MrsVAChief

Author, researcher, wife, mother, grandmother, & dog lover who wants to make a difference in the lives of those caring for others.

[Hosna ⚖️ בניטה @DOGEQEEN]

INCREDIBLE: For nearly ten years, he walked into the same pharmacy every month. He took out a folded $100 bill, placed it on the counter, and walked away. Nobody was supposed to know why.

His name was Hody Childress. He lived in the small town of Geraldine, Alabama, with a population of fewer than a thousand people. Around 2012, Hody walked into the local pharmacy, Geraldine Drugs, and asked its owner and pharmacist, Brooke Walker, a simple question: “Do people ever come here to pick up their medications but leave without them because they can't afford to pay?” She answered, “Yes.”

Hody then handed her $100 and asked her to use the money for people who couldn't afford their prescription medications. But he had two conditions: he didn't want to know whom he helped, and the people receiving the assistance were never supposed to know his name. If anyone asked where the money came from, Brooke was instructed to say only: “It's a blessing from God.”

The following month, Hody returned and brought another $100. Then he came back again. And again. Month after month, year after year, for nearly a decade.

He wasn't a millionaire. Hody was a farmer, a U.S. Air Force veteran, and a retiree. He lived primarily on his savings and Social Security benefits. Yet every month, he found that same $100 for someone who might need it more than he did.

The pharmacy used this small, secret fund to help people without insurance or those whose medications their insurance companies refused to cover. According to the pharmacist, the money was often enough to help approximately two people each month. Over the years, hundreds of people benefited.

Some received the essential medications they needed. Others had prescriptions paid for when their insurance wouldn't cover them. For one family, the assistance made it possible to purchase an expensive EpiPen for their child. And almost nobody knew whom to thank.

In late 2022, Hody's health deteriorated significantly. Because of a chronic lung condition, he could no longer make his regular visits to the pharmacy. That was when he finally had to reveal his secret to at least one person: his daughter, Tania. He told her about the $100 and asked her to continue delivering the money on his behalf.

On January 1, 2023, Hody Childress passed away. He was 80 years old. It was only at his funeral that his daughter told people what her father had been doing all those years. And the little town finally discovered who had been behind those mysterious acts of generosity.

People who had once received their medications despite not having enough money learned the name of their anonymous benefactor for the first time.

Then something happened that Hody would never live to see. Other people began coming into the pharmacy. Some brought $20, others brought $50, and some brought their own $100. Among them were neighbors, relatives, and even people whom Hody himself had once helped.

The pharmacy established the Hody Childress Fund so that his small tradition could continue paying for medications for people who couldn't afford them.

For nearly ten years, Hody did everything he could to make sure nobody knew his name. And after his death, that name became the name of a fund.

All he had done was leave a folded $100 bill on a pharmacy counter every month. But it turned out that he had left behind something far greater.

Sometimes kindness needs no cameras, no applause, and not even a thank-you. Sometimes it simply waits quietly behind a pharmacy counter, at the exact moment someone needs it most.

[MrsVAChief @mrsazchief]

Now this is something to bookmark for any upcoming sad days...

[Doc  @DocAtCDI]

sometimes a smile is just a smile

[Conservatron @Conservatron1]

Hahahaha this dude has some great content. Amazing we didn't die. Seriously.

[MrsVAChief @mrsazchief]

Anytime you're a bit down, watch this for some immediate giggle therapy. 💕

[Clyp Keeper @DGrayTexas45]

September 11, 2001
NEVER FORGET 🇺🇸🫡

[MrsVAChief @mrsazchief]

@CollinRugg Seems to me, the most telling detail in this video is the smirk on Sky#22's face after the fact...I believe she knew the assault was about to happen; she just didn't know when.

[Vernon Jones @VernonForGA]

Will someone show black people and black congressmen @TheBlackCaucus and @NAACP this video of the late great former congress woman Barbra Jordan of Texas. Perhaps then they will understand Blacks have always supported border security and coming to this country isn’t a right, it’s a privilege.

[MrsVAChief @mrsazchief]

These lessons need to be taught nationwide... shout out to King Randall for doing good deeds like this every day!

[King Randall, I. @NewEmergingKing]

We were checking out of the hotel, and the room was dirty.

