted a local farm to get unhatched chick eggs, which they planned to keep in the classroom after witnessing them hatch as class pets. But soon after the chicks hatched, they realized a school classroom was no place for growing animals, especially since one chick was born with a bad leg that required extra care.

Thankfully, Tamerlaine Farm Animal Sanctuary stepped up to take two of the chicks since the teachers had become attached to the babies and refused to send them to a farm where they would be abused or even killed. “To me, it’s like having a puppy birthing project in your classroom and sending the puppies back to the puppy mill,” said Gabrielle Stubbert, president and co-founder of the animal sanctuary.

“Peeps was born with a slipped tendon, and her leg sticks out at a weird angle, almost as if it’s broken,” Stubbert said. “Nobody was willing to take her.” Peeps would have been killed had she landed in a normal farm, but luckily Stubbert took her in, and even brought her to the vet to get her leg checked out.

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Photo by Tamerlaine Farm Animal Sanctuary

After getting multiple opinions on Peeps’ leg, Stubbort and her team decided Peeps would have the best quality of life if her bad leg was amputated. “Our local vet thought Peeps was a great candidate for amputation since she was perfectly healthy in every other way,” Stubbert said.

After the surgery, Peeps was immediately walking better and was no longer in any pain. “By this time, everybody had fallen in love with her. She has a huge personality,” Stubbert said. “She’s just really sweet. She falls asleep in the arms of her caretakers. You can’t not fall in love with her.”

Photo by Tamerlaine Farm Animal Sanctuary
Photo by Tamerlaine Farm Animal Sanctuary

Watch the entire video below to see how far Peeps has come since the animal sanctuary first took her in.

Can you believe how much work this animal sanctuary has done to make sure Peeps is healthy and happy? Let us know what you think in the comments below, and please SHARE this with friends on Facebook.

[Featured image credit: Tamerlaine Farm Animal Sanctuary]

This Tiny Chick Was Going To Be Put Down, But These Heroes Gave Her A Cast Instead is an article from: LifeDaily

After 2 Long Years And 1,000 Miles, A Dog Is Reunited With His Loving Owner

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Any dog owner has questioned at one point or another if their dog can actually feel how much they are loved, and if they are reciprocating that love, but this absolutely incredible story is proof that dogs love their companions- and will do just about anything to be with them.

Two years ago, Debi Petranck lost her beloved black and white pug-nosed terrier named Zeus and immediately reported him missing in Ocala, Florida. Despite her constant searching, Debi never saw or heard anything about him again, and eventually she had to come to terms with the fact that he was gone forever.

Yet last week, about 2 years later and more than 1,000 miles away, the Dearborn Animal Shelter in Detroit found the lost pup, and discovered that he had been found and adopted by a man in Florida that later moved him to Michigan.

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Photo by FOX 2 Detroit

After the move, Zeus escaped from his new owner, and walked to Detroit. The shelter immediately contacted Debi, who jumped in her car and drove the entire 1,000 miles to finally get her best friend back.

“My main worry, I didn’t know if Zeus would know me or not, but he walked in and knew … he recognized me from right off,” Debi said. “Everything’s just the way we left it. We’ve just picked right up where we were.”

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Photo by FOX 2 Detroit

“I prayed that the right people would get involved. And they obviously did. I have my dog back,” she said.

Watch the entire video below to see the heartwarming moment this lost dog and his owner are finally reunited.

Can you believe Zeus remembered Debi after such a long time? Let us know what you think in the comments below, and please SHARE this with friends on Facebook.

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After 2 Long Years And 1,000 Miles, A Dog Is Reunited With His Loving Owner is an article from: LifeDaily

Adorable 2-Year-Old Runs Up To On-Duty Soldiers To Give Them All Handshakes

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Little kids grow up watching and listening to stories about superheroes and idolize the brave people who risk their own lives to protect the innocent from the evil in this world. So when a 2-year-old little boy spotted these real life superheroes, he did the first thing that came to mind.

