Hunter Schulz, 10, and Carter Sharpe, 9, have been buddies since they were toddlers. So, it’s not surprising that the Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, fourth graders are rather nonchalant about an extraordinary event a while back. It seems Hunter saved Carter’s life. Hunter was plunking around on his mom’s piano. He can’t really play — just…

 “Mom, if you love us and you hear us, move your eyes,” whispered 8-year-old Megan Smith. She’d been brought to Bethesda North Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, to say goodbye to her mother, Lori Smith, who the doctors said had suffered irreversible brain damage and would never awaken from a coma. With a heavy heart, dad Michael…

Ohio fifth grader Jeffrey Radcliffe says a heavenly voice told him what to do when he was trapped in his burning home. Facing a wall of flames and a collapsed stairs, he had to jump out of his second-story window. That’s exactly what he did, injuring three vertebrae in his back. In severe pain, he…

What can be more joyous than the sound of a laughing baby? And what better reminder of how smart dogs really are than to watch this daschund pretending to try to grab the infant’s bath toys? The baby is delighted. And the pup? She’s just having a great time entertaining her little master.  

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