I reminded the boys that housekeeping is there to clean, not clean up behind carelessness.

Pick up your trash, straighten the room, and leave it decent. Respect the people who come behind you.

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

🚨WOW!!!

Every Tuesday and Thursday for EIGHT YEARS STRAIGHT, a 73-year-old grandfather has volunteered at a Virginia hospital NICU to hold babies fighting for their lives, some weighing under 2 POUNDS.

And before he lays each one down, he whispers the same blessing over every baby:

"Grow strong. Grow smart. Grow kind." ❤️

His name is Dave Whitlow. He's 73 years old.

He's not a doctor or a nurse. He's a retired government manager, a father of two, a grandfather of three... who decided his retirement belonged to the smallest, most fragile babies in Richmond VA.

Every visit, he holds five or six of them, babies smaller than a loaf of bread, whose parents can't be there every hour because they need to work.

So Dave is there and he's never once missed a day.

"It's the best gig I've ever had. It just feels right."

He doesn't just hold the babies, he says the job is holding up the exhausted parents and the worn-down nurses too. "It all kind of gets tied together, they need God's love too."

For 8 years, every single baby gets the same blessing before he lays them down:

"Grow strong. Grow smart. Grow kind."

Why those words?

"This is what I want from people in general."

He says that somewhere out there in the world are eight years of kids, currently walking, running, starting school, who will never know that when they were two pounds and fighting for every breath, he held them and spoke those words over their lives.

That brings him joy.

He calls that NICU a family he never expected and can't imagine leaving.

GOD BLESS Dave Whitlow.

Grow strong. Grow smart. Grow kind. 🇺🇸

[MrsVAChief @mrsazchief]

This just tickles my heart... 💜💜💜

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

🚨WOW!!!

Firefighters and college football players showed up to a Tennessee senior home...to pull grandmas and grandpas down a MASSIVE slip 'n slide!!!

Seniors with dementia and Parkinson's laughed like little kids again.

This is the annual "Ride 'n Slide" at Adams Place in Murfreesboro, Tennessee where a giant tarp is stretched across the lawn and the Murfreesboro Fire Department keeps it soaked and lifts residents safely on and off.

The Middle Tennessee State football team spent their day pulling grandmas across the water on inner tubes and cheering them on every single ride.

One resident, Mike Mitchell, an Army veteran and a retired minister who preached for SIXTY YEARS, talked himself into it right there on the lawn.

One grandma went down FOUR times and came up smiling saying, "Well that was fast!"

Organizers say the residents with dementia and Parkinson's light up brightest of all.

For one afternoon, no diagnoses, no age, just water, laughter, and people cheering your name.

That's so amazing...

GOD BLESS THESE PEOPLE!!!! 🇺🇸

[Anna 🇺🇸 @realAnn_29]

Heartwarming message from Europe on America’s 250th Birthday.

This man has just returned to Europe after spending a month in the United States. After traveling to over 25 countries, he says America was by far the best country he has ever visited.

He openly called out the heavy anti-American propaganda in European media, noting that many negative things said about the US are simply not true.

Now back home, he proudly holds the American flag and sends his warmest wishes for our 250th Independence Day.

Thank you, for your honesty and this powerful gesture mean a lot. 🤩🇺🇸

[MrsVAChief @mrsazchief]

He makes a VERY valid point at the end 🤗

[Buzz Patterson @BuzzPatterson]

An Aussie discovers Texas Road House for the first time. Epic!

The World Cup needs to be permanently held in the US. It offers the most for the teams and the fans. 🤣🇺🇸🇦🇺

[AJ Inapi (Allan) @aj_inapi]

NO white person alive today owned slaves. Teach your kids that.

NO black person alive today was born a slave. Teach your kids that.

Not all white people owned slaves back then. Teach your kids that.

Millions of white people fought and died to end slavery. Teach your kids that.

People should not inherit guilt from their ancestors. Teach your kids that.

People should not inherit victimhood from their ancestors. Teach your kids that.

You are responsible for your own actions, not the actions of people who lived 200 years ago. Teach your kids that.

America is not perfect, but it is not uniquely evil. Teach your kids that.

