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>>> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. HAPPY HUMP DAY.
HAPPY
HAPPY
HAPPY WEDNESDAY.
WEDNESDAY. I'M CHRISTINE PULLARA AND THIS
IS
IS
IS ATLANTA & COMPANY.
LET'S START OFF THE SHOW WITH
SMILES, LOVE AND LAUGHTER WITH
MY BFF, THE HAPPINESS
GURU, THE PURVEYOR OF JOY, THE
GIVER OF LOVE AND
LAUGHTER.
LAUGHTER.
LAUGHTER. I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK OF ALL
THINGS
THINGS
THINGS POSITIVE.
POSITIVE.
POSITIVE. IT IS CARA KNEER.
>> THANK YOU, MY FRIEND.
WOW.
WOW.
WOW. SUCH
WOW. SUCH AN INTRO.
WHEN YOU ARE SAYING ALL THOSE
KIND THINGS, I COULD
HEAR THE SMILE IN YOUR VOICE.
THANK YOU FOR
REMINDING ME THAT IT IS
WEDNESDAY.
WEDNESDAY. BECAUSE I HAVE
COMPLETELY LOST TRACK OF TIME.
THAT IS OKAY.
BECAUSE WE WILL GET YOU THROUGH
THE REST OF YOUR
WEEK WITH SOME HAPPY STORIES.
AND THIS FIRST ONE IS
NO EXCEPTION.
NO EXCEPTION. IT IS A REMARKABLE JOURNEY AND
I
I
I THINK
I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE YOU BACK
LITTLE BIT TO
UNDERSTAND HOW FAR THEY HAVE
COME.
COME.
COME. THE
COME. THE COUPLE IS
ANDY AND THOMAS.
THEY HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR
YEARS.
YEARS.
YEARS. AND THEY WERE TRYING TO GET
PREGNANT AND WENT
THROUGH FERTILITY TREATMENT AND
GOT PREGNANT WITH
TWIN BOYS.
TWIN BOYS. ONE OF THEM DIED SHORTLY IN THE
NICU
NICU
NICU AFTERBIRTH.
AFTERBIRTH. AND THE OTHER ONE SURVIVED BUT
HAS
HAS
HAS VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS AND SOME
LEARNING DISABILITIES
LEARNING DISABILITIES BUT SHE SAYS, DO NOT FEEL SORRY
FOR HIM.
FOR HIM.
FOR HIM. HE IS
HE IS
HE IS PERFECTLY CAPABLE AND IS THE
HAPPIEST KID IN THE
HOUSEHOLD.
HOUSEHOLD. SO THEY ARE DOING WELL.
THEN THEY GOT
PREGNANT AGAIN WITH GIRLS.
THE GIRLS WERE ALSO BORN
EARLY.
EARLY.
EARLY. AFTER THAT, IF YOU HAVE BEEN
PART OF A
PART OF A
PART OF A HIGH-RISK PREGNANCY, YOU KNOW
THERE ARE SO MANY
DOCTOR VISITS.
DOCTOR VISITS. SO THEY SAID, WE HAVE ALWAYS
FELT A
FELT A
FELT A CAUSE TO ADOPT AND FOSTER
CHILDREN.
CHILDREN.
CHILDREN. SO AFTER THEY
HAD THEIR THREE BIOLOGICAL
KIDS, THEY SAID, WE ARE
GOING TO DO JUST THAT.
SO IN 2017, THEY BECAME A
FOSTER FAMILY.
FOSTER FAMILY. AND WE ARE NOT EVEN HALFWAY
DONE.
DONE.
DONE. THEY BECOME FOSTER PARENTS.
THEY GET A 2-YEAR-OLD
LITTLE BOY.
LITTLE BOY. AND THEY ARE RAISING HIM AT THE
BEST
BEST
BEST TIME.
TIME.
TIME. THEY GET HIS BROTHER AND
SISTER.
SISTER.
SISTER. NOW THERE
NOW THERE
NOW THERE ARE THREE.
ARE THREE. IF YOU ARE KEEPING TRACK AT
HOME, THAT
HOME, THAT IS SIX CHILDREN.
AND THEY SAID, THEY JUST FELT
THIS
THIS
THIS COMMUNITY CONNECTION THAT THEY
WERE MEANT TO BE WITH
THEM.
THEM.
THEM. THE
THEM. THE TWO BOYS AND THE GIRL HAD
TWIN OLDER
TWIN OLDER BROTHERS THAT WOULD COME VISIT
TO SEE THEIR
SIBLINGS.
SIBLINGS.
SIBLINGS. AND THAT'S WHEN OLDER BROTHERS
WOULD JOKE
WOULD JOKE AND SAY, I WISH WE COULD ALL BE
TOGETHER AND CAN WE
COME LIVE WITH YOU BECAUSE THEY
WERE WITH ANOTHER
FOSTER FAMILY.
FOSTER FAMILY. EVENTUALLY, THE PARENTS
TERMINATED
TERMINATED THEIR RIGHTS SO THEY WERE
ALLOWED TO ADOPT ALL FIVE
OF THESE SIBLINGS.
AND KEEP THEM TOGETHER.
SO THEY
SO THEY
SO THEY ARE ALL UNDER ONE ROOF NOW.
THE ADOPTION WAS
FINALIZED.
FINALIZED. AND THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T BE
HAPPIER.
HAPPIER.
