Emma’s world was upended when her father abruptly called her home from university, only to demand she vacate her room for her reckless stepbrother. Months […Read More]
16-Pound Giant Baby Made Headlines In 1983, But Wait Till You See Him Today
In 1983, Patricia Clarke, then 24, had an inkling that her unborn child would be larger than average. Her intuition proved correct in an extraordinary […Read More]
I Fell Asleep on My Husband in the Plane but Shockingly Woke up on Another Man’s Shoulder
My husband and I had just boarded a flight to Miami when I fell asleep on his shoulder. Later, I woke and found my […Read More]
The True Meaning of Memorial Day
After 20 years in uniform, Memorial Day means more to me (and many veterans like me) than it might to other Americans. I fly my […Read More]
Street life of Victorian London in Rare Historical Photographs, 1873-1877
Porters with boxes of plants at Covent Garden market. 1877. These rare historical photographs were taken from 1873 to 1877 and are part of Street Life […Read More]
To silence critics, the mother of atypical Down syndrome twins displays how beautiful and precious they are.
Twins are relatively rare, occurring in about 33 out of every 1,000 births. Since 1980, the frequency of twin births has increased by 72%. […Read More]
I Kicked Out My Grandparents, Who Raised Me, From My Graduation — Karma Quickly Taught Me a Lesson
My name is Sarah, and my story began with a tragedy. When I was two, my mom died in a car accident, and my dad […Read More]
These photos show the weird side of World War Two, 1939-1945
Venus the bulldog, the mascot of the destroyer HMS Vansittart. These images are part of the book Weird War Two, a book from the Imperial War […Read More]
Rare Historical Photos
Stunning Photos of a Young Helen Mirren from the 1960s and 1970s Helen Mirren was born in London to a Russian-born father and a Scottish […Read More]
Stepmom delivers special wedding vows to four-year-old – his reaction breaks our hearts
She married a Marine who had a four-year-old child. The ceremony went smoothly until the moment the child approached the bride. Witnessing two people […Read More]