5 Stories of People Who Became Homeless During Hard Times
It doesn't take a lot to go from having a roof over your head to being out on the streets. All it might take is one bad choice, one bad day at work, or simply a cruel twist of fate.
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It doesn't take a lot to go from having a roof over your head to being out on the streets. All it might take is one bad choice, one bad day at work, or simply a cruel twist of fate.
A teenage boy shunned his mom for being old, one day asking why she gave birth to him. After she ended up in the hospital after a fight of theirs, he discovers she didn't actually give birth to him.
A homeless and poor Brandon offers his last $2 to an elderly man in need at the gas station store and inherits his company the next day. Brandon thinks this is the start of a new life for his family, but a powerful enemy wants to take it all away...
A thrice-divorced man constantly poked fun at his fourth wife on maternity leave. But one day, he landed in troubled waters after she met his ex-wives & returned home with an ultimatum to teach him a lesson...
Liza, a typical teen girl, thought only about what her peers would think of her, leaving her grandma feeling left out. After rejecting her grandmother's gift, she decided to stop her from even showing up before the prom. She would soon realize how deeply mistaken she was about her priorities.
My 18-year-old daughter fell in love with a 60-year-old man and was marrying him against my wishes. She claimed she was madly in love with this guy. I was shocked when I discovered a chilling truth about him.
Miranda, a hardworking young Mexican woman, faces a challenge when her ex tries to humiliate her at her job. Miranda is scared to act because her job is at stake, but the pain her ex caused pushes her. Despite the risk of losing her employment, she finds a way to make him pay for his actions.
Monica had a handsome boyfriend, a successful career, and a beautiful home, yet none of these things filled the aching hole in her heart. She was just sleepwalking through life until a chance encounter with a homeless man in an elevator changed everything...
Rose, a spirited 102-year-old woman, was excited to celebrate her birthday with her best friend, Arthur, but found him missing from their nursing home. She fled the facility with her last savings and traveled alone to a new city to find him, but the money ran out in the middle of her trip...
A woman decides to visit the orphanage where she was raised to make amends for the past, but she is taken aback when she meets a little girl who is an exact replica of her!
Ryan gets suspicious when his dog races into the church and starts barking at his father's coffin. Seeing the dog in an alert position, Ryan opens the casket, only to find his father's body missing...
A young woman is devastated when her son dies shortly after birth and her husband abandons her, then years later she sees a sick little boy on Facebook with the exact same birthmark.
A poor girl saved up to buy her dream prom dress for several years, only to sell it to help her friend. 17 years later, she received the most surprising news that she had inherited a fortune from someone she hadn't seen in years.
A husband who judged his old wife's appearance & mocked her wrinkles and gray hair froze in shock when he saw her on TV with a famous Hollywood celebrity...
A cheater is trapped when his loving wife comes home early from a business trip and he gets caught inviting his mistress into their home for a fancy dinner
A man was shocked and hurt when his wife of thirty years asked for a divorce when he felt he had always been a faithful husband and had done nothing to deserve it
Harry and Lucy never had children because he told her about his infertility. But one day, she went to a coffee and was shocked by the cashier and the barista. They were twins and looked exactly like her in his youth. Lucy confronted Harry and uncovered the shocking truth of his past.
A rude millionaire who believed money could buy anything tore down a poor old man's house to build a mall. While checking the ruins later, he accidentally found his childhood photo among the rubble...
Catherine was devastated to learn that her husband had died in the fire that had engulfed their home. But years later, that devastation turned into a shock when she saw him with a young woman on TV.
A man abandoned his young doaughter with his mother to go off with his new wife, and when he comes back ten years later he is shocked to find them both vanished without a trace.
My mother had a clear favorite her entire life, while I was raised by my grandparents mostly. When she got old and sick, I helped financially but refused to do more than that for a crucial reason.
After being mocked by her classmates, a 9-year-old girl is in tears for being biracial. When the girl's adoptive mother finds out, she finally decides to contact the girl's biological mother.
