Category: Uplifting Stories

Olympic-bound swimmer, Ammara PInto, is swimming through her grief, and representing her country of Malawi.
Overcoming Obstacles, Sports, Uplifting Stories

How This Teenager From A Tiny African Nation Is Swimming Through Personal Pain

Swimming events at the upcoming Rio Olympics will no doubt be some of the most popular of the entire games. USA, Russia, Poland, Australia–they all have strong contenders heading into the games. But one of the best stories might be about a teenager from the small African nation of Malawi. Save your surfing over to a geography site. It’s also home to an incredibly inspiring teenager with an electric smile. Amy Montalvo of OnePass Productions has the story of Amarra

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Nurse Pam Medina is overwhelmed after unexpectedly winning custody of her baby granddaughter. A fellow nurse, Sara Putnam, did a huge round up of supplies to help her care for the baby.
Family, Great Giving, Kindness, Uplifting Stories

Co-Workers Surprise Nurse With Supplies When She Unexpectedly Wins Custody Of Infant Granddaughter

Sara Putman’s life is full of surprises these days, beginning with unexpectedly winning custody of her 7-month old granddaughter, Isabella. Inside Edition reports that a co-worker overheard Sara talking about how overwhelmed she was with all the supplies she was going to need. The court-ordered decision came as a surprise, and between Putman’s upcoming shift and the baby on the way, she didn’t have time to collect the items baby Isabella needed. Pam Medina saw Sara going through a donation bin

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Superstar Clint Eastwood and Maggie Eastwood donate 79 acres of land to the Big Sur Land Trust. It's part of restoring the natural habitat of the Carmel River.
Celebrities, Great Giving, Uplifting Stories

Clint Eastwood Makes Wildlife Lovers’ Day-Donates His Land To Public Space

Superstar Clint Eastwood is making the day of wildlife and conservation lovers near his hometown of Carmel, California. The Monterey Herald reports that Eastwood and his former wife, Maggie, have donated 79 acres of land to the Big Sur Land Trust. The new donation will help rebuild restore the Carmel River floodplain and habitat. The couple haven’t been married since the 80’s, but the newspaper says they still do business together. This is the second time their trusts have made

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A rattlesnake gives a Colorado couple an instant lesson in sickness and in health when the snake bites the groom during wedding photos.
Family, Love Stories, Marriage, Uplifting Stories

Rattlesnake Bites Groom During Wedding Shoot

A rattlesnake biting your groom while your taking your wedding photos might not seem like the most uplifting of stories, but I’m sharing it because nothing like this to see how a new couple will weather the storms that come everyone’s way. The Today Show reports newlyweds Johnny Benson and Laura Loretz did what so many couples do–they went to take photos between their ceremony and their reception. The photographer knew just the perfect place–a reservoir near their favorite hiking

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Maine governor's wife, Ann LePage, is spending her summer waiting tables in a seaside town to earn extra money for a new car.
Businesses Who Rock, Food, Overcoming Obstacles, Uplifting Stories

Governor’s Wife Takes Summer Job Waiting Tables

A governor’s wife is turning heads in a seaside town in Maine where she has taken a summer job waiting tables. Ann LePage is the First Lady of Maine. Sounds glamorous. Most of the year she works her tail off supporting causes around her state. Her husband, Paul LePage, makes $70,000 a year, making him the lowest paid governor in the country. The LePages aren’t exactly complaining, but it does mean things can be tight, especially if you want some

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Flight attendant Molli Oliver is dedicated to reuniting military dogs with the veterans they served alongside.
Animals, Friendship, Heroes, Pets, Uplifting Stories

Meet The Woman Reuniting Military Dogs With Their Veterans

Flight attendant Molli Oliver has two great passions–military dogs and veterans who have given brave service to the United States. She’s now on a mission to bring valiant partners back together again. She’s reuniting retiring military dogs with the veterans they served alongside. And she’s doing it at her own expense. Come along as she makes another one of these magical reunions happen. United.com has a little bit more information on the wonderful Molli Oliver. How she’s a Los Angeles-based

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A funny horse insists on teasing and nudging a reporter for Makedonia TV as he tries to shoot a stand up. Instead, he just gets a bunch of bloopers and giggles.
Animals, Overcoming Obstacles, Uplifting Stories

Funny Horse Keeps Reporter Laughing As He Fails At Stand Up After Stand Up

So many of my current and fellow reporters will appreciate this reporter for Greek TV as he tries to shoot a stand up with a teasing horse determined to make him laugh. The Daily Mail says the reporter was trying to do a story for Makedonia TV, which was to include a stand up with Frankie the horse in the background. Clearly, Frankie has very specific ideas on how this stand up should go. And once the reporter gets the

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Adoption from overseas can mean your family doesn't look like others and that's okay.
Daryn's Blog, Family, Love Stories, Parenting

When You Know Who Your Family Is, Even If You Look Different Than Others

You’ll forgive my cousin. She’s a little weepy today. Her Facebook feed popped up one of those anniversary photos that remind you where you were a year ago. What a photo. What a year. Amanda and her husband, Adam, were in Ethiopia. Meeting their son for the first time. In person, that is. They met him in their hearts years before. So, you might want to make this “What a three years!” Ask anyone who has adopted, Dear Reader. They’ll

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Grandmother delights the world when she includes please and thank you in her google search.
Family, Uplifting Stories

Grandson Shares Grandmother’s Delightful, Polite Google Search

Ben John didn’t know if he would be the only one who would be delighted, but when he came upon his grandmother’s Google search, he knew he had to share it. The BBC reports Ben John was at his gran’s house in Britain to do some laundry when he asked to borrow her laptop. He opened it up to see she had been searching for something on Google. May Ashworth simply wanted to a translation of a long line of

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