Yesterday, during my father's funeral procession, led by the United States Marine Corps, my family noticed the man in this photograph standing at the side of the road. He held his hat in his hand and placed his hand on his heart as a sign of respect for my father and our family as we walked by.
His respectful gesture deeply touched my family and the entire train. Along the way, we encountered many other cars simply going about their day.
Since his license plate was visible in the photo, my daughter did some research and we found him!!!
His name is Ernest Boerlin and he is also a veteran of the United States Navy.
When I sent him a private message to thank him for honoring my father, he replied:
"It was an honor to show my respect for a comrade and his family." Please accept my prayers and condolences for you and your family in your loss. Fair winds and calm seas. God bless you.
Thank you, Ernest. Your gesture of kindness and respect deeply touched our family and friends, and we are grateful for it. May God bless you and your loved ones.
Let's thank Ernest for his service and show him our affection, folks!
رجل مهاجر ومشرد يقترب من بائع تاكو في الاكوادور ويمد له يده لكن البائع رفض اخذ المبلغ وحضر له الاكل واعطاه، واكتشف ان الرجل كان بحاجة الى حضن اكثر من الطعام
On July 3, 2022, 16-year-old Corion Evans became a hero after witnessing a car carrying three teenage girls plunge into the Pascagoula River in Moss Point, Mississippi.
Without hesitation, Evans removed his shoes and shirt and jumped into the water to help.
As the vehicle sank, he swam toward the girls, helping keep them afloat and guiding them toward safety.
A responding police officer, Gary Mercer, also entered the river to assist, but during the rescue he began struggling in the strong current after swallowing water. Evans then turned back and helped the officer reach shore safely as well.
Thanks to his quick thinking and courage, all three girls and the police officer survived. Authorities praised Evans for his selfless actions, crediting him with helping save four lives that day.
Reflecting on the rescue, Evans simply said, "I wasn't just about to let none of these people die."
His bravery and willingness to risk his own life for complete strangers earned him widespread recognition and made him a symbol of extraordinary courage and humanity.
Justin Ricketts, the Florida king who dropped a perfect 1600 on the SAT at just 17 🔥
This young genius from Suncoast High School in Riviera Beach aced every single question on his first try and pulled in offers from MIT, Harvard, and Princeton. Dreams of becoming a neurosurgeon and already stacking elite opportunities.
From big smiles to big achievements, this is what hard work and focus look like. Black excellence with no ceiling!
Future looking real bright for this one 👏🏾
I got a call from my daughter’s high school principal today. He said she’d been caught operating an “unauthorized commercial enterprise” out of the girls’ locker room. My stomach DROPPED. I left work immediately, already imagining the worst: Drugs. Vapes. Stolen stuff. Some TikTok side hustle gone wrong. By the time I got to the school, I was preparing myself for lawyers, suspension, maybe even police involvement. I walk into the principal’s office….…and my daughter is sitting there quietly with a spiral notebook full of spreadsheets. Not cash. Not customer lists. Spreadsheets. Turns out, she’d noticed some girls at school were quietly struggling: • no money for feminine hygiene products • no winter jackets • wearing the same clothes every week after budget cuts hit families hard So she started her own underground support network. She collected donated jackets, hygiene products, gloves, and clothes from wealthier neighborhoods.
Then she cataloged everything by size and need in her notebook like a tiny operations manager. And from her gym locker, she distributed items discreetly to students who needed them — no embarrassment, no announcements, no attention. The principal wasn’t calling because she was in trouble. He called because the school found out… and wanted my permission to turn her “illegal locker room business” into an official school charity program.
I thought I was driving to the biggest parenting nightmare of my life. Instead, I walked into one of the proudest moments I’ve ever had as a parent.
A dad was sitting at a hotel pool watching his daughter Morgan play — or trying to.
Morgan has physical and cognitive disabilities. And one by one, the other children drifted away from her. Not out of cruelty — just out of not knowing. But Gordon noticed. And he couldn't stop noticing.
That moment followed him home. It followed him to work. It followed him everywhere.
So in 2005, Gordon — a successful homebuilder — made a decision that most people would call crazy. He sold his business. All of it. And he started drawing blueprints for something the world had never seen.
Not a charity golf tournament. Not a fundraiser dinner. A park.
Five years of planning and $34 million later, Morgan's Wonderland opened in San Antonio — 25+ rides, playgrounds, and a Ferris wheel, every single one designed so that kids in wheelchairs, kids with sensory needs, kids who are almost never included, could ride alongside everyone else. Not in a separate section. Not off to the side.
Together.
Then in 2017, he built Morgan's Inspiration Island next door — a $17 million water park with waterproof wheelchairs and temperature-controlled splash zones so kids who can't regulate body heat can still play in the water like every other kid on a hot Texas afternoon.
Every guest with a disability? Gets in free. Every single time.
The park doesn't turn a profit. It runs on donations. Gordon designed it that way on purpose.
Over 2.3 million people have walked through those gates since opening day.
"I didn't do anything special. I just couldn't forget what I saw at that pool. Morgan deserved a place to play. So does every kid."
— Gordon Hartman
A dad watched his daughter be left out of a pool party. And turned that five-minute moment of heartbreak into a place where 2.3 million people have felt what it's like to truly belong.
In May 2013, teenager Temar Boggs and his friends in Lancaster, Pennsylvania saw news reports about a missing 5-year-old girl named Jocelyn Rojas who had allegedly been abducted while playing outside her home.
The teens decided to search the neighborhood on their bicycles. According to police and news reports, they spotted a suspicious car matching the description being circulated.
After they followed the vehicle, the driver eventually stopped and let the girl out. Jocelyn then ran toward Temar saying she wanted her mother.
Temar and his friends brought her to safety and contacted authorities. Police publicly praised the teens for helping recover the child safely, and the story received major national attention in the U.S. at the time.
This teacher was asking if there were any upcoming birthdays in May.
This little girl raised her hand and said May, 9th.
He asked her what her one wish would be for her birthday and she told him to see her mom. He asked where her mom was and she said in Korea serving in the Army.
Then he told her to turn around….💔
Her mom received some time off to see her little girl. She has been in Korea for the past 8 months. She does have to go back but this memory will last a lifetime. ❤️
Thank you Army Staff Sergeant Kendrick for your service and for your sacrifice. Not hard to see that little girl belongs to her. Twins!
Don’t the military homecomings always get you like they do me? 🥹
Don’t you wish our country did more for our service men and women? 💯
Almost 5,000 people waited for hours in the rain at a swabbing event in Worcester, to get tested to see if they were a match to help save the life of a five-year-old boy fighting a rare cancer, after his parents asked for help
Merlene Ottey, Legendary #Jamaican sprinter, born 66 years ago today on 10 May 1960, in Cold Spring, Hanover. Won 9 Olympic, 14 World Championship, 7 World Indoor Championship medals. Seven Olympic appearances most ever by a track & field athlete. Her 1993 200m indoor world record 21.87s has stood for 33 years. Ruseas’s High, Vere Tech, U of Nebraska alumna. #Jamaica #Caribbean #MerleneOttey
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BARRIER BROKEN 😮💨
🇯🇲 Jamaica blazed to a world record of 39.99 in the mixed 4x100m, becoming the first team in history to go sub-40 🔥
The fastest qualifiers are flying into the final of the #WorldRelays 👀
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