After landing at the airport late one night in Houston along with the UNC men’s basketball team, passengers were greeted by a line of on-duty soldiers each holding giant American flags. Yet unlike the other kids who were too shy and afraid to approach the intimidating soldiers, 2-year-old Sawyer ran straight towards them.

At first, Sawyer was only going to say hello to one of the soldiers, but after shaking hands with the first, he decided he couldn’t just ignore the rest.

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Photo by Youtube/Chris Frederick

Other kids couldn’t understand why he would run up to scary-looking strangers, but Sawyer recognized them instantly and wanted to thank each one as they knelt down to greet their excited fan.

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Photo by Youtube/Chris Frederick

Watch the entire video below to see the adorable moment Sawyer realizes he’s in the presence of real life heroes.

Can you believe how excited this 2-year-old got when he spots a line of soldiers at the airport? Let us know what you think in the comments below, and please SHARE this touching moment with friends on Facebook.

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Dad Jumps To The Rescue When His Troublemaking Little Boy Gets His Head Stuck In A Fence

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As a parent, it’s impossible to keep a watchful eye on your kids at all times, but you just have to be there to help them get out of any sticky situation that you weren’t able to prevent while your back was turned.

After watching his four-legged brothers and sisters stick their heads through the fence for a better view of the lawn, little Joey decided to try the same thing. However, unlike the dogs, Joey’s head wouldn’t slide back out with ease.

After being trapped with his head stuck between the fence posts, Joey’s parents finally came out to check on their mischievous son. Dad immediately came to his son’s rescue, but no matter how much he tried to help his son slide out, nothing worked.

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Photo by Rumble/jenled

Just as dad was starting to get genuinely concerned that he have to break the fence to get his son out, Joey showed his dad another way, and easily slipped the rest of his body through the fence.

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Photo by Rumble/jenled

Watch the entire video below to see the sneaky way this little boy finally breaks free from the fence.

Would you have thought to break free the way Joey does, or would you have tried dad’s approach? Let us know what you think in the comments below, and please SHARE this with friends on Facebook.

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Dad Jumps To The Rescue When His Troublemaking Little Boy Gets His Head Stuck In A Fence is an article from: LifeDaily

Baby Makes Miraculous Movement In Mommy’s Belly

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Feeling your baby move inside your belly can be a really exciting thing for an expecting mom. 

Just as exciting as hearing your baby speak for the first time and learn to walk. 

This particular mom-to-be in the video below is simply relaxing on the couch, when her baby starts making a big commotion. The little one kicks and moves around in mom’s belly, while dad catches all of the adorable footage on camera

Being 39 weeks pregnant, this baby seems to be letting mom know, “I’m ready to come out, and I can’t wait to meet you!”

Watch this incredible moment below and please SHARE it with your friends and family on Facebook!

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Mom’s Parenting Skills Were Questioned After Posting This Photo To Instagram

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Australian model Chontel Duncan was simply showing off her newborn son Jeremiah on Instagram, when she received a ton of backlash from commenters. 

You may remember Chontel Duncan from a previous article we wrote on her, when she posted this photo to her Instagram showing the differences between her pregnant belly and her friends:

They were 4-5 week apart in their pregnancies when this photo was taken. 

Following that photo, Chontel gave birth to a healthy baby boy named Duncan via c-section, and she shared this photo of him 13 days later: 

To my snappers the crop from this mornings walk is from @lornajaneactive its a new one so should still be available. It's not a maternity crop but the straps can be unclipped so you can slide your arm out easily. It's a support crop so 👌🏽 perfect for larger jugs 🍻 Today little Miah is 13 days old & my c-section incision is healing nicely. It's larger then a normal one due to the doctors struggling to get Miah out at the time of my operation where my core held him in very tightly. Scar, stretch marks, wider hips, heavy "not so perky" jugs WHO CARES I have a baby & though I was very lucky to not have many of those I did receive a large scar which I am very proud of ☺️ Today is visiting day!!!!! #lornajane

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While many people commented on Chontel’s amazing physique, others were quick to question the way she was holding her baby. It appeared people were very concerned that Chontel was not supporting her baby’s neck. 

