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Not many 13-year-old boys can say that they were able to buy a car, let alone a car for their mother – but that is exactly what William Preston did last week.
William’s mom, Krystal Preston, has been struggling to make ends meet since their family was forced to start over after an “unfortunate situation”.
Since the single mother has been trying to provide for her three kids at their home in Fernley, Nevada, she has had no means of transportation – up until now.
William was first inspired to give his mom a car after he spent some time watching videos of people giving cars to their mothers on Youtube. He later saw his chance to make his dream a reality when he saw that a woman on Facebook was trying to sell her 1999 Toyota Metro for a cheap price.
The teenager reached out to the woman and asked if she was willing to trade him the car for his Xbox, along with some money that he had earned from doing yard work and house cleaning for people in his community.
At first, the woman was hesitant, but after some negotiating, she eventually accepted his offer and drove the car over to William’s house.
When William told his mom that he had gotten a car for her, she did not believe him. He then led her out to the driveway where the Toyota was waiting for her – and she could not contain her emotions.
“I lost it, I bawled so bad, I was just like, ‘There’s no way.’ What 13-year-old do you know buys their mom a car? I don’t know any, never heard of any,” Preston told KOLO. “I can’t even express it, like there’s no words that can express my gratitude and how proud I am.”
(WATCH the news coverage below) – Photo by Krystal Preston
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A Canadian man has just unveiled what may be one of the North America’s rarest and most stunning treasures: a massive 61-pound pearl.
The “Giga Pearl”, as it is being called, is now thought to be one of the largest pearls in the world – and Abraham Reyes says that he only recently came to own the record-breaking gemstone after a fortuitous string of events brought it into his possession.
The pearl, which is estimated to be about 1,000 years old, was hidden inside of a giant clam that Reyes’s grandfather bought from a Philippines fisherman as a gift for Reyes’s aunt back in 1959. For years, his aunt kept the precious pearl at her home in Manila along with the rest of her art and antiquities collection.
Though Reyes and his aunt always adored the gem and its magical allure, the rest of their family failed to see very much value in the rock. In fact, Reyes told CBC that his other relatives did not even know that it was a pearl.
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So when his aunt began offloading her estate in 2016, Reyes’s family staked their claims on her house and possessions – but the pearl was passed on to him.
The 34-year-old man from Mississauga, Ontario kept the pearl in a safety deposit box until he could have it examined and evaluated by geological specialists.
His suspicions were eventually confirmed when the gemstone was found to be four times the size of the Lao-Tzu pearl, which previously held the record for the world’s largest pearl. Not only that, Reyes’s treasure was estimated to be worth between $60 to $90 million.
That being said, the Giga Pearl is still about 16 pounds shy of the Puerto Princesa pearl, which was uncovered by the tourism office of the little Philippines city back in 2016. Though it reportedly weighed in at 77 pounds, it was never officially confirmed to be the world’s largest pearl.
Now, rather than selling the stunning Giga Pearl, Reyes wants to share its beauty with the world by putting it on display in various museums and galleries.
“I believe the world should know that it does exist,” Reyes told CBC. “To me, I feel very honored to have it. I feel a great responsibility.”
The Giga Pearl is now carried in the arms of an octopus statue gilded in 22-karat-gold which Reyes had commissioned specially for his gem.
(WATCH the news coverage below) – Photo by The Giga Pearl website
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An exciting new study says that trees may be good for more than just the scenery – they might also reduce the costs of health care across the county.
A new study from the University of Illinois finds that Medicare costs tend to be lower in counties with more forests and shrub-lands than in counties dominated by other types of land cover.
The relationship persists even when accounting for economic, geographic or other factors that might independently influence health care costs, researchers report.
The study also found that increases in forest and shrub cover corresponded to decreases in health care spending. No such relationship was found with other types of vegetative land cover, however.
The analysis included county-level health and environmental data from 3,086 of the 3,103 counties in the continental US.
Urban and rural counties with the lowest socioeconomic status appeared to benefit the most from increases in forests and shrubs, said University of Illinois graduate student Douglas A. Becker, who led the new research with Matt Browning, a professor of recreation, sport and tourism at the university
“At first, I was surprised by this,” Becker said. “But then it occurred to me that low-income communities are getting the biggest bang for their buck because they probably have the most to gain.”
The findings, reported in the journal Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, are observational and do not prove that having more trees and shrubs directly lowers health care costs, Becker said. But the study adds to a growing body of evidence linking green space – in particular, forested areas – to better health outcomes for those living nearby.
