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Man helps girlfriend with spinal cord injury cross finish line
(Photo: Kathleen Flynn / The Times-Picayune)
Four months ago, Monique Koll was in a hospital bed, wondering if she would ever walk again. The Louisiana woman had suffered a severe spinal cord injury when a motorist struck her while she was riding her bicycle, and doctors originally weren’t sure she’d survive.
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Man helps girlfriend with spinal cord injury cross finish line

(Photo: Kathleen Flynn / The Times-Picayune)

Four months ago, Monique Koll was in a hospital bed, wondering if she would ever walk again. The Louisiana woman had suffered a severe spinal cord injury when a motorist struck her while she was riding her bicycle, and doctors originally weren’t sure she’d survive.

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  • 2 months ago
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Terminal cancer patient, 13, becomes honorary CoverGirl
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Plenty of people have a hard time thinking positively about a bad situation. But 13-year-old Talia Castellano isn’t one of them. Diagnosed with cancer when she was 7, the teen has built a strong Internet following through her video makeup reviews and tutorials over the past year.
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Terminal cancer patient, 13, becomes honorary CoverGirl

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Plenty of people have a hard time thinking positively about a bad situation. But 13-year-old Talia Castellano isn’t one of them. Diagnosed with cancer when she was 7, the teen has built a strong Internet following through her video makeup reviews and tutorials over the past year.

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Source: MSN

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    • #Ellen DeGeneres
    • #Inspirational
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    • #Make Up
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  • 7 months ago
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Giving severely burned girls a place to find strength


Bethany Essary, 16, smiles while watching her friends get ready for a closing ceremony at the Angel Faces retreat in Corona, Calif., on June 22


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Bethany Essary, 16, smiles while watching her friends get ready for a closing ceremony at the Angel Faces retreat in Corona, Calif., on June 22

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    • #Fire
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‘Payback painter’ thanks town for kindness with mural
Bussey, Iowa, may make you homesick for a place you’ve probably never been. Just 422 people live there — but this small town has made a big difference in Todd Spaur’s life.
“The whole community helped me raise my three kids,” Spaur explained, “because I had my hands full, being a single dad.”
Two decades ago, Spaur was in a terrible accident. After his car flipped off a highway, he lay trapped for more than 16 hours, hidden by underbrush. He could not call for help or crawl away because he’d broken his back, his neck and most of the bones in his face. “I just wanted to die,” he said.
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‘Payback painter’ thanks town for kindness with mural

Bussey, Iowa, may make you homesick for a place you’ve probably never been. Just 422 people live there — but this small town has made a big difference in Todd Spaur’s life.

“The whole community helped me raise my three kids,” Spaur explained, “because I had my hands full, being a single dad.”

Two decades ago, Spaur was in a terrible accident. After his car flipped off a highway, he lay trapped for more than 16 hours, hidden by underbrush. He could not call for help or crawl away because he’d broken his back, his neck and most of the bones in his face. “I just wanted to die,” he said.

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Source: MSN

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  • 10 months ago
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