One commenter wrote, “Don’t be that selfish, now you are a mother and your baby is the most important! Look at his head, look how you hold that poor baby!!”

Another said, “Maybe you should support your child’s neck a little more.”

And Chontel responded with a new photo side-by-side with the original, showing Duncan resting his head comfortably on mom’s chest. 

Reposting this due to the number of dumb dumbs ripping on my first image… Sorry but I'm not going to be nice about what I think about your belittling attempts to educate me on the safety or better yet my intentions as a new mum. Anyways… It's easier to repost then to tag everyone considering the comments are over the thousand. As explained earlier Miah lifted his head up an for that second that he did so, I just happened to have caught it on camera, before he then laid his head back down on my chest. New borns can lift their own heads up its not me standing there with his head flicked back shooting away… So have faith people and if you honestly don't like my page just CLICK UNFOLLOW!!!!! As I've always said, any negative comments will be deleted and I will block you!

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Chontel captioned the photo: 

“Sorry but I’m not going to be nice about what I think about your belittling attempts to educate me on the safety or better yet my intentions as a new mum,” she captioned the photo.

She continued, “As explained earlier Miah lifted his head up an for that second that he did so, I just happened to have caught it on camera, before he then laid his head back down on my chest. New borns can lift their own heads up its not me standing there with his head flicked back shooting away… So have faith people and if you honestly don’t like my page just CLICK UNFOLLOW!!!!!”

Watch this video of Chontel speaking out after facing backlash:

What do you think about this mom’s photo?

Let us know in the comments and SHARE this story with your friends on Facebook!

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Mom’s Parenting Skills Were Questioned After Posting This Photo To Instagram is an article from: LifeDaily

Photographer Captures Baby’s Amazing Birth In Hospital Parking Lot

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A Florida mom who has zero pictures of her first two children’s births decided that the next time around was going to be different.

Just like we saw in this incredible story about one mom’s home birth of twins, Paula D’Amore of Green Acres decided to hire a birth photographer to capture the miracle of life. However, the 30-year-old mom didn’t realize just how unique the birth of her third child would actually be.

“With my first son I got no pictures whatsoever,” she told ABC News. “And with my second son, I had hired a doula and she just grabbed my camera and took pictures, but it was low lighting and low quality … that’s why I knew I needed someone there documenting the whole thing and I wanted it to be documented professionally.”

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[Paulina Splechta Photography]
The new mom told ABC News that during her third time around, she knew her body better and spent as much time at home as possible during labor, even taking a warm bath to ease her contractions.

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When the time came, D’Amore grabbed her husband Joseph, doula, and photographer Paulina Splechta, but only made it about two miles before she got the urge to start pushing.

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“It just takes over your body,” she said. “It’s not like you can control it.” They reached Boca Raton Regional Hospital, but didn’t make it out of the car before baby girl Daniella entered the world, with Splechta capturing the intense parking lot birth in over 100 photos.

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[Paulina Splechta Photography]

“It’s almost like an out of body experience because I’m going through all of this and now I’m able to look back at the photos [and say], ‘Wow this just happened,'” she told ABC News.

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[Paulina Splechta Photography]
“It’s incredible how everything went down even down to the second… I couldn’t have picked a better team.”

Please SHARE this shocking story with all of your friends on Facebook today!

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51-Year-Old Mom Acts As Surrogate For Her Own Granddaughter

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Thirty-two years after giving birth to her daughter, Mandy Stephens, Sherri Dickson was able to bless her with the greatest gift of all.