“Previous studies have looked at any health outcomes people think might be linked to nature: depression, cardiovascular disease, physical activity levels, even recovery from surgery,” Becker said.
Several studies report no association between access to green space and health, he said.
“But there is also a lot of work – including experimental work, which we consider to be the strongest – showing a link between exposure to green space and beneficial health effects,” Becker said.
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For example, studies have shown that people in intensive care units recover more quickly and have fewer complications after surgery if their hospital rooms look out over trees rather than parking lots. Other studies have found that forest walks can influence potentially health-promoting hormone levels or anti-cancer immune cells in the blood.
For the current study, the team turned to the National Land Cover Database, which divides each county into 30-meter-square plots and identifies the environmental composition of each plot. Categories include urban developed or open space, forest, grassland, shrubs and agricultural cover.
“We took the average of different types of land cover and the per capita Medicare spending in a county and compared these two while controlling for several socioeconomic and demographic factors like age, sex, race, median household income, health care access and health behaviors,” Becker said.
The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services adjust the Medicare expenditure data to reflect differences in health care costs and health-risk profiles in different regions of the US, he said.
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The analysis revealed that each 1% of a county’s land that was covered in forest was associated with an average Medicare expenditure savings of $4.32 per person per year. Adding the effects of shrub-lands increases the estimated savings to $9 billion annually, Becker said.
“If you multiply that by the number of Medicare fee-for-service users in a county and by the average forest cover and by the number of counties in the U.S., it amounts to about $6 billion in reduced Medicare spending every year nationally,” he said.
As a follow-up to these findings, Becker, Browning and their colleagues are looking at individual health and environmental data in a collaboration with Kaiser Permanente in California.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s U.S. Forest Service and the National and Urban Community Forestry Advisory Council supported this research.
(Source: University of Illinois)
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A 2-year-old boy with mobility issues has been given a new lease on life after a team of compassionate high school students gave him a new set of wheels.
Cillian Jackson was born with a genetic defect that has left him with impaired motor function. Prior to December, the youngster either had to be carried in a stroller or in his parents’ arms.
When Cillian’s parents started looking for ways to give their son more mobility, they found that motorized wheelchairs can cost thousands of dollars, and their insurance would not be able to cover the costs due to Cillian’s age.
Rather than shelling out money for a new wheelchair, however, Cillian’s father Tyler Jackson reached out to the robotics students at his old Minnesota high school.
The Rogue Robotics team at Farmington High School has won multiple awards for their ingenuity; so when they were faced with a project that could make a difference in the life of a 2-year-old boy, they did not hesitate to accept the challenge.
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The teenagers used a Power Wheels riding toy provided by Cillian’s parents as the base for the wheelchair. In addition to adding a more accessible customized joystick to control the chair, they replaced nearly all of the electronics and added a child-sized bicycle seat that they found on Amazon. They then used pool noodles as safety bumpers for the edges of the toy and added a 5-point harness to keep Cillian safe inside the chair.
None of these components were very expensive, but when the students finally got to see Cillian happily zipping around their workshop in his new car, they said the satisfaction of their success was priceless.
“I think we won here more than we do in our competitions,” one high school student told KARE11. Another team member said: “Instead of completing a task, we’re helping change someone’s life.”
(WATCH the KARE11 news coverage below) – Photo by Chrissy Jackson
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Quote of the Day: “Every man who has shown the world the way to beauty, to true culture, has been a rebel who has found his people everywhere.” – Chaim Potok
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Today is MOTH Monday on Good News Network: In partnership with The Moth, a nonprofit dedicated to the art of storytelling, we bring you the most uplifting speakers from live stages across the world.
Micaela Blei is an enthusiastic third grade teacher who facilitates elaborate projects and scenarios for her social studies students.
In this hilarious story, she explains how she once wrangled her class into a “simulation” of the trials and tribulations faced by Americans on the Oregon Trail.
Though her overzealous game almost comes to a heartbreaking end for one of her students, Blei finishes her amusing tale by explaining how fate and youthful ingenuity saved a little girl from “dying” on the Oregon Trail.
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Four separate operations that were responsible for bombarding American consumers with billions of unwanted and illegal robocalls have been shut down by the FTC.
The organizations, which were responsible for pitching auto warranties, debt-relief services, home security systems, fake charities, and Google search results services, have agreed to settle charges that violated the FTC Act and the agency’s Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR), including its Do Not Call (DNC) provisions.
