Author: Juba

One of the worst things that can happen to a parent is learning one of their children has an incurable, deadly disease. It’s a fate no one deserves, as Martine Rothblatt tragically learned. Her daughter had a condition that would slowly kill her. Martine, drawing on every ounce of her immense wealth and creative mind, took an active role in trying to safe her daughter’s life. Space Lawyer Turned Founder Martine Rothblatt is a self-made female…

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While stuck at home during the COVID pandemic, 90-year old Colorado resident Kenneth Felts decided it was the opportune time to write his memoir. It provided him a way to safely pass the time. But Felts had hidden a big part of his life from everyone he knew. If he didn’t detail it in his writing, he would be lying to himself yet again. Felts reflected on painful memories and loved ones until he decided…

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Living well into your old age may sound like a dream come true, or it may sound like a bit of a nightmare. When you’re as healthy as Stamatis Moraitis, however, living past 100 is nothing to scoff at. The veteran, who survived a civil war, a civil rights movement, and a terminal diagnosis, received the wildest news when he returned to the hospital thirty years after doctors thought he’d be dead. Civil War Stamatis…

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J.J. had big dreams of going to college after graduating high school. Just like any eager student, he immediately started filling out college applications, eager to pursue his passions at a four-year university. However, as he was applying, he stumbled across some chilling information about his family that completely upended his life. Missing Social Security Number Everything started with J.J Mangina’s college applications. When he punched in his social security number into an online portal,…

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A parent always worries about their child until they return home safe and sound from school. Students at Glenarden Woods Elementary knew they were in excellent care even before they made it to class, thanks to bus driver Renita Smith. Her natural maternal instincts and care came in handy everyday, especially when the unthinkable jeopardized everyone on board. Mother of Two Renita Smith is a mother of two, living in Maryland. She took up a…

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No matter how tight your itinerary, somethign always goes wrong on a family vacation. Trains run late, must-try restaurants are closed, or, in the case of one family, disaster strikes on a sunny Florida beach. While the day started beautifully, one dive off a dock sent the family into a frenzy — and only a 9-year-old boy could save the day. Move Audrey and Josh Wiliams were still a bit new to Florida, their family…

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Most of your everyday workers aren’t exactly prepared to handle dangerous situations, but sometimes there’s a brave individual willing to rise up. This Taco Bell employee had been behind the counter for over a decade, but one scary turn of events changed everything. Even with fatal risks lurking around every corner, Sonja Nixon Frazier did not forget about what was really important. Sonja Nixon Frazier Sonja Nixon Frazier (middle) had been working at the Clarksville…

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Tisha Beauchmin considered herself a regular person. She lived in the suburbs of Las Vegas with her husband Kevin. They both worked — she as a bingo cashier, he as an asset protection officer — and were raising five kids. But in 2017, when Tisha’s neighbor Audrey asked if she’d watch Audrey’s three kids during an unexpected hospital visit, Tisha said yes to the biggest, most irregular adventure of her entire life. Just Neighbors Neighbors…

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Dennis and Carita Chen knew all about fertility struggles. After counting on the birds and the bees, doctor’s appointments and treatments, and some alternative approaches, motivation for family can fizzle out. That’s why the Chens considered adoption. Of course, their whole plan was thrown into chaos when they received an interesting phone call from a friend. Nine Long Years California residents Dennis and Carita Chen desperately tried to have a biological child for nine taxing years.…

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Whenever 10-year-old Audrey Doering grew anxious, she had a certain way of pushing up her glasses. Jennifer Doering, Audrey’s adoptive mother, noticed the move every time and found the little quirk endearing. She knew her daughter so well, right down to the way she laughed and cried; at least, she thought she knew her daughter. Then, a familiar figure in a forgotten photograph indicated she might have been more in the dark than she thought. The Right…

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