Joy, Grief, and a Handwritten Letter Bring Two Families Together After Woman Hears Hospital Music
People can find comfort in unlikely places – and for Jamie Fontenot, she found comfort in a song that played after her father's death.
People can find comfort in unlikely places – and for Jamie Fontenot, she found comfort in a song that played after her father's death.
Instead of using their lottery winnings to benefit all of them, these nurses wanted to use the cash to help two of their co-workers going through hardship.
Moms and dads all over the world are serving banana splits for dinner in the sweetest of tributes to a dying child and the mother who's determined to find the joy in his last days. After Diane told friends that that their 21-month-old son, Ryan, was at the end of his life, everyone wanted to know what else they could do. No more cards or gifts of flowers for Diane. She urged them to create a special memory with their own kids by serving banana splits for dinner.
Out of the blue, in a country town along the Murry River in Victoria, Australia, Kaylene Bell's daughter received a mournful text Saturday morning that read, Love you bud - miss you more than words can say. The 15-year-old replied asking, Who is this? A text pinged back saying 'sorry', explaining that it was his son's old phone number and that he had passed away in 2009. He didn't think the number was being used. April Bell sent the perfect reply.
The past few weeks have been hard for 9-year-old Thomas Goodall, who has autism and just lost his grandmother in October. Thomas received a comforting video message from actor Peter Capaldi, who plays Thomas' favorite TV character on "Doctor Who".
After Eve Shepherd, a young Sherlock fan in England, defied doctors' odds for 14 years, actor Benedict Cumberbatch sent his sympathies with a heartfelt note that was read at her funeral.
Morris the sheepdog seems to possess "an uncanny ability to know who is most in need of comfort," according to directors at the Baker Funeral Chapel
A concerned mother's Facebook plea is helping ease the grief of a young boy who lost his dad, with notes of support coming from across the world.
A California widow has parted with one of the last tangible reminders of her husband, who took his own life, so she might help save the lives of others.
Donations to an inspirational runner who collapsed and died during the London Marathon have passed £670,000 on her fundraising website, and are continuing to be sent in.
A 55-year-old Orlando man who brought his 10-year-old son to the NFC Championship in Seattle to try to ease his grief over the loss of a beloved pet wrote about how a young Seahawks fan changed his attitude in the midst of a big game loss.
It can be unbelievably hard to get over a loss - that's why two women took charge and gave Lucy Kalanithi the boost she needed in her home.
Strangers rolled into town for an hour long procession of big rigs, fire engines, and 4-wheelers to honor a little boy who loved trucks.
During an emotional eulogy for the pastor killed in Charleston, President Obama led the congregation in the classic Christian hymn, Amazing Grace.
A pack of stray dogs instinctively came to a funeral home in Mexico where a woman who had fed them daily was being honored for her kindness after her death.
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