Under the court orders announced last week, the FTC says that the defendants are banned from robocalling and most telemarketing activities, including those using an automatic dialer, and will pay significant financial judgments ranging as high as $5.5 million.
The defendant in one of these cases provided the software platform that resulted in more than one billion illegal robocalls. One of the other operations being charged by the FTC was responsible for calling millions of people under the pretense of several nonexistent charities and asking for donations to benefit veterans.
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Thought the FTC says that “fighting unwanted calls remains one of their highest priorities,” other internet and cellular service companies have stepped up to offer additional strategies for combatting scams and robocalls.
Verizon and AT&T have both launched apps which are programmed to filter spam calls. Comcast has also reportedly launched a new certification system that will be able to verify the authenticity of a caller’s identification.
If you want to learn more about the charges against the call center defendants, you can visit the FTC website.
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For almost an entire century, the Navajo Nation has been economically dependent on coal – but after approving a historic new piece of legislation last month, the tribe will now be pursuing more eco-friendly alternatives.
After nearly eight years of deliberation, the Navajo Council recently announced that they would no longer be pursuing the acquisition of a coal-fired power plant in Arizona.
Upon rejecting the mine’s purchase in an 11-9 vote, the committee passed a new piece of legislation which highlighted the tribe’s commitment to investing in more sustainable sources of revenue and renewable energy.
Since the Navajo Nation is the second largest native tribe in America by populace, their shift away from coal is a landmark moment for national climate action.
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“For close to 100 years, the Navajo Nation has been a strong traditional energy producer. In that time, government revenue from energy production has supported the Nation in becoming the strongest and most robust tribal government in the United States, propelling our people in endeavors our forbearers would have never imagined,” said Navajo Council Speaker Seth Damon.
“Last night, that Navajo Nation Council signaled that it is time for change,” he added. “Expanding tourism, alternative energy development, carbon credits, and manufacturing are all ideas that this council is pursuing to ensure that a healthy government can continue to provide for its people.
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“As we have done through centuries of interaction with external actors, it is critical that our people band together and support one another. We are a proud nation that has existed on this land since time immemorial. The Navajo Nation Government may have been originally organized to approve energy leases. Though, as evidenced by the innumerable services the government provides, it is not the sole purpose of the government today.
“Our people, our sovereignty, and our right to self-determination predate the first coal seam found on Navajo, and we will endure and thrive together.”
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After frantically searching for her baby, this mother tamandua could barely contain her excitement when she was reunited with him one day later – and it is all thanks to a compassionate group of animal rescuers.
The heartwarming reunion was facilitated by Refuge For Wildlife, a Costa Rica-based animal rescue organization that specializes in rehabilitating injured and orphaned animals so they can be released back into the wild.
The group saved this tiny northern tamandua (which is a kind of anteater) after he was found alone on the ground, his mother nowhere to be seen.
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Normally, mama tamanduas will leave their babies tucked away high in the treetops of the forest while they forage for food. Rescuers assume that this furry youngster in particular must must have slipped from the trees and fallen onto the ground below while his mom was away.
Luckily, the tamandua was found by a local resident before any predators could get to him. The concerned resident took the baby to the wildlife refuge, where he was provided with a medical checkup and round-the-clock care.
The baby tamandua was named Edwin, and his caretakers fed him some milk and kept him cozy with a warm bottle. Since Edwin was only one month old, his caretakers knew that his best chance of survival was with his mom.
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Thankfully, Edwin’s mom showed up the very next day looking for him in the same spot where he was found in the forest.
The workers at the wildlife refuge quickly rushed the baby to the area where his mother was spotted in the trees. Since Edwin was still too young to climb, it took a bit of acrobatics in order to reach his mom – but once he was safely returned to his mom, her reaction was priceless.
(WATCH the video below) – Photos by Refuge for Wildlife
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Quote of the Day: “Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings.” – Gustave Flaubert
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On a visit to the L.L.Bean flagship store in Freeport, Maine, seven-year-old Benjamin Ball asked if the store’s café had a paper straw for his lemonade. When he discovered he could only get a plastic straw, his love of sea turtles and ocean life prompted him to take action.
So after he returned to his home in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Benjamin wrote a letter to the president and CEO of L.L.Bean, Steve Smith.
“I’m writing to you because I’m a friend of the Sea Turtles and I want to protect them,” noted Benjamin. “Marine animals get killed by plastic in the Ocean. The Sea Turtles are important to the ecosystem and me.”
Benjamin had one request.
“I know that L.L. Bean cares about the Earth too. If it is possible, could you use paper straws instead of plastic straws, please?
