The New Old-fashioned Santa

10/18/2026

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10/13/2026

Very recently I went for a stretch of 9 or 10 days with no internet access. When I was finally able to get back online, I suddenly had 50+ new followers. What the...? I don't know what happened, but I'm thrilled to welcome each of you to my page! Please feel free to contact me here and let's get to know each other.
My heart tells me that this sudden influx of followers is a sign of the changes that I've been expecting for quite a while. So I can only say to anyone reading this, is if you have been manifesting change in your life, and you've taken the initial steps to welcome it into your existence, DO NOT GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS!!!
Miracles still happen, and they can happen for you!

09/25/2026

A sea turtle was found carrying a nearly 10-pound tumor while tangled in fishing line, barely able to swim or stay afloat.

Rescuers found the turtle in the Florida Keys and brought her to The Turtle Hospital, where veterinarians named her Molly. The massive tumor was making it difficult for her to move and reach the surface, while commercial fishing line from a crab trap had become wrapped around her body.

Molly was weak and anemic, but veterinarians determined that removing the tumor gave her a chance to survive.

The surgery was successful. She then remained under veterinary care while being treated for anemia and gradually regained her strength.

Over the following weeks, Molly began swimming more normally. By late November 2025, her caregivers determined that she was strong enough to return to the wild.

On November 25, Molly was released at Higgs Beach with a satellite tracking tag attached to her shell.

The signals soon showed her moving north along Florida's Gulf Coast, where she was feeding and traveling through the water on her own.

After carrying a tumor that weighed nearly as much as a small dog and surviving an entanglement with fishing line, Molly was finally back where she belonged.

© Wonders Of Animals.

07/16/2026

07/12/2026

A bear cub lost a brother. Then his mother brought home a fawn. Now he guards it like family.
A shop owner near the woods checked his security camera and couldn't make sense of what he was seeing. A mother black bear was walking past the property with her cub beside her. Normal enough.
But walking right next to them was a tiny fawn.
Not running. Not hiding. Walking with them like it belonged there.
Another trail camera later captured something even more stunning. The fawn was nursing from the bear. Feeding from an animal that should have seen it as prey, not as a child.
Wildlife officials believe the fawn had lost its mother. The bear, meanwhile, may have recently lost one of her own cubs. Two kinds of loss. Two species. And somehow, grief filled the gap between them.
Her maternal instincts didn't check species. They checked need. And the fawn needed a mother.
But the part of this story that people can't stop sharing isn't about the bear.
It's about her cub.
Whenever anyone gets too close, the cub reportedly rushes forward to position himself between the fawn and the perceived threat. Not the mother. The cub. A young bear who may have already watched one sibling disappear is now standing guard over the one who replaced him.
As if he already lost one brother and refuses to lose another.
He doesn't know the fawn isn't a bear. He doesn't care. What he knows is that it sleeps beside him, eats beside his mother, and walks where his brother used to walk.
That's enough.
Sometimes family isn't about what you are. It's about who shows up after the loss and decides to stay.