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Girl Forms Instant Bond With Teen That Looks Like Her. When Her Parents Saw The Girl They Knew Why.
By Amanda Ghessie
When an 18-year-old teenager from Cape Town was told by friends that a new, younger student looked strikingly similar to her, she befriended the younger girl.
They had an immediate connection and bonded instantly. Like sisters.
According to the Cape Argus, when the younger girl told her parents about her new friend, they invited her to get coffee with the family.
As soon as the family met their daughters new friend everything made sense. The two bore a resemblance to each other and bonded like sisters because they were, in fact, sisters.
The older girl had once belonged to the parents of the younger girl, but she had been kidnapped shortly after she was born.
It was 1997, and Celeste Nurse had just given birth to a baby girl at a Cape Town hospital. She encountered a woman dressed as a hospital nurse sitting by her bed.
She drifted back to sleep but when she awoke again, her newborn was gone. In a previous interview she explained to Cape Times:
When I woke up there was a nurse saying my child is gone. You cant imagine the feeling,
As it turns out, the baby had been kidnapped by the woman posing as a nurse.
And when Celeste and her husband Morne saw their daughters new friend, they immediately knew she was their long lost daughter. The girls aunt told Cape Talk:
When she saw (her) yesterday, she knew, This is my child. She said DNA wasnt necessary, she just knew.
DNA tests were given and what Celeste and Morne knew in their hearts to be true was indeed just that. It was their long lost daughter.
The woman who posed as a nurse is now facing kidnapping charges, along with fraud and pretending to be the girls biological mother.
Although the couple went on to have three more children after the kidnapping incident, they never lost hope that their daughter was out there somewhere. In fact, they threw her a birthday party on the date of her birth every year.
Ill never, ever give up hope. I can feel it in my gut my daughter is out there and she is going to come home, Morne proclaimed in an interview five years ago.
And five years later, she came home.
Finally reunited with their biological daughter, the Nurses birthday celebration will be a little different this year. Because this year, their daughter will be there to blow out the candles on her birthday cake.
High Schooler with Down Syndrome Lives Out His Dream When the Basketball Team Gives Him a Shot
By Nicholas Kurch
(Edited down because I could not post the video)
A high school senior with Down syndrome got the chance to achieve his dream when he was given the ball at the start of his schools basketball game.
Sam Rogers, an 18-year-old senior at Shawnee Mission North in Kansas had never missed a game in two years as the manager of the basketball team. The Senior Night game was Sams chance to prove that he could do anything on the team:
Hes always wanted to play and now he finally gets his chance, Sams mom, Kelly Rogers said.
I will probably cry. I brought two things of Kleenex.
Homeless Marines Final Wish Is Granted When Community Pulls Together To Honor His Memory
By Caroline Schaeffer
(Edited down)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BPbQI1Dhgg
Donnie Loneman was a Marine through and through. Despite his service to the nation, however, Loneman was also homeless, and he spent the last decade of his life without a place to live.
Still, he retained his pride in his military service.
When his doctor at the Oklahoma City Veterans Affairs hospital diagnosed him with terminal cancer and gave him only three weeks to live, he had only one wish: to be buried in his dress blues with a Marine Corps flag, KCOC reports.
But Loneman didnt have a set of dress blues, and he couldnt afford one.
Nonetheless, he maintained a positive demeanor and told nurses that he was happy he would soon be seeing the Lord, and seeing his mother again. He insisted all his caretakers smile at his memory:
He said, I dont want you guys to be sad, I want you guys to keep going, and keep helping people,' said [VA staff member Christine] Cleary.
Thats when the hospital reached out to community members to see if anyone could help.
The response was overwhelming:
The Kiowa Black Leggings Society, United Keetoowah Band of Cherokees and the Chickasaw Nation all worked with Sgt. Grit Marine Specialties to get the dress blues and flag donated.
These organizations came together, not only to honor his final wish, but also to pay his funeral expenses and give him an honor guard.
Loneman passed away on Thursday night with friends and family by his side:
He said, Im going to enter the gates, and Im going to tell all the Marines that are standing there that theyre relieved of their duty, and Im going to take their place, and Ill stand there until my arm gets tired, and another Marine comes.
He said, Im ready to go, said Cleary.
The population of homeless veterans in America is estimated to be about 50,000. While the Department of Veterans Affairs says it is committed to ending Veteran homelessness by the end of 2015, there is still much work to be done.
After opening tip-off, the team passed him the ball immediately. Sam took the shot, sinking it with ease.
