There were plenty of reasons to smile and cheer this week. Here are a few :
Olympian defends other athlete moms
Allyson Felix is ​​heading towards his fifth Olympics this summer as America’s most decorated track athlete in history. However, this will be her first competition since becoming a mom to 2-year-old Camryn, and she is determined to help other athletic moms achieve their own dreams.
Felix, along with her corporate sponsor, Athleta, and the Women’s Sports Foundation, will help cover childcare costs for other moms going to the Tokyo Olympics. Through their “Power of She†fund, the selected athletes will each receive $ 10,000 to cover their expenses.
Son surprised dad with game-changing news
Baseball player Robert Anthony Cruz’s name was not called in the Major League Draft, so it was a surprise when he got a call from the Washington Nationals with a free agent contract.
Cruz wanted to surprise his father, whom he called “a gem. The hardest worker I know”.
In a TikTok video, Cruz walks into his father’s office and presents him with a Nats baseball cap. The emotional clip has over 14.6 million views.
“Congratulations! Now is the time to work,” commented Cruz’s new teammate Juan José Soto Pacheco. “Welcome in the team !”
This dad finally found his son after 24 years
Guo Gangtang’s son, Guo Zhen, was only 2 years old when he was abducted outside the family home in eastern Shandong Province, China. He was sold to a family in another part of the country, and for 24 years Guo has been looking for his son on a motorcycle, riding half a million kilometers and following all the tips he can.
This week, Guo learned that DNA tests confirmed that a 26-year-old teacher is his son.
“Now that the child has been found, everything can only be happy from now on,†Guo said in tears.
Student celebrated the dog that stayed by her side
“When your 15-year-old dog was there for your first day of kindergarten and went to your college campus,” Montana state undergraduate Ava Ranson wrote on a TikTok video of her dog trotting on a snowy campus.
The video, which has over 6.7 million views, touches the heartstrings of other dog lovers.
“My puppies have been with me since 3rd year. I now have my owners, I’m married and expecting my first child… they mean more to me than some of my own family,” the TikTok user commented. Val.
High school students gave their teacher a priceless birth gift
When teacher Chelsie King found out that she and her husband Jeremy were expecting their first baby, she turned to fellow teacher Matt Zigler for help.
Jeremy uses a wheelchair, and King hoped Zigler could work with the students in his “Making for Social Good” class to develop a product that would help Jeremy take their child for a walk.
Ten students at Bullis High School in Potomac, Md., Have designed two products to help people in wheelchairs walk their children using 3D printing. The products won awards, but more importantly, the Kings were able to start using one of them immediately.
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A “dad” turned his garden into a pandemic oasis for families
TikTok user Snaxudell wanted to share his healthy grandfather with the world, and we’re so glad he did.
During the pandemic, “Papa” put fishing rods for families passing by his yard, which dates back to a public nature trail.
He also placed animal figures in the yard and left a note allowing the children to climb the fence and pick one up.
“This is the cutest thing I have ever seen,†said the proud grandson.
Two adoptive moms created greeting cards
Foster moms Jayne Alfieri and Stacy Clark bonded on their adoption trip.
Realizing that their friends and loved ones were struggling with what to say and how to support them, the two came up with an idea: a range of greeting cards designed to encourage and comfort other relatives like them.
Adoptionly Yours was born in 2020, and the two hope their cards speak the words adoptive parents need to hear.
“We knew as mothers with natural children and adopted children that the path to becoming a family was very different, but love was the same,†Alfieri said.
Finally, a 98-year-old TikTok star has some tips for all of us
You heard Jayne. Keep moving!
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