HAPPIER. SO IF YOU ARE STILL KEEPING
TRACK AT HOME, THAT IS
10 PEOPLE TOTAL IN THE FAMILY.
A REMARKABLE FAMILY.
I'M SO HAPPY FOR THEM AND THE
JOURNEY THEY HAVE ALL
TAKEN TOGETHER.
TAKEN TOGETHER. I WOULD LIKE TO REACH OUT TO
THEM
THEM
THEM PERSONALLY AND SAY, HOW ARE YOU
DOING?
DOING?
DOING? AND SECOND
AND SECOND OF ALL, WHAT DO YOU DRIVE?
AND WHAT IS DINNER TIME
LIKE AT YOUR HOUSE?
CAN YOU IMAGINE COOKING FOR
EIGHT CHILDREN EVERY NIGHT?
>> NO.
>> NO.
>> NO. I
>> NO. I CAN BARELY HANDLE TWO.
THAT IS SO
INCREDIBLE.
INCREDIBLE. YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT PARTS
THAT ARE
THAT ARE
THAT ARE FILLED WITH LOVE AND
GENEROSITY.
GENEROSITY. THAT IS
THAT IS
THAT IS REMARKABLE.
REMARKABLE. I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW MANY
PEOPLE THAT
PEOPLE THAT WOULD DO THAT AND TAKE ON SUCH
A RESPONSIBILITY.
A RESPONSIBILITY. THAT IS AMAZING.
I SEE A POTENTIAL REALITY SHOW
AND
AND
AND THE
AND THE MAKING WITHOUT FAMILY.
THAT IS ALL I'M GOING TO
SAY.
SAY.
SAY. SOMEBODY NEEDS TO GET ON THAT.
>> SO SWEET.
I CANNOT IMAGINE EITHER.
TO HAVE
TO HAVE
TO HAVE ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE UNDER ONE
ROOF.
ROOF.
ROOF. YOU
ROOF. YOU REMAINED TO
DO THAT. YOU CHOSE TO TAKE IN
THAT MANY CHILDREN.
THANK GOD FOR PEOPLE LIKE YOU.
SO TALK ABOUT PEOPLE
MAKING A DIFFERENCE, THIS NEXT
STORY IS NO
EXCEPTION.
EXCEPTION. IT STARTED OUT WITH A WOMAN WHO
WORKED
WORKED
WORKED AT
WORKED AT PUBLIX AND SHE SAID SHE
THOUGHT THE PANDEMIC HAD
REALLY GOTTEN EVERYBODY DOWN.
COULD NOT BE MORE
ACCURATE.
ACCURATE.
ACCURATE. SHE SAID ONE OF THE THINGS SHE
NOTICED IS
NOTICED IS THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT SMILING
BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS
WEARING A MASK SO YOU CANNOT
SEE PEOPLE'S MILES.
SO
SO
SO SHE
SO SHE WROTE A LETTER TO A MAN WHO
SHE KNEW WAS MAKING
MOST MASTS MASTS WITH THIS ON
IT.
IT.
IT. AND
IT. AND SHE SAID, I
WORK AT A GROCERY STORE AND I
WANT TO SMILE AT MY
CUSTOMERS.
CUSTOMERS. THAT LETTER TOUCHED HIM PERSE
BUT --
BUT --
BUT -- PERSONALLY.
PERSONALLY. YOU CAN ORDER ONE ON HIS
INSTAGRAM.
INSTAGRAM. HE
HE
HE HAS
HE HAS ABOUT 450 IT FOLLOWERS ON
INSTAGRAM.
INSTAGRAM. HIS BACK
HIS BACK
HIS BACK STORY IS THAT HE WAS BORN WITH
BRITTLE BONE DISEASE
AND SO HE LOST HIS HEARING AND
2002 AND HAS BROKEN
OVER 70-80 BONES IN HIS LIFE.
HE SAYS HE RELIES SO
MUCH ON READING PEOPLE'S FACIAL
EXPRESSIONS AND
EXPRESSIONS AND THEIR LIPS WHEN THEY SPEAK
BECAUSE OF HIS HEARING
LOSS.
LOSS.
LOSS. AND
LOSS. AND SO I STARTED THINKING TOO
ABOUT I CANNOT
IMAGINE HOW HARD IT IS FOR
PEOPLE WHO RELY ON THAT
TO COMMUNICATE WITH OTHERS.
SO HE SAID HE SENT HER
HER MASK IMMEDIATELY AND IS
FULFILLING ORDERS AS WE
SPEAK.
SPEAK.
SPEAK. JUST AN INCREDIBLE HUMAN TRYING
TO MAKE A
TO MAKE A
TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES
WHO MAY BE WE HAD NOT
THOUGHT ABOUT DURING THE
PANDEMIC.
PANDEMIC.
PANDEMIC. >> THAT IS INCREDIBLE.
EVERYTHING HE HAS GONE
THROUGH AND THEN TO STILL WANT
TO GIVE BACK TO
OTHERS.
OTHERS.
OTHERS. AND I'M WITH YOU.
I MISS PEOPLE'S
EXPRESSIONS.
EXPRESSIONS. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I AM
GIVING
GIVING
GIVING YOU MY BIGGEST SMILE AND MY
BIGGEST EXPRESSION OF
LOVE.
LOVE.
LOVE. THANK YOU FOR LIGHTNING OUR
LOAD THIS MORNING
WITH POSITIVITY.
WITH POSITIVITY. IF YOU HAVE AN INTERESTING