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Jayden Fontenot not only helped his mom deliver his baby brother, his swift actions saved the boy's life when the infant wasn't breathing.
Hero pit bulls save kids from snake attack: ‘They are 100 percent family’
Melissa Butt is confident that nothing bad will happen to her grandchildren when Slayer the dog is around, and he recently proved her right.
Spilled tea, loud sobs and a big reminder: Our children simply want to try
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After losing her husband, woman adopts dying dog that ‘no one wants’
There's no telling how long Melani Andrews and Jake, a senior dog dying of cancer, will have together, but he's living the "good life" now.
‘You are loved’: A mother’s note of gratitude to her newly adopted teen
"I know adoption isn't all beauty... but son, it's a journey that you will never again have to face alone." For 454 days, Holly Romero opened her home and her...
To the mom struggling to hold it together
I don't see you because you don't let it show. Like me, you wear a brave mask. You smile to hide your stress, even on the bad days. You get up every day, put...
Princess Diana ‘would have been the best grandmother ever,’ says brother
As the 20th anniversary of Princess Diana's death looms, her family remembers the popular royal's legacy and what might have been.
While their parents serve time, this organization gives their children hope
A special summer camp and after-school program gives children with incarcerated parents a place where they can feel like they belong.
'My lost boy somehow found a way'
He hasn't been hungry in years. He sleeps in a bed. With a woman who loves him. But he still won't let me throw away any of his shoes.
Breast milk donation: Helping the tiniest babies — including mine
I was wheeled into the NICU holding a tiny dropper with one precious drop of colostrum. One. Because it was what I could do for him. It was the first way I...
My daughter melted down at Walmart — and what happened next made me cry
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Stranger helps mom soothe baby on a plane after encountering ‘rude’ passengers
Kesha Bernard's small act of kindness on a flight from Seattle to Denver has traveled all around the world.
Parenting after loss: How to grieve and still drive carpool
When I first wake up, there is a brief moment of reprieve where all feels right in the world. And then it comes rushing back, jolting me to remember the unthinkable....
'We just fit': How adopting a child from Haiti changed everything for this mom
Nearly 50 years old, Lisa Harper had given up on becoming a mom when she learned of an HIV positive orphan in Haiti who needed a family.
'Bright eyes looking up at me': 10 things I will miss about breastfeeding
Before the Mommy Amnesia sets in, here's what I've loved most about nursing my babies.
Husband pens body-positive note to ‘curvy’ wife — and everyone’s swooning
Robbie Tripp has a wonderful body-positive message for his beloved wife, Sarah — and he's sharing it with the world.
Can everything I have just be enough?
When I reflect on my life, my family and my kids, I'm pretty certain this is the truth: If all I ever get to have is this, just what I have right now and nothing...
Bedtime for Baldwins! Watch Alec Baldwin read 'Goodnight Moon' to his boys
Baldwin's best role of all is dad (especially when it comes to bedtime stories)!
High school track team runs with shelter dogs — and everybody’s winning
They spend about an hour together each day, running a couple of miles, resting in the shade, then "sprinting after squirrels."
This cheerful pet adoption center will make you rethink animal shelters
At the Wallis Annenberg PetSpace, there's an education center, a cafe — even a human-sized hamster wheel — and lots of adoptable pets.
Watch Mickey Mouse share magical news of adoption with these foster kids
For Tom and Courtney Gilmour and their foster children, a trip to Disney World turned into an especially magical celebration.
When your husband gets to name your baby, this is what happens
I would watch my husband whisper, "There's my girl. Isn't she beautiful?" with his eyes glued to the television screen. He was in love with this classic muscle...
Single mother hails ex’s girlfriend as ‘an amazing bonus mom’ to her daughter
Brittney Johnson has taken an unusual approach to co-parenting: by befriending her ex's girlfriend, whom she describes as "true role model."
As my sons and I battle same disease, my husband proves ‘love is an action’
He fell in love with me despite the fact that I couldn't play tennis with him or even walk a dog around the block. He married me knowing that there was a 50-50...
‘Walking Dead’ star adopts sweet puppy, encourages others to ‘rescue a pit bull’
Actor Jon Bernthal of "The Punisher" and "The Walking Dead" has a new starring role: proud papa to a most adorable pit bull puppy.
Boy defies bullies after growing hair long to help kids with cancer: ‘Be yourself’
Joshua Scott-Hill, an 11-year-old boy, is on a mission to help people with cancer — even if it means facing some teasing at school.
Daughter surprises parents who lost wedding pics in fire with photo shoot
This couple lost their wedding photos in a fire 38 years ago. Luckily, their daughter, who's also a photographer, stepped in with an amazing surprise.
Friends in high places! See Garth Brooks offer to pay for couple's honeymoon
Watch Garth Brooks surprise a couple who got engaged in the middle of his concert with an offer of a free trip to Hawaii.
'Thank you, God, for baby Sophie': How our 2-year-old named our baby
I was scared for this pregnancy. I'd had two miscarriages and the thought of a third sent me into shivers. This made bonding with baby hard for me. But thankfully,...
After a long blur of parenting young kids, I'm suddenly in 'the sweet spot'
I was at the community pool, looking around to see what my kids were up to. Then I really looked at them. I realized: Oh my God. Here I am.
These dogs are separated by fences — but that doesn’t stop their sweet friendship
Messy and Audi are two dogs who live across the street from one another in Thailand — but they only met face to face this year.
When nobody called this dying Army vet, his wife put out a heartbreaking plea
Lee Hernandez, an Army veteran in hospice care with a terminal illness, has received an outpouring of support after his wife's simple plea.
What I wish I would have said to that lady at the pool
The older woman marched up to me at the hotel pool. "I just wanted to let you know, I've been watching your boys, and..." Uh-oh. I braced myself.
Man who may not live to see his girls get married gets father-daughter dance
A couple invited a friend dying of cancer to dance with his daughters at their wedding.
Couple welcomes twins after losing 2 young sons in car accident
Hadley and Gentry Eddings welcomed two sons Monday, more than two years after a car accident killed their other children.
Watch this military wife surprise her husband with big baby news at his homecoming
About a week after Chris Daugherty was deployed overseas, his wife, Natasha, found out she was pregnant with their fourth child.
Spotted skunks? Woman rescues rare critters — see the stinkin’ cute pics
Wildlife rehabilitator Kris Porter was surprised to discover five rare, orphaned baby skunks that needed her help.
Man tears up over emotional wedding gift — a long-lost video of his late father
Dave Patinella got a surprise wedding gift from his sister: a long-lost video of their late dad, whose voice they hadn't heard in 23 years.
‘Never promised anything’: Mom gets cancer diagnosis the day her husband dies
On the same day Tessie Sylvester's husband died, she learned she had cancer. Now she's taking life one hour at a time.
Special spots: How one dog changed the lives of kids with vitiligo
Throughout his life, Rowdy helped spread a very important message to kids and adults alike.
This man proposed to 2 sisters at once — for a touching reason
Will Seaton always knew that when he proposed to his girlfriend, he'd get down on one knee not only for his bride-to-be, but her sister, too.
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