The West is responsible for some of humanity's greatest advances in freedom, science, medicine, and prosperity. Teach your kids that.

Loving your country is not racism. Teach your kids that.

Wanting secure borders is not racism. Teach your kids that.

Wanting safe communities is not racism. Teach your kids that.

Wanting merit over quotas is not racism. Teach your kids that.

Questioning political narratives is not racism. Teach your kids that.

People should be judged by their character, not their skin color. Teach your kids that.

History should be taught honestly, not used as a weapon. Teach your kids that.

A nation that teaches its children to hate their heritage will not survive. Teach your kids that.

Your country is your home. Protecting it is not something to be ashamed of. Teach your kids that.

You do not owe an apology for being born. Teach your kids that.

Never let fear of being called names stop you from speaking the truth as you see it. Teach your kids that.

[MrsVAChief @mrsazchief]

Unbelievable what police officers must face in their jobs these days....

[Achilles99 @Achill_es99]

Chaos at Grand Central 4-5-6: Machete maniac slaughters three elderly riders in broad daylight.
Bodycam drops the horror—Anthony Griffin, 44, screaming “I am Lucifer,” hacks an 84-year-old man’s face open, splits a 65-year-old’s skull, and slashes a 70-year-old woman. Blood everywhere on the crowded platform.
Cops roll up, scream 20+ times for him to drop the blade. He charges them instead. Bang—two shots, Griffin drops dead.
While city officials brag “crime is down,” New Yorkers are getting chopped up by machete-wielding demons in the middle of morning rush hour. This is the reality they’re hiding.

[Taya Bass @travelingflying]

Christopher Hitchens: ”In 1786, when the United States was barely a country, it was having its sailors taken as slaves by the Barbary states, the states of the Ottoman Empire and North Africa. Tripoli, shores of Tripoli. Ships stopped, its crews carried off into slavery. We estimate 1.5 million European and American slaves taken between 1750 and 1815.

Jefferson and Adams went to their ambassador in London and said, why do you do this to us? The United States has never had a quarrel with the Muslim world of any kind. We weren't in the crusades. We weren't at war with Spain. Why do you do this to our people and our ships? Why do you plunder and enslave our people? The ambassador said very plainly, Mr. Abdul Rahman said, because the Quran gives us permission to do so, because you are infidels, and that's our answer. Jefferson said, well, in that case, I will send a navy which will crush your state, which he did.

Islamic fundamentalism is not created by American democracy. It's a lie to say so. It's a masochistic lie, and it excuses those who are the real criminals, and blames us for the attacks made upon us.”

[MrsVAChief @mrsazchief]

Wowza...gotta be Tom Cruise's grandma!

[Juanita Broaddrick @atensnut]

Unbelievable. 100 years ago in 1926 a wheel fell off a plane and it couldn’t land.

Here’s what happened.

[MrsVAChief @mrsazchief]

I have no words...

[Sean Feucht @seanfeucht]

"They seized my baby and sliced him in two with a knife.

My second child woke up ... They split his head with a machete."

THIS IS THE REALITY FOR NIGERIAN CHRISTIANS.

When will the world wake up?!

[The Real Mike Rowe @mikeroweworks]

This is not a political ad, even though I congratulate the Governor of Montana for doing something good. Nor is it a commercial for a big national bank, even though I congratulate @WellsFargo for doing something good. This is actually an ad for mikeroweWORKS, even though I don’t mention my foundation by name until the last few seconds, or congratulate myself for doing anything at all. And yet, every time this ad airs, hundreds of people run to https://t.co/ju76O0XWgC to apply for a work ethic scholarship or donate to the cause.

For that reason, I’d be grateful if you shared this. As you may have heard, we’ve got $10 million set aside for this next round of scholarships, and I’m doing what I can to make this our biggest year so far. I’m also curious about any theories you might have, as to why an ad that was filmed on my iPhone and cost exactly zero dollars to produce is outperforming all the others.

[Michelle Maxwell ™ @MichelleMaxwell]

Proud to have Alex as an American citizen. He went through the process the right way, he loves this country, he has assimilated and he thinks politicians that talk badly about America should be fired 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[AlphaFox @alphafox]

This man lives to brighten the day of passers bye: 😊