Once he scored, he dashed across the floor of the court in jubilation as the crowd went wild.
By Amanda Ghessie
When an 18-year-old teenager from Cape Town was told by friends that a new, younger student looked strikingly similar to her, she befriended the younger girl.
They had an immediate connection and bonded instantly. Like sisters.
According to the Cape Argus, when the younger girl told her parents about her new friend, they invited her to get coffee with the family.
As soon as the family met their daughters new friend everything made sense. The two bore a resemblance to each other and bonded like sisters because they were, in fact, sisters.
The older girl had once belonged to the parents of the younger girl, but she had been kidnapped shortly after she was born.
It was 1997, and Celeste Nurse had just given birth to a baby girl at a Cape Town hospital. She encountered a woman dressed as a hospital nurse sitting by her bed.
She drifted back to sleep but when she awoke again, her newborn was gone. In a previous interview she explained to Cape Times:
When I woke up there was a nurse saying my child is gone. You cant imagine the feeling,
As it turns out, the baby had been kidnapped by the woman posing as a nurse.
And when Celeste and her husband Morne saw their daughters new friend, they immediately knew she was their long lost daughter. The girls aunt told Cape Talk:
When she saw (her) yesterday, she knew, This is my child. She said DNA wasnt necessary, she just knew.
DNA tests were given and what Celeste and Morne knew in their hearts to be true was indeed just that. It was their long lost daughter.
The woman who posed as a nurse is now facing kidnapping charges, along with fraud and pretending to be the girls biological mother.
Although the couple went on to have three more children after the kidnapping incident, they never lost hope that their daughter was out there somewhere. In fact, they threw her a birthday party on the date of her birth every year.
Ill never, ever give up hope. I can feel it in my gut my daughter is out there and she is going to come home, Morne proclaimed in an interview five years ago.
And five years later, she came home.
Finally reunited with their biological daughter, the Nurses birthday celebration will be a little different this year. Because this year, their daughter will be there to blow out the candles on her birthday cake.
High Schooler with Down Syndrome Lives Out His Dream When the Basketball Team Gives Him a Shot
By Nicholas Kurch
(Edited down because I could not post the video)
A high school senior with Down syndrome got the chance to achieve his dream when he was given the ball at the start of his schools basketball game.
Sam Rogers, an 18-year-old senior at Shawnee Mission North in Kansas had never missed a game in two years as the manager of the basketball team. The Senior Night game was Sams chance to prove that he could do anything on the team:
Hes always wanted to play and now he finally gets his chance, Sams mom, Kelly Rogers said.
I will probably cry. I brought two things of Kleenex.
Homeless Marines Final Wish Is Granted When Community Pulls Together To Honor His Memory
By Caroline Schaeffer
(Edited down)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BPbQI1Dhgg
Donnie Loneman was a Marine through and through. Despite his service to the nation, however, Loneman was also homeless, and he spent the last decade of his life without a place to live.
Still, he retained his pride in his military service.
When his doctor at the Oklahoma City Veterans Affairs hospital diagnosed him with terminal cancer and gave him only three weeks to live, he had only one wish: to be buried in his dress blues with a Marine Corps flag, KCOC reports.
But Loneman didnt have a set of dress blues, and he couldnt afford one.
Nonetheless, he maintained a positive demeanor and told nurses that he was happy he would soon be seeing the Lord, and seeing his mother again. He insisted all his caretakers smile at his memory:
He said, I dont want you guys to be sad, I want you guys to keep going, and keep helping people,' said [VA staff member Christine] Cleary.
Thats when the hospital reached out to community members to see if anyone could help.
The response was overwhelming:
The Kiowa Black Leggings Society, United Keetoowah Band of Cherokees and the Chickasaw Nation all worked with Sgt. Grit Marine Specialties to get the dress blues and flag donated.
These organizations came together, not only to honor his final wish, but also to pay his funeral expenses and give him an honor guard.
Loneman passed away on Thursday night with friends and family by his side:
He said, Im going to enter the gates, and Im going to tell all the Marines that are standing there that theyre relieved of their duty, and Im going to take their place, and Ill stand there until my arm gets tired, and another Marine comes.
He said, Im ready to go, said Cleary.
The population of homeless veterans in America is estimated to be about 50,000. While the Department of Veterans Affairs says it is committed to ending Veteran homelessness by the end of 2015, there is still much work to be done.
After opening tip-off, the team passed him the ball immediately. Sam took the shot, sinking it with ease.
Once he scored, he dashed across the floor of the court in jubilation as the crowd went wild.
