Category: Uplifting Stories

American Greg Krentzman who was severely injured during the Bastille Day truck attack in Nice, France is finally back home in America as a survivor.
Overcoming Obstacles, Uplifting Stories

American Survivor Of Nice, France Truck Attack Is Finally Home Six Months Later #EXCLUSIVE

Home. There is nowhere survivor Greg Krentzman and his family would rather be. After more than six months in France, they can finally say that’s exactly where they are. Home in California. Their ordeal started July 14th, Bastille Day. Greg and his French-born wife, Sophie, were walking down with their 10-year-old on her scooter. “My wife looked up and saw a truck barreling straight at us. I knew right away this was an act of terrorism,” Greg told me in

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Forest Hill South Park Church in North Carolina produces a wonderful and sweet video about the abundant gifts it's so easy for us to overlook. It's all about gratitude.
Life Lessons Took Me Long Time To Learn, Uplifting Stories

Freaking Out With Gratitude For Incredible Gifts You Forgot You Have

Are you, too, giving gratitude for making it through another holiday season? The parties and gifts were great, but it’s time to get back to real life. Before you do, please check out this awesome video from a church in North Carolina. No matter your religion, I think you’ll get a smile and a wonderful gentle reminder for all that we have, even when we forget just how rich we are. Thank you, Forest Hill Church, for a minute or

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This statement about true love will make my English teacher cringe. True love has no past tense.
Chickens, Life Lessons Took Me Long Time To Learn, Love Stories, The Hard Stuff

This Statement About True Love Will Make My English Teacher Cringe

Chickens. This week it was chickens. The backdrop for the life lesson that showed up. That opportunity to be a better human. So, there is this chicken club in town. Every few months I get together with fellow crazies raising chickens in their backyards. Always, a toe dipper who shows up. Someone who is thinking about going clucky. That’s how I encountered a special woman Sunday. She came to learn about chickens. And to teach. She probably doesn’t know that

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Cop drives man over 100 miles to get him to his family after pulling him over for speeding and finding out he has a family tragedy to deal with.
Heroes, Kindness

Cop Drives Man Over 100 Miles After Traffic Stop

This is so not the white cop pulls over African American man story we’ve been seeing the news lately. Mark Ross knew he was in trouble as soon as he saw the flashing lights in the rear view mirror. Actually, the trouble, the tragedy, started hours before. Ross was in Ohio when he got the devastating phone call. His teenaged sister had been killed in a car accident. Ross knew he had to get to his grieving mother as soon

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The From Behind photo I created for my friend.
Daryn's Blog, Family, Kids, Love Stories, Overcoming Obstacles, Parenting

‘From Behind’ Photos Tell The Best Stories

My finger needs to calm down. Fight the itch. The one that is so quick to delete. The one that is instant judge and jury over a photo not being worthy. I’m reminded of this lesson as I go through old family photos. Which to keep. Which to toss. Does your delete finger itchy, as well, Dear Reader? The one that is about to delete that imperfect photo. You know you’re inclined to do it. Make more space on your

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Struggling actor Chuck McCarthy walks people instead of dogs. He is The People Walker.
Businesses Who Rock, Overcoming Obstacles, Uplifting Stories

The People Walker Walks People Instead Of Dogs

Chuck McCarthy is a people walker. He also happens to be a struggling actor who was looking for a way to earn some actual cash around Los Angeles while he goes for his big dream. He thought about dog walking. Chuck loves dogs. Loves walking. Poop, not so much. So he got creative and came up with the idea of walking people. He tells The Guardian newspaper that he went low-tech. He scrawled “The People Walker” on a plain white

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Judge Amber Wolf of Louisville, Kentucky makes an exception and allows an inmate to meet his baby son for the first time.
Family, Kindness, Parenting, The Hard Stuff, Uplifting Stories

Judge Allows Inmate To Meet Baby Son For First Time

An exception, a rare act of compassion for an inmate. A man who happens also to be a new father. This is nothing they teach you in law school. Or how to be a judge. Still, Louisville, Kentucky Judge Amber Wolf calls this “probably one of the best things I’ve ever done.” Judge Wolf pushed aside typical procedures and allowed inmate James Roeder to meet his one-month old son for the first time. WDRB.com reports that both Roeder and his

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Bridesmaids pose with rescue puppies instead of bouquets.
Animals, Marriage, Pets, Uplifting Stories

Bridesmaids Hold Rescue Puppies Instead Of Bouquets

Rescue puppies, talk about the perfect “Something Borrowed” for an incredible wedding. That’s what one bride who has dedicated herself to rescuing animals made happen for her special day. TheDodo.com has a great story about the wedding of Sarah Mollouck and Matt Crain. Sarah works for Pitties Love Peace which is a rescue organization in Pennsylvania. Sarah and Matt have three rescue dogs and they foster puppies and dogs who are looking for forever homes. They figured it would be

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