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#family

Stephanie, a fourth-grade teacher, and Jason, an electrical contractor, first turned to adoption in 2017, after struggling with infertility and enduring multiple unsuccessful attempts to get pregnant. That year, they were matched with their son, AJ, just one week old at the time, and now 8. Stephanie described AJ as "the answer to our prayers." "I knew he was created for us," she told Jenna.

Our baby girl Mikey Moon Trainor has finally made it to the world thanks to our incredible, superwoman surrogate,

I was five years old when I had my first encounter with a black bear. In the spring of 1990, my father, a wildlife biologist, brought home an orphaned three-month-old cub in a cardboard box. The cub's mother, having burrowed beneath the roots of an old tree, had been killed in the den by a logging excavator, but the cub, weighing barely more than a bag of apples, survived. Forestry workers caught the young bear and dropped it off at the Fish and Wildlife office in Peace River, Alberta, where my dad worked, and he called my mom with the news.

BARQUISIMETO, Venezuela - Melania Perozo, a rosary around her neck, a portrait of her son, Dario Pastor Estrada, in her hands, walked through the crowd to the statueof the Virgin of La Divina Pastora - Mary, the Divine Shepherdess.

I remember the moment this photo was taken: five years ago, on my partner Claire's birthday, in a National Trust for Scotland garden six miles east of Edinburgh. We were standing on a wooden deck, an ideal spot for pond-dipping with the kids and a lesser-known viewing platform for trainspotters. This is where my autistic son, then six, loved (and still loves) to jump in tandem with the ScotRail trains toggling back and forth in the middle distance.

We needed these recent and endless rainstorms to symbolically wash away as much of 2025 as possible. But what a friggin' mess-so sorry for everyone impacted by the storms and king tides and power outages. While looking at Fortuna contentedly basking in her sunbath this morning, I'm not the only one thankful blue skies have returned after the deluge. The air is so clean and crisp.

Despite being alone, I say this loudly over and over and over again as I make my way up the brick walkway that leads to our house. That I had to go back seventeen years to find this reassurance for myself is troubling, back to when the dog was just a wish, albeit a persistent one coming from our daughter Meredith. That was when I voted no.

Alex Pereira 's father teared up after receiving a gift from his son. Pereira recently surprised his father with a brand new electric cart, which was seemingly the gift he wanted. Pereira's father couldn't control his tears, which is a rare sight for the UFC light heavyweight champion. "Is this what you wanted? Now you can drive it around," Pereira said on Instagram. "It's not easy to make him cry just because of a little car."

Born in Cumbria, Helen Skelton, 42, began her broadcasting career at BBC Radio Cumbria and Newsround. From 2008 to 2013, she was a Blue Peter presenter. Her other credits include reporting on the London 2012 Olympics and presenting Countryfile and BBC Morning Live; she also voices Annie in Fireman Sam. In 2023, she published her autobiography, In My Stride. A new series of her show Lost and Found in the Lakes starts on 5 January on BBC One.

Dylan shares her kids with Brian Fichera. In July, Dylan announced that she and Fichera, whom she married in 2012, were separating. "I want to share with you that a few months ago, Brian and I made the decision to separate," she said on Instagram at the time. "We began as friends, and we will remain the closest of friends. Most importantly, we will continue to co-parent our three wonderful boys together with nothing but love and respect for one another. Thank you as always for your support."

David Darke, 66, sustained a serious head injury after an assault outside the Crown Inn in Appleby Magna on the evening of Sunday 21 December. Leicestershire Police said the grandfather-of-three died at the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham almost a week later, on Saturday. Nathan Gothard, 36, of Church Street in Appleby Magna is due to appear at Leicester Magistrates' Court on Monday, accused of Mr Darke's murder.

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We lived in an older house, so we had to do a lot of updating to get it ready for the market, sell it, and get it under contract. We moved from a six-bedroom home to a three-bedroom apartment, so we really had to downsize - everything from furniture and lawn tools to our two cars had to go. I decreased all of our clothing to a quarter of what we had.

As the oldest of three sisters who grew up with two nurturing parents and involved grandparents nearby, my home and family mean everything to me. My family has always been my rock: from attending my first Pride parade with me when I came out as queer in high school to having my entire family drive six hours each way to move me in when I went to college.

"I seen my father under the Christmas tree, getting it ready and putting presents under it," he said. The next morning, he said, "I asked my sister if my father was Santa Claus's helper. She said, 'No, fool. He is Santa Claus.'" "That's probably one of the best Christmases I've ever had," he said. He recalled the feeling of his mother and father kissing him goodnight, and tucking him into bed.

This year, I found myself on the phone with my sister, going through our Christmas to-do lists. As she spoke, I mentally ticked off everything we still had to organize: gifts, events, food, end-of-year school commitments, work deadlines, and the general chaos that seems to arrive every December, whether we're ready or not. I wondered if it was all worth it, especially as we all had to deal with our own mental loads at home:

Pinocchio will be staged at Shakespeare's Globe this festive season in a new musical production aimed at family audiences. The show is presented in the Globe's famous open-air theatre, with savings of up to 60% on selected performances. This new musical adaptation retells the familiar story of Pinocchio at one of London's most recognisable theatres. The plot follows Geppetto, a solitary woodcarver, who creates a wooden puppet in search of companionship and purpose.

JOELLE GARGUILO: As a mom and as someone who's experienced a lot of grief recently, the themes hit me, but also just how connected we are. JAMES CAMERON: What are our support structures? What is the family that we're born into? What is the family that we choose? GARGUILO: What does that look like? CAMERON: How do we define family? I wanted to see people processing hurt and loss and grief and how that down twists them or through which they heal.

One of the best parts about the holidays is getting to enjoy all the fun traditions. Whether you do Elf on a Shelf each year, host an annual Hallmark movie marathon, or always order Chinese food from the same restaurant every Christmas, traditions keep the holiday magic alive. So, we're dying to know: What's a holiday tradition your family did growing up that you now realize is actually suuuper weird?

Like many kids, my 3-year-old loves all things Disney. Before it was the movies, it was the songs and books, but now she also has discovered the joy of a cozy movie night. (And, of course, the joy of watching the same 30 minutes of Moana 500 times.) She also just happens to be one of the most fun people in the whole world to watch movies with and also generally just do anything with.

"The films have very much become about family," he said. "But we've been doing it for 20 years now. And every time we're ready to make an 'Avatar' film, the whole 'Avatar' family gets back together."

I remember this as a happy day, but my eyes tell a different story. They look a little mistrustful. In my arms is my brother Carlo we have different fathers; his is Italian actor Franco Nero. That day was Carlo's christening, and it was obvious from my hand position that I'm not used to standing like that. Someone's gone: Put your arms out! We're taking a picture of you holding the baby! The whole thing looks awkward.

I do have tremendous amounts of peace and acceptance around what happened because of how we were able to make it for her. Winslet's eldest son, Joe, was then 13. For him as a child, seeing that love poured into this moment was huge. And then he discovered through conversations with friends that that's so rarely the case. Six years later, in 2023, Joe decided to turn the experience into a screenplay.

With the fallout from the war in Syria as a backdrop, director Nour Alkheder longs for her father through memories, imagination and the fragments of a life uprooted by conflict. As Alkheder reflects on what was lost and what remains, she confronts the emotional weight of nostalgia and the love that binds her to her father and her homeland. I Love You More explores what it means to long for someone,