Author: Maria Monroe

Teens often get a bad rap in our society – people say they are lazy, self-entitled, too into social media. The list goes on and on, but this definitely isn’t true of all teens. As Savannah Jones’ story shows us, sometimes teenagers are capable of bravery and self-sacrifice that surpasses that of many adults! The 14-year-old was babysitting her 4-year-old niece, Zoyee, at their home in Montclair, California, when someone began knocking on the door. Knowing no one was supposed to be coming by, Savannah didn’t open the door, but the knocking only became more persistent. She crept up to the peephole and saw a man she didn’t…

Daniel Joseph Fitzpatrick was just a few weeks shy of his 14th birthday when he took his own life. His 17-year-old sister, Kristen, found him on August 11, hanged with his own belt. His parents, Maureen and Daniel Sr. , were overwhelmed with grief but they didn’t want to let that stop them from sharing his important and heartbreaking story. Daniel had been relentlessly bullied until he saw no other way out. The teen wrote a multi-paged suicide note that his parents decided to publish. He describes how his sixth-grade schoolmates and former friends at his Catholic school suddenly turned against him and how he had…

Life, in real life people get bored, break trust, cheat on partners, and shatter hearts, and since life is not a fairy tale, it is of significant importance to maintaining a realistic balance in your love life. Whenever you notice negative changes in the reactions or actions of your partner, trying to get a little certainty about things does you no harm, which is not to say you should continually doubt your partner. But as life has it, your partner might be secretly sleeping around while professing undying love to you. If you have had a shaky relationship lately and…

When their father John Thompson met their mother Lani, he was serving in the U.S. Air Force and stationed in Vietnam. They married young and moved to Columbus, Ohio. In 1973 they had a daughter, Starla, then moved for professional reasons to England where a year later they had their second daughter, Jeannie. Watch the whole incredible story here: But their parents’ relationship didn’t last. They got divorced when the girls were one and two years old. Their father managed to win full custody of them and moved back to the U.S. “We asked our dad a lot about our…

Is there anything more beautiful than the laughter of a child? The parents of nine-year-old Justin Cho from California enjoyed their son’s laughter quite often. Sometimes, for no reason at all, Justin would laugh uncontrollably. His parents thought it was just part of his personality, but they were wrong. Like most boys his age, Justin loved to play soccer and board games. He was always happy. But his parents began to suspect that something wasn’t quite right when they noticed that Justin laughed even more when he was very tired. And then one day Justin suddenly had an epileptic seizure.…

It was one of the darkest days of Hadley and Gentry Eddings’ life. The North Carolina pastor and his wife were in a caravan with family members on their way back from a family wedding over Memorial Day weekend 2015 when a truck driver slammed into their car. The couple’s 2-year-old son, Dobbs, was killed in the crash and Hadley, who was 37 weeks pregnant at the time, went into labor. Doctors performed an emergency C-section, but the baby boy, who they named Reed, died just two days later. It’s hard to imagine ever being able to get over a tragedy…

While many brides store away their wedding gowns after the big day, a group of women in Ireland are putting old dresses to good use. The 12 Irish seamstresses behind Shannon Angel Sisters transform the fabric into tiny burial gowns for stillborn babies and clothing for premature infants. “This may be the only outfit this baby will ever wear so we want it to be something the mom is proud of,” co-founder Alice Myers told InsideEdition.com. Myers was inspired to start the group after the loss of her 7-year-old son, Jack, in 1998. “I still remember going to shop for funeral clothes for…

Sad and devastated was how Alexis and Gabe felt during their 4-year struggle to start the family they had longed for since becoming married. They were not only willing to try any means necessary, including adoption, they were exhausting the ways. Alexis received multiple rounds of fertility treatments. They also tried in-vitro fertilization. Gabe, wanting to do all he could, visited a urologist, and Alexis even changed her diet. The couple was willing to try anything and everything that it might take to fulfill their dream of becoming parents, but moments of joy and expectation were followed by huge disappoints. Emotionally…

Waitress Thanks Man At Table Looks Familiar…When She Picks Up Check She Almost Faints Donnie Wahlberg is no exception. The New Kids on the Block band member and Blue Bloods star was recently in Charlotte, North Carolina, with his band when he dropped in on the local Waffle House for some late night grub. Wahlberg has been a long-time fan of the restaurant. He’s dropped in on Waffle Houses all over the country and posted about his time there. He always gets to know the servers taking care of him at the breakfast joint and makes sure to thank them…

One day, a police officer in Poteau, Oklahoma named Jody Thompson, came across a call reporting a case of child abuse. He arrived at the location to find a 8-year-old boy bound by rope, submerged in a garbage can and imprisoned in the bathroom. The boy’s parents were taken into custody while the boy was rushed to the hospital. Determined to give the boy a better life, Jody consulted his wife – and both have decided to adopt him! The boy is now re-named ‘John’, and lives happily with the couple, as their new son! What a tale of kindness! Check…

