Glenn Buratti is a little boy from St. Cloud, Florida. He suffers from epilepsy and a mild form of autism. But like any other child, he looks forward to his birthday. So last year, his ...
Just 27 weeks after getting pregnant, Sarah had to have an emergency caesarean—and the delivery came close to ending in disaster. Both mother and baby fought for their lives on the operating table. Newborn Connor ...
Thanks to new developments in the science of canine communication, I can say with confidence that I’m pretty sure my dog loves me. Studies have long shown that dogs carry special physical skills such as ...
When Papillon was adopted in the early 1990s, the dog’s owners loved him. But something changed after they got a new addition to the family. In the summer of 1993, the couple’s daughter, Rachel, was ...
In a picture that has moved millions of people, mom Shannon Niehaus is crying profusely as she watches the warm meeting between her son and his first friend—a service dog that the family waited in ...
Connie Culp met Tom when they were both 15 years old. She fell madly in love with him, and life was like a bed of roses. The couple stayed together for the rest of their ...
For some time I’ve had a church member provide me with a rose bouquet to pin on the lapel of my suit every Sunday. Because I always got a flower on Sunday morning, I really ...
Lauren Vinje gave birth to her baby girl prematurely. She was tiny, weighing a mere 3lbs, far below the average for newborns. The baby was placed in intensive care and struggled to survive – but five ...
Jacinta, a mother from Australia, recently wrote the following heartbreaking story on Facebook: “This is an open letter to Jo, the beautiful lady who served me at Best and Less this morning. You didn’t know ...
Beckwith Wiedemann Syndrome is a rare disease that affects one in 14,000 newborns. It makes the baby’s tongue grow abnormally quickly. Little Paisley’s tongue was twice as big as her mouth when she was born, ...