A Friend
“A store owner was tacking a sign above his door that read “Puppies For Sale.” Signs like that have a way of attracting small children and sure enough, a little boy appeared under the store owner’s sign. “How much are you going to sell the puppies for?” he asked.
The store owner replied, “Anywhere from $30 to $50.” The little boy reached in his pocket and pulled out some change. “I have $2.37,” he said. “Can I please look at them?”
The store owner smiled and whistled and out of the kennel came Lady, who ran down the aisle of his store followed by five teeny, tiny balls of fur. One puppy was lagging considerably behind. Immediately the... Continue reading
“I spoke about it and it set me free.”
Guest post by internist/cardiologist Dr. Afshine Emrani:
I suffered from clinical depression. I spoke about it and it set me free. I could have hidden it, but it would’ve hidden me. When you hide your pain, it controls you; when you share it, you become free. It also helps others open up, seek help, get support. There’s no shame in being broken. There’s shame in judging broken people. And we are all broken. But, not all of us are free. Most of us live in the closet. Coming out of the closet is not just about your sexuality. Every single day, I meet broken people who hide... Continue reading
David Archuleta stepping back from Mormon Church: “I need to just live my life, because I already know I’m okay how I am.”
Finishing second on the seventh season of “American Idol”, 31-year-old David Archuleta, who grew up in Utah as a devout member of the Mormon Church, told People in an interview that he had to “take a break from religion” for his own sanity.
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2022 Doodle for Google competition winner: “Not Alone”
The winner of this year’s Doodle for Google competition is Florida high schooler Sophie Araque-Liu, titled “Not Alone”:
Sophie Araque-Liu’s winning Doodle: Not Alone.
This year’s theme was “I care for myself by…” Sophie’s answer to go with her doodle:
“I care for myself by accepting others’ care for me. Often, I struggle to shoulder a burden on my own, and forget that I have so many people, like my mom, who care about me and want to help me. Opening up and letting others support me not only... Continue reading
Bride goes viral for rocking her natural gray hair on wedding day
Like Taylor Hicks, the American Idol winner of the fifth season of “American Idol” known for his prematurely gray hair besides his bluesy pop voice, Kadeja Jackson Baker started getting grey hair at the age of 16. Now 38, after dying her hair in her 20’s, because she thought she had to, starting from 7 years ago she decided she would go with her natural color. On her wedding day, she decided she was going to keep rocking her grey hair.
Miami-based makeup artist Tia Codrington posted behind-the-scenes bridal glam TikTok videos starring Baker and they quickly got over 1 million views with hundred of people praising Baker’s beautiful look for her wedding, and her amazing gray hair. In the video, Baker is getting makeup applied to... Continue reading
Spain Says ‘All Bodies Are Beach Bodies’ – Enjoy life!
“Summer is ours too,” says Spain’s equality ministry in a creative summer campaign launch which aims to encourage all women to go to the beach and enjoy life.
The promo showcases five women with different body types. ages, and ethnicities, including a topless woman who has had a mastectomy, all having fun on the sandy beach by the coast.
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24-year-old who can’t smile due to rare condition signs with modeling agency
Tayla Clement was born with underdeveloped facial nerves that control some eye movements and facial expressions, called Moebius syndrome.
She is known online now as “The Girl Who Can’t Smile” and is the role model she needed growing up, moving past her bullying days when she was made fun of for being different:
“My eyebrows don’t move, my eyes don’t track, and my upper lip doesn’t move, which means I can’t smile, hence the name, ‘The girl who can’t smile,'” she said. “People would bring plastic bags to school to put over my head because I was so ugly and didn’t want to be seen. I think when you grow up, being told that you’re different and you’re ugly and you’re worthless,... Continue reading
Be free spider!
“She asks me to kill the spider. Instead, I get the most peaceful weapons I can find. I take a cup and a napkin. I catch the spider, put it outside and allow it to walk away.
If I am ever caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, just being alive and not bothering anyone, I hope I greeted with the same kind of mercy.”
-Rudy Francisco
We are in the “relocate the spider – don’t hurt them” club,
“I just relocate the spiders outside”
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