Mar. 15, 2025
Marisa Shumaker’s daughter playing the keyboard.Photo:Marisa Shumaker
Marisa Shumaker
The Harford County, Md., local says she had ordered the keyboard on Amazon, and it arrived in a “giant” box. The stand was substantially heavy, so she didn’t think to open it beforehand, assuming she wouldn’t be able to hide it due to its size.
“I was so worried that this would be the end of the Santa magic for my 4-year-old daughter,” Shumaker, 26, tells PEOPLE exclusively, recalling the moment.
Mar. 15, 2025
Wendy Jo Shaffer with her family.Photo:gofundme
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A North Carolina family is mourning the loss of a wife and mother who waskilled in the American Airlines crashon Wednesday, Jan. 29, in Washington, D.C.
Wendy Jo Shaffer was identified as one of the victims of the mid-air collision that authorities believekilled all 67 memberson both the plane and the U.S. Army helicopter.
Now, Shaffer’s family and friends are remembering her as someone with a contagious “unwavering spirit.
Mar. 15, 2025
A funeral was held for two young children whodied after sleeping in a cold vanat a Detroit casino parking garage earlier this month.
Mourners gathered at Triumph Church to pay their respects to Darnell Currie Jr., 9, and A’millah Currie, 2, on Thursday, Feb. 20, according to theDetroit Free Pressand theAssociated Press.
Some attendees wore pink in honor of A’millah, while others donned football jerseys in honor of Darnell, who loved the sport, reportedThe Detroit News.
Mar. 15, 2025
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But now, she adds, “it just doesn’t feel right.”
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Part of the reason for her doubts over the name stem from another name that she’s thought about for years.
“I always wanted to name my son Keegan since I was a little girl, and I just can’t shake it,” she adds in the post. “It doesn’t feel natural to call him Parker.
Mar. 15, 2025
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A mom of three young kids, including infanttwins, is feeling “drained” for “taking on the job oftwo parents” due to her husband’s working situation.
The woman explained on U.K.parentingforumMumsnetthat she is “f—— pissed” at her husband of eight years for the way he’s not maintaining a healthy work-life balance in order to help her out at home.
“He lost his job and two months before my due date he accepted a job an hour away from home,” she wrote.