“One year ago, I unknowingly contributed to my son’s death by strapping on this damn puddle jumper.” This is the story of Nicole Hughes, mother of three-year-old Levi, who had drowned in a pool. She blames herself for his demise. Moreover, she blames his puddle jumper, an item she thought would preserve his life. Nicole...
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Grief is a club no one wants to join but eventually, everybody does. It’s hard to describe grief to those who had never lost someone. It’s basically a severe feeling of emptiness that used to be filled by that loved one. Grief is a hole of painful loneliness and regret. Words fail to depict it,...
Charlotte Brosnan is the daughter of Cassandra Harris and adopted daughter of actor Pierce Brosnan. She fought ovarian cancer, the same disease that killed her mother and grandmother, for three years until she died at age 41. But she lived life on her own terms. In 2013, Pierce Brosnan walked her down the aisle as...
Betty Morrell met her mother for the first time in 82 years on January 15, 2016. Her mother, Lena Pierce, had given birth to her at age 13 on February 11, 1933. But six months later, the State of New York took the baby and made her a ward of the state. Betty Morrel was...
You never know what you’re going to see when you open social media. There may be pictures of cute pets, exotic vacations, or fancy dinners. Then there could be a selection of posts you didn’t want to see, like X-rays and details of medical issues, an infant spitting up or a public post that should...
Dean Cain is an American actor, producer, TV presenter, and former footballer. He’s well known for his breakout role of Clark Kent/Superman in the TV series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman in 1993. However, despite his successful acting career, he put everything on hold when he became a single father. He and...
Most people can agree on the value of education, especially for children. But despite holding such a herald position, teachers are often overworked and underpaid. Many enter the field excited and passionate about teaching the next generation, but nowadays, many leave the profession, disillusioned and burned out. They face many different struggles, and some blame...
People may take can openers for granted, but these nifty tools have an interesting history. They have evolved into many forms over time. But the strangest detail is that they weren’t invented until decades after the invention of canned food. One of the early iterations was the can opener key. It was much smaller than...
Like fashion and food, interior design ideas come in trends. However, some looks remain timeless, such as a neutral color scheme and natural materials like wood and stone. But some vintage styles became less common, not because they look bad, but because there are easier and less time-consuming alternatives available. So when it comes to...
Cara Delevingne is a British supermodel and actress known for her roles in Suicide Squad and Paper Towns. But behind all the glitz and the glamor, the “it-girl” struggles with addiction and mental health issues. Delevingne was seen smoking, drinking, and displaying erratic behavior in the past couple of years. Fans were afraid she was...
A week ago, one mother received a horrifying phone call: “Your child is missing. We’ve shut down the terminal. We don’t know where she is.” Monica Gilliam had arranged for her 12-year-old daughter Kimber to fly in an American Airlines flight from Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Miami, Florida, to visit her father. But an hour after...
Last year, a mother captured an upsetting incident on camera: An elementary principal hitting her 6-year-old daughter with a wooden paddle. “The hatred with which she hit my daughter, I mean it was a hatred that, really I’ve never hit my daughter like she hit her,” the mother said. “I had never hit her.” The...