Content warning: This article deals with some heavy mental health struggles. At the beginning of this year, a tragedy occurred in Florida. A couple died just days apart by suicide. The young couple, two deputies for the Florida Sheriff’s Department, leave behind their one-month-old baby boy. Florida Couple Dies By Suicide Just Days Apart Twenty-four-year-old Clayton...

Julie Hambleton
Freelance Writer
Julie Hambleton has a BSc in Food and Nutrition from the Western University, Canada, is a former certified personal trainer and a competitive runner. Julie loves food, culture, and health, and enjoys sharing her knowledge to help others make positive changes and live healthier lives.
We’ve made many medical advancements that have made giving birth a much safer process. Still, now matter what kind of birth you have, there are risks. This family experienced one first-hand when this Colorado mom had to give birth via emergency cesarean section. The doctors cut her newborn’s face when performing the procedure. Family Pursuing...
Giving up a child for adoption is never an easy decision. When Shelley Pitts became pregnant at just 14 years old, she ultimately knew that it was what would be best for her baby. Still, she silently celebrated her son’s birthday every year since the day she gave him away. Finally, more than three decades...
Simon Cowell is known for being the harsh, brutally honest, and even sometimes kind of mean judge on TV talent competitions. The producer, media company owner, and creator of popular shows such as The X Factor and America’s Got Talent has certainly done well for himself over his career. All of this in spite of...
All parents want for their children is for them to be healthy and happy. Watching a child go through a health scare is absolutely gut-wrenching. This is just what happened to this Australian family when their 8-year-old daughter’s schoolmates started telling her she looked pregnant. What ensued is something no parent ever hopes their child...
When men go shopping, they typically put their wallets in their pockets. Women, on the other hand, who don’t usually have big enough pockets if they have them at all, keep them in their purses. Unfortunately, this is proving that it might be a bad idea. A purse theft scam is being recorded in grocery...
Money management is one of the toughest things we have to do as adults. To make things worse, banking, loans, and basically everything finance-related are always really complicated. Good advice can be hard to come by, which is why the Pay Dirt advice column by Slate exists. This column is there to give you the...
Parents are supposed to love their children no matter what, right? Well, apparently not all parents agree. This mom was shocked when one day her 15-year-old son called her at work in tears. He had just come out as gay to his dad, who angrily kicked him out of the house. The mom responded in...
See something, say something. That’s the start of the caption the Orlando Police Department put on the Facebook post about a restaurant server who saved a boy’s life. Thanks to the brave actions of the employee, the heavily abused 11-year-old boy and his younger sister are now out of harm’s way. (1) Server Saves Abused 11-Year-Old...
Normally we view engagements as a done-deal: You and your fiancé are going to be married. What does it take for a couple to break off their engagement? This woman calls off her wedding after she discovers her fiancé’s porn addiction. (1) Woman Calls Off Her Wedding Because of Fiancé’s Porn Addiction Like any bride-to-be,...
Housing markets around the world – both rental and buyers – are becoming increasingly difficult to participate in. As prices soar, millions are being plunged further and further into financial insecurity in an attempt to keep a roof over their head. This mother and daughter from the Sunshine Coast in Australia are having such a...
Taking public transit can be tough. It is especially tough when you are several months pregnant. While returning home from work, a young man says he was too tired to give up his seat to a pregnant woman on the bus. He posted his story on the popular Reddit forum Am I the Asshole to get...