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Purple Heart Returned

A Purple Heart is one of the most prestigious awards a member of the military can receive . . . and an official in Illinois just helped the family of a World War Two veteran named James Bennett get it back. James died in 1990 at the age of 76, and he’d apparently left the award in a safe deposit box, which was marked as abandoned.  Now, it has…
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“This is the best life”

A family in Ohio adopted a now-four-year-old boy just one year ago, and they’ve noticed a big change.  He was timid and withdrawn before, and would barely speak.  As an infant, he suffered cardiac arrest due to malnutrition . . . and that left him with developmental challenges. Now, he laughs easily, and his confidence is building.  And he caught them by surprise while they were filming themselves stringing…
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Trick-or-Treat Surprise

A woman in Pittsburgh was distraught after a trick-or-treater apparently went home with her diamond engagement ring on Halloween night.  It was an accident, of course.  She said she looked everywhere, and the only possibility was that it slipped off her hand as she was handing out candy. She posted about it on social media, and placed calls to the police and local schools.  A family saw the story .…