“Watching your child lose a child is the definition of sadness,” Dickson told Good Morning America. “I can’t describe it any other way. It breaks your heart.” After Mandy struggled with fertility and her first pregnancy ended early, doctors warned her and husband Jamie that they could expect similar high risks if they tried again.

That’s when the couple started looking into adoption and surrogacy, and were surprised when Sherri and her younger daughter volunteered to carry Mandy’s baby.

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After meeting with doctors who decided Mandy’s mom, who hadn’t yet gone through menopause and had three healthy pregnancies, would be better mentally equipped to carry the child, but there was one side effect no one saw coming.

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Sherri suffers from multiple sclerosis and was shocked when instead of leading to medical complications, the pregnancy put her disease into remission.

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Although the mom told Good Morning America delivering at 51 was much more difficult than the last time when she was 33, she was so happy to bring her granddaughter, Myla, into the world.

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“I don’t mind being pregnant,” she told KYFR-TV. “If It was something I could do for her, why not.”


Please SHARE this family’s beautiful story with your loved ones on Facebook today!

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Chimpanzee Escapes From Zoo In Japan, Leads Police On Wild Goose Chase

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A chimpanzee named ChaCha escaped from Yagiyama Zoological Park in Sendai, Japan today and led officers through a pretty dramatic chase. 

According to NHK, the chimpanzee made his way into a residential neighborhood, alarming everyone in the area. He was on the loose for nearly two hours, and scared the living daylights out of workers when he made his way onto power lines and began screaming at them. 

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Credit: Kyodo News via AP

The agitated chimp was then hit by a sedative arrow from the back, although he did not go down immediately. 

He desperately tried to escape and wound up dangling from a nearby power line. 

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Credit: Kyodo News via AP

Authorities were on the ground ready to catch him, and eventually ChaCha fell head down into a blanket. 

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Credit: Youtube- RT

While it’s not immediately clear if he survived, we will update you as soon as we know more.  

Zoo officials are currently investigating how ChaCha managed to escape in the first place. 

Watch this dramatic footage below and please SHARE it with your friends and family on Facebook!

[Featured Image Credit: Kyodo News via AP]

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Conjoined Twins, Born Of Rare Triplets In Texas, Are Successfully Separated

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The birth of Silvia Hernandez and Raul Torres daughters’ in May 2015 was unlike anything the staff of Driscoll Children’s Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas had ever seen… or any hospital for that matter.

Scarlett, Ximena and Catalina Torres were already an extremely rare set of triplets, being conceived without any fertilization drugs, but while Catalina was completely healthy, her two sisters were born conjoined. Experts at Driscoll said that the rare triplets were about one in 50 million, according to Daily Mail.

Conjoined twins only occur in about one in every 200,000 births and sadly the survival rate is not high, according to University of Maryland Medical Center. Fortunately, baby Scarlett and Ximena recently became strong enough to undergo the intensive, 15-hour surgery separation surgery.

Silvia posted on their Siamese Triplets Hernanadez Torres that she even had her daughters baptized before the surgery that was 11 months in the making.

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“Babies are out of surgery and doing great they are asleep thank you all for your support and prayers it really means a lot to us and our babies,” Silvia wrote later that night, after the girls were separated and reconstructed. Although Ximena suffered kidney problems shortly after the surgery, her mother assured friends on Facebook that she was doing better hours later.

See more about the Hernandez-Torres triplets in the video below and please SHARE their incredible story with your friends on Facebook!


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Graceful Gorilla Dances Like A Ballerina

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Lope is a 3-year-old silverback gorilla who basically is a dancing queen. 

Helen Fairhead, who was visiting Twycross Zoo in Leicestershire, England captured a video of Lope twirling and even falling down to music. He seemed to be performing a mix between a ballet and lyrical dance, and we’re pretty sure he was attempting to pirouette

Over 2 million people have watched his video so far on Facebook, and many people are commenting. 

Some say that Lope must be a troubled animal, however the zoo’s director of life sciences Dr. Charlotte Macdonald said that Lope’s “dance” is evidence of him playing, which is an important aspect of young apes’ behavior. 