Within 24 hours, Benjamin received a response from Smith, who assured Benjamin he’d look into the issue.
“It made me smile,” said Smith. “It was a really articulate, well-reasoned, polite, yet passionate and emotional note about saving a species that no one is speaking for. It hit me in a really emotional way.”
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Since receiving Benjamin’s letter, L.L. Bean has announced that its retail affiliates and employee cafeterias are converting to 100 percent corn biodegradable straws.
The retailer is the latest to join the growing anti-straw movement that includes Disney, Ben and Jerry’s, Starbucks, Major League Baseball, and McDonald’s.
“This letter hit at the absolutely perfect time with a fantastic idea,” said Smith.
Smith personally thanked Benjamin during a recent visit to Smith’s alma mater, Dickinson College, which is in Benjamin’s hometown of Carlisle, Pa.
(WATCH the adorable video…)
More than 20 African countries have joined together in an international mission to plant a massive wall of trees running across the continent – and after a little over a decade of work, it has reaped great success.
The tree-planting project, which has been dubbed The Great Green Wall of Africa, stretches across roughly 6,000 miles (8,000 kilometers) of terrain at the southern edge of the Sahara desert, a region known as the Sahel.
The region was once a lush oasis of greenery and foliage back in the 1970s, but the combined forces of population growth, unsustainable land management, and climate change turned the area into a barren and degraded swath of land.
After decades of political collaboration, the Great Green Wall project was finally launched by 11 countries in 2007.
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The initiative has since recruited at least nine additional countries to plant drought-resistant acacia trees across the entire width of the continent. Though the wall is currently only about 15% percent complete, it has already dramatically impacted the participating countries.
Over 12 million acres (5 million hectares) of degraded land has been restored in Nigeria; roughly 30 million acres of drought-resistant trees have been planted across Senegal; and a whopping 37 million acres of land has been restored in Ethiopia – just to name a few of the states involved.
Byproducts of the restored landscape include many groundwater wells refilled with drinking water, rural towns with additional food supplies, and new sources of work and income for villagers, thanks to the need for tree maintenance.
Continuing the wall’s development is currently being backed by a host of international governments and conservation groups from around the world – and once the wall is completed, it will the largest living structure on the casinoplay planet, three times the size of the Great Barrier Reef.
“There are many world wonders, but the Great Green Wall will be unique and everyone can be a part of its history,” said Dr. Dlamini Zuma, chairperson of the African Union Commission. “Together, we can change the future of African communities in the Sahel.”
(WATCH the 2017 BBC video below) – Photo by Great Green Wall
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You may be familiar with Kylie Brown and Snowflake the duck after their adorable story first appeared in the media a few years ago.
For one reason or another, Snowflake became particularly attached to the 8-year-old girl in 2015 after her parents first brought him home. No matter where she went, he was determined to be by her side—they are now inseparable.
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So when Snowflake refused to leave Kylie in the house and stay in the backyard, her parents simply gave him a diaper and welcomed him into their home as a “house duck”.
Together, Kylie and her feathered friend have gone on family vacations; attended soccer practices; gone sledding; and even been trick-or-treating.
Kylie, who insists that she is Snowflake’s mother, is now working on getting Snowflake licensed as a therapy duck so they can use their adorable relationship to bring joy to other people as well.
(WATCH the video below *NOTE: our international readers can check out the footage on the CBS News website) – Photo by the Brown family
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If you ever call your partner “bae” or complain that you’re “hangry” you’re officially using some of America’s most annoying slang, according to a new poll.
The study examined the use and knowledge of modern slang from 2,000 Americans and calculated the top 20 slang words that leave the average person irritated.
“GOAT” won the award for the most irksome slang term with “bae,” “hangry,” “Gucci,” and “ghost” rounding out the top five. Other dishonorable mentions included “stussy,” “TFW,” “totes,” and “clap back.”
The survey also found that people do think there is a cutoff age on using slang language. Apparently, Americans are too old to use slang at the age of 43, according to the data.
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One in four Americans think people who are over the age of 25 are already too old to use any form of slang at all. (LOL.)
And it can be hard to know the appropriate setting to drop a bit of slang into the conversation.
37 percent found slang use in the workplace completely unacceptable and 55 percent were totally against using “lol” in an email to a boss.
Nearly half of people surveyed thought it was not as bad to use “lol” when emailing a coworker.
