The holidays aren’t easy for everyone, especially for a mom who works at a McDonald’s in Decorah, IA. That’s why an Iowa radio station wanted to bring her some much-needed holiday cheer. Like other media outlets around the country, including Virginia’s CBS 6 that made a waitress’...
Much has been written about the impact adoption can have on the life of an unloved shelter pet — but words pale in comparison to seeing that unbridled joy first hand. Up until recently, a sweet but shy dog named...
While it may not be possible to open your home to every stray pet in need, an open heart can be just as accommodating. A photo has been making the rounds on social media showing a group of stray dogs...
Allan Dixon from Ireland, 29, has earned himself the title of a ‘real-life Dr. Dolittle’ because of his ability to ‘talk’ animals into posing for a selfie with him. The results are amazing. He seems to befriend any animal...
A Dutch hospital is revolutionizing maternity care with its unique, clip-on, baby bassinets. Gelderse Vallei’s extended stay webpage explains that, if mothers need to stay at the hospital longer, the hospital will make every effort to keep the mother...
Sometimes you hear a really moving story that just immediately gets you teary-eyed. This is one. It began when an elderly man from Delaware, USA, had a heart attack in September this year. He luckily survived but was hospitalized and could...
It was an ordinary Sunday for Eva. She went and picked some things up for her home and otherwise had nothing special planned for the day. Suddenly, she hears a knock at the door. When she opens, she discovers her...
When a little girl in a mall spotted a big, jolly guy with a bushy white beard and a red shirt, she thought she’d spotted Santa doing his Christmas shopping. Amazingly, the man doesn’t miss a beat and plays along. When...
Árstíðir is a band from Iceland. Here they are singing the 13th century Icelandic hymn “Heyr himna smiður” at a train station in Wuppertal, Germany. I haven’t heard something this majestic and beautiful in a long time.
Luther Standing Bear was an Oglala Lakota (Sioux) Chief who, among a few rare others such as Charles Eastman, Black Elk and Gertrude Bonnin occupied the rift between the way of life of the Indigenous people of the Great Plains before, and...