Simon Childs, the zoo’s great ape team leader also told TODAY.com,

The video shows our youngest gorilla, Lope, as he is playing. He celebrated his 3rd birthday in January and play is a very important aspect of behavior for young apes, both in zoos and the wild. Visitors to Twycross Zoo can see Lope playing like this very often. When in a playful mood, adult gorillas can be seen showing this behavior too.”

Watch this unbelievable video of Lope below and please SHARE it with your friends and family on Facebook!

[Featured Image Credit: Facebook- BBC East Midlands Today]

Graceful Gorilla Dances Like A Ballerina is an article from: LifeDaily

Hero Marine Alive Today Thanks To His Service Dog: Wants Every Veteran To Have The Same Chance

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Here at LifeDaily, we’ve shared countless stories of lucky soldiers and veterans who are alive today because of their loyal service dogs, but many more soldiers are forced to try and cope on their own because being paired with a service dog can be a complicated and costly ‘luxury’ that many can’t afford.

Despite the overwhelming amount of soldiers who have been saved by their loyal service dogs after struggling to cope with the invisible trauma leftover from the battlefield, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs refuses to acknowledge how effective service dogs are for preventing suicide and relieving PTSD symptoms. In 2012, the VA decided not to support or provide service animals as there wasn’t enough evidence proving their efficacy.

In 2012, the VA decided not to support or provide service animals as there wasn’t enough evidence proving their efficacy, but now one Marine veteran is speaking out before Congress as physical proof of the difference these dogs can make for a soldier with PTSD to get the VA to reconsider.

Cole Lyle, a Marine veteran who served in Afghanistan, suffered with severe PTSD after returning home and spent years on prescription sleep aids and antidepressants. When he started thinking about killing himself, he finally decided to try a medicine that didn’t come from a bottle, and instead had a furry tail, four paws, and a wet nose.

Photo by House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Photo by House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Since service dogs are not provided by the VA, Lyle was forced to contact several nonprofit organizations, which placed him on waiting lists that had wait times of over a year. Lyle knew he didn’t have that much time without any support, and desperately spent his own $10,000 to purchase Kaya, his trained service dog.

Veterans with service dogs often stop needing their medications, have reduced night terrors, are able to handle anxiety better, and have fewer suicidal thoughts. For Lyle, Kaya helped his symptoms instantly. “The bad days are less frequent than they have ever been,” Lyle told the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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Photo by House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

“I believe that allowing veterans to fight PTSD without all options available to them is tantamount to sending our military to fight an enemy without a secondary weapon in their arsenal,” Lyle said.

Can you believe how hard it is for soldiers to get access to such an effective, life-saving therapy option? Let us know what you think in the comments below, and please SHARE this with friends on Facebook.

[Featured image credit: House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform]

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Selfless 9-Year-Old Applies For A Job When He Thinks His Mom Needs Help With Money

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Every kid dreams of spending their school holidays on an exciting adventure in a tropical paradise rather than being stuck at home with nothing to do, but they don’t realize how much those epic adventures cost.

After her 9-year-old son and 13-year-old daughter begged her to do something fun over their school break, UK mom Lea Dobson tried to explain to her kids that those kinds of activities cost more than they could afford. Instead of sulking about not being able to go on a fun holiday, her son Ryan got to work.

“All of this came about because I was mainly telling his sister that school holidays don’t come cheap and she should think about how she could earn some extra pounds. Then the next thing Ryan went off into his bedroom and came back with this application letter.

“I was secretly quite pleased because it meant he was practicing his English during the school holidays – but then he said he wanted to drop it off at the shop, so I let him go through with it,” Lea said of her son’s application to a local dessert shop, Sweets and Treats Delivered.

