Some people transform tiny spaces into a comfortable home. Charles Shaw and his wife bought an empty high school about 20 years ago and turned it into their home. Although the 45,000-square-foot school needed repairs, the foundation and the walls were in good condition. After turning an area of the school into his private home, …
Air Force veteran Ron Hyde has a history of making tough decisions on behalf of others. Thanks to a call on Facebook, many of his fellow citizens had the chance to give back to him. A simple donation of a used chair led to an apartment full of comfortable furniture and a kitchen full of …
Life can sometimes teach you the most difficult lessons. Sometimes, we don’t learn fast enough. Someone who didn’t is a teacher from Florida. A concerned mother began noticing that her five-year-old son would cry before going to school. This was not normal behavior for Aaron. Kandy Escotto decided to figure out what was going on …
It’s usually fun for students to take some time off when they are in the classroom to do something besides schoolwork. For many students, the teachers that they have are a bit older and from generations with different music and dance routines. Shirley Clements is one woman who is quite a bit older than her …
Dementia is a condition that results in an individual slowly and steadily losing their memory or mental skills. It has always been known as a disease that can only be managed, not fully cured, and mainly affects older members of society, though it can happen to people of all ages. When Mark Hatzer’s 82-year-old mother, …
An 18-year-old from India went to the emergency room after he has a sudden sharp pain in his groin area. He also had seizures. When he arrived at the ER, he was confused and dazed. The doctors did scans and found out that the man had brain lesions. He also had cysts in his groin …
Rebecca Patterson is a very busy parent who lives in Pearland, Texas. She is the mom of two young children, a 2-month-old and a 2-year-old. She was in Target one day when both of her children decided to have outbursts at the same time. Any parent who has dealt with a public outburst before will …
Ryan Paul and his father, Robert live in New Jersey. Having autism, Ryan was taught at an early age to call 911 if there was ever an emergency in his home. One day, Ryan was playing in his bedroom, and he got upset when his favorite teddy bear, Freddy, went missing. In a panic, Ryan …
Parenthood can be pretty stressful. You always want to keep your children safe and sheltered from any harm, but you also know that there is no way for you to guarantee with absolute certainty that no harm will come to them at all – especially when even caterpillars can be dangerous. Andrea Pergola, a mother …
When Meredith Stannard planned to retire, she and her partner had a number of different options. The most obvious – and typical – would be selling their home and then moving to a special retirement community. Instead, the 66-year-old and her husband had very different plans! It’s not that they chose not to downsize. In …