Daniel Ruiz, 25, was watching television and used his foot to crush a 1-year-old girl to death! He is now facing 25 years to life in prison. What would make a man do such a thing? Well, Ruiz was babysitting two children so his girlfriend Terra and a friend of hers named Andrea could go shopping. Both of the children were Andrea’s. At some point during his adventure in babysitting, Ruiz felt that the women were taking advantage of him – so, he committed murder. He took out his frustration on an innocent baby. According to reports, Ruiz (weighing in…

When we say that we can see something “as the nose on Figure” is perhaps for good reason, after all! Indeed, the face – especially the shape of the nose – can say a lot about our personality … and about secrets that lies deep within us. First of all you should know that there are 8 major types of different noses, each with its own characteristics. So which of these corresponds to your nose? Compare from above picture and look what your nose can reveal about your personality! 1. The Concave Nose Often considered the perfect nose. The concave nose is…

Wei, from Xianyang City, China, stepped outside her office one morning and noticed a plastic bin filled with what she thought was trash. She was about to move on when she heard a whimper. When Wei looked inside the bin, she found a tiny baby wrapped in a blanket. Next to the baby were half a bag of milk powder and 100 yuan. A crowd quickly gathered around the tiny, crying newborn. Some tried to shield her from the sun while others went to fetch some water for her, but the baby kept crying. Suddenly a young woman stepped out from the crowd and took…

Morgan Hill, now a 20 year-old young adult, owes her life to a complete stranger. When Morgan was an infant, her biological mother had thrown her into a dumpster, basically waiting for her to die. But when Morgan screamed and cried, her voice couldn’t go unnoticed. A man saved her life. Morgan went through the adoption process, and her adoptive parents had never given her the background story until after her graduation. That is when Morgan decided that she absolutely needed to meet the man that saved her life. Her adoptive mother had saved newspaper clippings and articles from when…

Marc and Beth Hadden already had two sons they loved very much, but they always felt like their family wasn’t quite complete. They tried desperately to conceive again, but doctors told them they would be unable to have another child of their own. It’s in heartbreaking moments like these, though, that God sometimes works in his mysterious ways. When they found out Beth wouldn’t be able to have another child, the Haddens started to consider adoption. They decided they would leave things in God’s hands for their future. “We said if it’s meant to be, it will be,” Beth said. One…

National Geographic Channel coproduced the documentary Sleepless in America, according which 40% of Americans are sleep deprived. Adolescents are among the most sleep deprived. Many of the people in the United States sleep less than five hours. There are a lot of consequences for the people that don’t sleep well as well as for those around them, and some of the consequences are even life-threatening. According to many experts, sleep deprivation may have played a role in the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the Staten Island ferry crash, and the Three-Mile Island nuclear meltdown, as  the film states. Moreover, countless people…

It was one of the darkest days of Hadley and Gentry Eddings’ life. The North Carolina pastor and his wife were in a caravan with family members on their way back from a family wedding over Memorial Day weekend 2015 when a truck driver slammed into their car. The couple’s 2-year-old son, Dobbs, was killed in the crash and Hadley, who was 37 weeks pregnant at the time, went into labor. Doctors performed an emergency C-section, but the baby boy, who they named Reed, died just two days later. It’s hard to imagine ever being able to get over a tragedy…

When their father John Thompson met their mother Lani, he was serving in the U.S. Air Force and stationed in Vietnam. They married young and moved to Columbus, Ohio. In 1973 they had a daughter, Starla, then moved for professional reasons to England where a year later they had their second daughter, Jeannie. Watch the whole incredible story here: But their parents’ relationship didn’t last. They got divorced when the girls were one and two years old. Their father managed to win full custody of them and moved back to the U.S. “We asked our dad a lot about our…

Life, in real life people get bored, break trust, cheat on partners, and shatter hearts, and since life is not a fairy tale, it is of significant importance to maintaining a realistic balance in your love life. Whenever you notice negative changes in the reactions or actions of your partner, trying to get a little certainty about things does you no harm, which is not to say you should continually doubt your partner. But as life has it, your partner might be secretly sleeping around while professing undying love to you. If you have had a shaky relationship lately and…

Daniel Joseph Fitzpatrick was just a few weeks shy of his 14th birthday when he took his own life. His 17-year-old sister, Kristen, found him on August 11, hanged with his own belt. His parents, Maureen and Daniel Sr. , were overwhelmed with grief but they didn’t want to let that stop them from sharing his important and heartbreaking story. Daniel had been relentlessly bullied until he saw no other way out. The teen wrote a multi-paged suicide note that his parents decided to publish. He describes how his sixth-grade schoolmates and former friends at his Catholic school suddenly turned against him and how he had…