Photo by Facebook/Sweets And Treats Delivered
Photo by Facebook/Sweets And Treats Delivered

In his application, Ryan wrote: “I would love to have a job in your store. Not just because it is a sweet store, because it is probably fun meeting happy cheerful people and helping them find tasty sweets. My idea is to get Sweets and Treats more customers, because more customers means more business.” Some of his ideas for attracting customers included giving samples out, and he also explained how he could work at the register as well.

“Sadly Ryan is just that little bit too young for us to employ – but we thought had great initiative and he will definitely go far when he grows up. However, he will be coming along on Sunday to judge our sundae competition,” owner Danielle Jaggers said.

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Photo by SWNS

“Ryan was told that they really need delivery drivers more than anything else, and he seemed fine with that as he knew he wasn’t old enough to drive. But for now he’s back to dreaming about becoming a footballer when he grows up, just like every other nine-year-old,” Lea said.

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Selfless 9-Year-Old Applies For A Job When He Thinks His Mom Needs Help With Money is an article from: LifeDaily

Loving Husband Continues To Take His Soulmate On Weekly Bike Rides After She Goes Blind

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With the divorce rate as high as it is today, it seems like a milestone if couples can make it to their 10-year anniversary without splitting up. While most people believe true love is just a myth, one Australian couple is proving that true love is alive and well, and that nothing can break you apart when you do find it.

After first meeting at just eight years old, Bill and Glad Forward never could have imagined the life they would share together, but since falling in love as teenagers, the two have raised a family, welcomed grandchildren into the world, and managed to keep their love alive even after 53 years of marriage.

However, Bill started noticing something was off with his life partner nearly 10 years ago, and they soon found out Glad has Alzheimer’s disease. Though Glad’s symptoms started to worsen, Bill refused to abandon the life they built together and became her constant caretaker.

“I don’t count it a burden whatsoever,” Bill said. “I count it a great privilege to care for this one I have loved all these years and continue to love. She’s my princess and I’m her William and I wouldn’t have it any other way.”

Photo by Youtube/Why God?
Photo by Youtube/Why God?

While Glad was no longer capable of riding her own bike during their weekly bike rides, which they had done for years, Bill had a special bike made that allowed her to sit comfortably while he peddled. But recently, Glad’s vision began to deteriorate, and she is now fully blind. Despite everything, Bill continues to take her out on their bike rides.

“When we’re on the bike she can hear and can feel the wind in her hair, all those things are really nice for her,” Bill said. “If the weather is good, and I can, I like to go for a ride at least three times a week.

Photo by Youtube/Why God?
Photo by Youtube/Why God?

Watch the entire video below to hear the incredible reason why Bill continues to care for his wife’s every need.

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Loving Husband Continues To Take His Soulmate On Weekly Bike Rides After She Goes Blind is an article from: LifeDaily

Shelter Gave This Old Dog A New Look To Help Get Him A New Home

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Older dogs who end up in shelters often get overlooked for their age. While they might have a few more gray whiskers on their snout and might be a little bit slower than a fresh-faced puppy, they have just as much love to give.

Senior cocker spaniel mix, Scooby, had spent his entire life making his owner happy, but when his elderly owner passed away, Scooby found himself in a shelter competing for adoption with puppies and 1-year-olds. No one wanted him because he looked too old and tired, so his shelter enlisted the help of Hollywood Rescue Grooming to give Scooby a fresher, younger look.

Not only was Scooby much older than the other rescue dogs, which hurt his chances of getting adopted, but he was also anxious and afraid after losing his owner and being trapped in a lonely cage. But once Hollywood Rescue Groomers got their hands on him, he was completely transformed.

Photo by Rumble/PAWsitive
Photo by Rumble/PAWsitive

Scooby looked fresh and clean after his transformative trip to the groomers, and soon after was chosen to train for a program that helps prison inmates.

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Photo by Rumble/PAWsitive

Watch the entire video below to see Scooby’s entire transformation.

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Shelter Gave This Old Dog A New Look To Help Get Him A New Home is an article from: LifeDaily

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