A 110-year-old great-great-grandmother is tickling funny bones with a hilarious response to learning her age on her birthday. Ruth Fear of Washington state, born in 1911, has survived two world wars, the Great Depression, and now a global pandemic. She celebrated her birthday in December last year among family and friends. Despite knowing it was…
VIDEO: 110-Year-Old Grandma’s Funny Response When Family Reminds Her of Her Age
It’s Only Too Late If You Don’t Start Now
I love to knit. That is not to say that I am a fast knitter or even that good at it. Mostly, I make things that turn out marginally, then I tear them up and start over on something else. But here’s the funny thing: It’s not the finished product that I find so enjoyable….
Got Table Manners? Here Is the ‘Proper’ Dinner Party Conduct From an 1800s Manual on Etiquette
The following is an excerpt from “Our Deportment,” a code of manners for refined society by John H. Young A.M., published in 1881. We offer it in hopes of promoting gentlemanly conduct among men—young and older—in today’s often unbalanced world. IT is of the highest importance that all persons should conduct themselves with the strictest…
Boy, 6, Gets Hero’s Welcome After Jumping in Front of Car to Save His 2-Year-Old Sister
When a 2-year-old child ran to the street in Mobile, Alabama, her 6-year-old brother didn’t hesitate to follow, pushing her out of the way of an oncoming car and taking the impact of the collision. After spending hours in the hospital, the little boy was hailed a hero by his proud family and his very…
Georgia Couple Who Both Served in WWII Celebrate 100th Birthday and 73rd Anniversary This Year
A longevous couple from Johnson County, Georgia, have spent the last 72 years happily married together. More remarkably, the pair, Josephine and Wilbur “Flip” Jackson, this year celebrated another notable milestone—they both turned 100 years old. He celebrated his big day in early February, while she had hers six months earlier. The pair first met on a…
Touching Video Shows Teacher in Brazil Aiding Severely Disabled Boy to Partake in Obstacle Course in Gym Class
A physical education teacher’s touching gesture toward a young, severely disabled student went viral after heartrending videos captured the pair completing a class obstacle course together. Decorum cast aside, the man lifts up young Heitor, jumps rope, and hops through hoops in a moment of pure beauty. The teacher, 26-year-old Gean Sampaio de Melo, from Londrina, Brazil, is passionate…
‘I Am More Than How I Look’: Burn Survivor Goes From Hiding at Home to Opening Bakery
A bright and cheerful place, Hai’s coffee and cake shop displays many of the best things about Vietnam. But behind the light, colorful atmosphere and warm hospitality lies an immense story of struggle and bravery. The owner of Sunhouse Coffee, Ngo Quy Hai, 27, is a burn survivor who overcame all odds to open his…
Video of Homeschool Mom Calming Her 5-Year-Old Resonates with Parents All Over
They call her “Mama Bennett.” Destiny Bennett, a married 29-year-old mother of three boys, aged 8, 5, and 3, has spent her entire life around children. After growing up in a home daycare run by her mother for 18 years, she went on to work as an afterschool program teacher and to study early childhood…
Family Dog Insists on Being Part of Newborn Baby’s First Photoshoot—And the Pictures Are Adorable
Brandon and Kelly Madsen’s first baby was Bentley. Of course, Bentley isn’t a human baby but a four-legged friend who joined their family in 2017. But he was like a child to the Washington, D.C., couple, so when their first real baby, Tyler, came along in February last year, the infant kind of stole the…
3-Year-Old Canadian Farm Boy Forms Friendship With Donkey—And Their Sweet Bond Is Too Cute
Snickers the donkey loves attention and cuddles from everyone on the farm—but from one special little person in particular. Ever since Snickers came to live with the Koppert family on their alpaca farm, the donkey took straightaway to their 3-year-old son, Gunnar. Now firm friends, donkey keeps watch over his young charge like a protective…
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