TOP 20 MOST ANNOYING SLANG:
1. GOAT
2. Bae
3. Hangry
4. Gucci
5. Ghost
6. Fleek
7. Stussy
8. TFW
9. Throw shade
10. SMH
11. Totes
12. Clap back
13. Turn up/turnt
14. Peeped
15. Thirsty
16. Lit
17. Spill the tea/sipping tea
18. Fam
19. Snack
20. Trill
The study, conducted by OnePoll, revealed that knowledge gap when it comes to slang is widespread – over half of those polled didn’t know the term “ghosting” had a negative connotation and 55% didn’t think being called “on fleek” was a compliment.
Even gossiping could turn into a tricky business since 37% could not identify the definition of “spill the tea.”
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The study also found that not knowing the full meaning or origin doesn’t necessarily stop usage. 44% percent of people worry about using slang incorrectly, but that doesn’t stop them from throwing out the trendiest lingo – 46% admitted to using slang without fully knowing what it means.
It’s probably best to double-check what the term means before using it in conversation since one in two people think it’s a bad idea to say a slang word without really understanding its definition.
SLANG THAT BAFFLES US THE MOST:
1. Stussy
2. Trill
3. TFW
4. Totes
5. Peeped
6. Spill tea
7. Snack
8. Gucci
9. Fire
10. Woke
There are some words that people love to throw around and feel confident doing so though.
“Bae,” “lit,” and “turnt” all made it into a list of the ten slang words people knew the most. “Keeping it 100,” “thirsty,” “fam,” and “SMH” also made the cut.
Over half of those surveyed are not into the latest lingo, finding it annoying, but there are definitely some words that drive people crazy more than others.
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Quote of the Day: “Cherry blossoms represent the fragility and the beauty of life. It’s a reminder that life is overwhelmingly beautiful but that it is also tragically short.” – Homaro Cantu
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With 1 million new cases of congestive heart failure diagnosed each year, this revolutionary new bathroom product is making it easier for hospitals to monitor patients with the condition from the comfort of their own homes.
A toilet-seat based cardiovascular monitoring system created by a team of Rochester Institute of Technology researchers aims to lower the hospital readmission rates of patients with congestive heart failure.
The toilet seats, which will be shepherded through the FDA clearance process by the researchers’ company Heart Health Intelligence, would be purchased by hospitals and issued to heart failure patients after discharge.
The toilet seats are equipped to measure the electrical and mechanical activity of the heart, and can monitor heart rate, blood pressure, blood oxygenation levels, and the patient’s weight and stroke volume, which is the amount of blood pumped out of the heart at every beat. Algorithms analyze the data, and with further development, will alert advanced practice providers of a deteriorating condition. A report will be passed along to cardiologists who will then determine if intervention is necessary.
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Nicholas Conn, a postdoctoral fellow at RIT and founder and CEO of Heart Health Intelligence, is part of the university team that developed the toilet seats and published the studies on its success.
“Typically, within 30 days of hospital discharge, 25 percent of patients with congestive heart failure are readmitted,” said Conn. “After 90 days of hospital discharge, 45% of patients are readmitted – and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are penalizing hospitals for readmitting patients for heart failure.”
Conn, the company’s chief executive officer, further explains that using the national average for readmission rates, the penalty alone for readmitting 150 patients is approximately $500,000 annually. Because the total cost of providing 150 patients with their own monitored toilet seats costs less than half of that amount, however, hospitals will be inclined to use the life-saving loos.
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According to Conn, who earned three degrees from RIT, the system will pick up deteriorating conditions before the patients even realize they are symptomatic. And with the rapid data analysis, interventions can be as simple as a drug change or short office visit, instead of an admission to the hospital.
HHI, which joined RIT’s Venture Creations business incubator earlier this year, is now focused on moving the product forward. The team is heavily involved in writing grants for additional funding and networking, and human-subject testing and pre-clinical studies are well underway. Conn and his team are working on approving the product with the FDA and rolling it out across the country.
(Source: Rochester Institute of Health)
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Every parent is excited to see their child take their first steps – but this doting dad had a special reason for being so elated when his daughter stood up for the first time.
A milestone for any youngster, it was especially exciting in Lawree’s case because she was born with a deformed leg and doctors warned that she may never be able to walk.
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Lawrence Bakana and his 1-year-old daughter Lawree had been at their home in Buffalo, New York when last month she stood to her feet.
Elated by her accomplishment, Lawrence pulled out his phone and started filming. When little Lawree then began taking tentative steps towards her father, he could not contain his excitement.
(WATCH the AWESOME video below) – Photo by Caters Clips
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