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Disney artistic director Malcon Pierce faced a devastating loss. In 2016 while he was working on Moana, he and his wife were expecting a baby boy, Cooper. But complications during the pregnancy resulted in Cooper’s death. “And this reset my wife and I in a very big way,” Pierce told Deadline. “I was just thinking…

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A mother’s love took on new meaning when a London mom made an extraordinary sacrifice to save her young daughter’s life — by giving her a piece of her own liver. Elle Daniel, 35, donated part of her liver to her 2-year-old daughter, Ruby, in June 2025 after the toddler was diagnosed with liver failure…

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Five years ago, Dan Beazley, a man who once thought Christians were “crazy” had a calling. The country had just shut down for the COVID-19 pandemic and Beazley felt the Lord leading he and his family to a mission. The trouble was, he wasn’t sure what mission. He wouldn’t get the answer until months later…

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In June 2025, expectant Florida mother Catherine Mornhineway received devastating news at her 14-week ultrasound appointment. Her unborn baby likely had anencephaly, a condition that the baby’s brain would not fully develop and would not survive after birth. Most people, Mornhineway and her partner Adam Ford were told, choose to terminate such pregnancies. Unsure of…

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