Category: Inspiring News

’I Just Wanted to Call Him Dad’: Boy, 11, Shares Journey of Being Adopted By Stepfather

For an 11-year-old boy from Cincinnati, Ohio, who was officially adopted by his stepdad into their forever family, this special day meant the world to him. “I’d been waiting for it for a long time,” Connor Julian told The Epoch Times. “When the judge said I was officially adopted, I burst into tears because I was…


World Record-Holding ‘Most Premature Twins’ Are Now Happy, Thriving 3-Year-Olds

Identical twins from Iowa who broke a world record for most premature twins after they were born at just 22 weeks and one day have defied the odds and are now 3 1/2 years old and loving life. Mom of four Jade Ewoldt welcomed her twins, Keeley and Kambry, on Nov. 24, 2018. Her original…


18-Year-Old Wins Mom’s $1,800 Challenge After Staying Off Social Media for 6 Years

One Minnesota mother challenged her 12-year-old son to stay off social media until his 18th birthday, promising him a prize of $1,800 if he accomplished the task. Lorna Klefsaas, 52, mother of four and a travel agent from Motley, Minnesota, heard on the radio about a “16X16 Challenge” where someone was given $1,600 for doing…


Mom With Critical Heart Condition Sees Vital Signs Improve When Newborn Is Placed in Her Arms

A new mom, whose life hung in the balance after a critical heart condition forced her to deliver early, saw her vital signs improve when her newborn was placed in her arms. Both she and her baby fought for their lives, overcoming their tribulation together. Veronica Williams of Covington, Kentucky, learned that she and her…


VIDEO: Divers Spot Humpback Whale Trapped in Driftnet, Cut Her Free — and Then She Says ‘Thank You’

In a gripping underwater rescue, Spanish divers have freed a 12-meter-long humpback whale entangled in an illegal drift net off the Balearic island of Mallorca. One of the divers, 32-year-old marine biologist Gigi Torras, said the May 20 rescue and a little gesture of appreciation from the giant mammal were also a birthday present for her — the…


I Watched the Film ‘Unsilenced’ Last Night—I Couldn’t Sleep Afterward

Documentary “Unsilenced” has just been digitally released. Knowing it addresses a topic close to my heart—courage to stand up and defend the truth in the face of repression—I rented it on Friday night, and finally got the time to watch it Sunday night. I couldn’t sleep afterward. All I could think of was, would I…


Artists Sculpt Old Cardboard Boxes to Make Stunningly Realistic Life-Size Lion Portraits in Loving Embrace

A pair of artists with wild ideas about the materials they use are sculpting naturalistic animals so gorgeous you won’t believe what they’re made of. A stunningly realistic portrait of a pair of lions in loving embrace are rendered with such elegant detail and finesse, it’s hard to fathom they’re made of old, used, worn…


Mom Says Her Preemie Born 14 Weeks Early Is an ‘Absolute Miracle and Complete Perfection’

Little Elli Robertson was born 14 weeks premature and weighing in just under 1 pound and 7 ounces, which is scarcely more than the size of your favorite can of sparkling water or soda. After defying medical expectations and a trying 74 days in the NICU, the “absolute miracle” baby is now home in Ayrshire,…


Archeologists Baffled by Mysterious Viking Sword Made of ‘Crucible Steel’ 800 Years Before It Was Invented

The famed Ulfberht Viking swords were made of metal so pure it baffled archaeologists. It was thought the technology to forge such metal was not invented for another 800 or more years, during the Industrial Revolution. About 170 Ulfberhts have been found, dating from A.D. 800 to 1,000. A Nova National Geographic documentary titled “Secrets…


Moral Tales for Children From McGuffey’s Readers: A Walk in the Garden

This is the seventh instalment in our McGuffey Readers series, in which we reproduce some of the best moral tales from the classic 1800s schoolbooks that sold an estimated 122 million copies by 1960, the largest circulation of any book in the world next to the Bible and Webster’s Dictionary. McGuffey’s Readers played an important…