I grew up believing that my father blamed me for my mother's death in childbirth but the truth was even more heartbreaking and led to our reconciliation
Jonathan was working his bus route when a little girl hopped on a bus desperately asking for help. But he didn't have time to help. Despite her pleas, the other passengers also ignored her, so the girl went away. But when Jonathan got home that night, something shocking happened.
Today's story is about a man who found a note from his mother in his jacket pocket a few hours before the wedding and couldn't stop crying when he read it.
A rich man is about to devour his donut during lunch break when a squeaky voice behind him asks, "Can you give me your donut, sir?" The man turns around to see a little boy and is shocked that he's his carbon copy.
Lucas brought a scared pregnant girl home to his wife, Jillian, and she couldn't believe it until he revealed something that happened 20 years ago—something he couldn't forget so easily.
A man left his bride right before the wedding much to the shock of the bride’s father, but the reason why he couldn’t get married is even more scandalous.
A young wife discovers her husband is having an affair and is going away for the weekend and she makes a plan to teach him a lesson he will never forget
More than a year after his breakup, a homeless man met his ex's friend, who told him that his ex-girlfriend had left his daughter at a shelter. "My daughter?" he asked surprisingly. "I'm going to get her out of there!"
A man struggles to raise his only son who was born with cerebral palsy. Years later, he discovers he is not the boy's biological father. Will he continue to raise him or will he abandon the boy?
Edith had has always dreamed of going to France, she'd wanted a honeymoon in Paris but her husband said NO! so she scrimped and saved for 40 years to make her dream come true
The older woman had never had children, so she initially felt it was all a fabrication of her imagination. But as the knocking continued and the voice addressed her as a mom again, she knew it wasn't all in her head.
Maria felt like she was living a dream as she enjoyed a great new job and an unexpected romance. It all comes crashing down when her spiteful boss decides to get rid of her.
"OMG! Mom...is that really you?" Aaron tears up after recognizing a woman's tattoo while stopping her from robbing a hotel guest. Aaron is unable to believe his 'dead' mother, who had passed away in a car crash when he was little, was standing alive before his eyes...
Ava unexpectedly falls for the man her parents arranged for her to marry. But when unsettling rumors about him surface days before their wedding, she devises a test to uncover his true intentions...
College kid Alex is used to getting by on his daddy's dime, but his father forces him to work to earn his new car when he is rude to a server at a cafe. But could Alex rise to the challenge?
Mary realized she had forgotten her wallet while trying to pay for some groceries, but a kind boy, Mark, paid for her things. Sometimes later, Mary and her daughter learned that Mark’s grandmother needed expensive surgery, so they decided to act, shocking the poor kid.
Jacob, who was 67 years old, was a poor, lonely, but very honest and kind man. All the children around him loved him, because he helped everyone and did not wish harm to anyone. He left the house to check the mail, opened the mailbox and saw a strange letter
A young 10-year-old boy named Jack felt awful that his mother worked seven days a week to pay for their daily needs. He decided to take matters into his own hands by visiting his mom's office and talking to her boss in hopes of giving her a break.
They lied, they deceived, they played the fool. But these cheaters forgot that karma has a wicked sense of humor. Here are five stories that will serve you a steaming plate of delicious revenge, but wait until you’ve read the 5th one, where Ava’s cheating husband met karma!
Sometimes, the most outrageous moments at work unfold right where you least expect them. If you've had embarrassing stories about falling apart at work, you're not alone.
A millionaire discovers that his estranged elderly mother had been living in an old abandoned hothouse through a news piece on TV. After finding out about her, he discovers there's more to his family's story than he initially knew.
My sister was the golden child, and I had to raise her baby when she got pregnant. But my parents would not give me any love and did the unspeakable years later.
Adam, a single dad of three, helps an older woman who fell down the stairs, not expecting her to show up at his house the next day. Alice visits him with a truck of items, but even she is unaware of the nasty surprises her gift holds...
My older sibling wanted to cheat me out of my inheritance, but he was unsuccessful, and Karma had my back. Here's my story. I'm Joan, and I was not a fan of Karma until it fought my battles.
A woman was stunned to find the expensive gifts she gave an old friend at a garage sale outside his house. She called him to find out what was wrong & cried after hearing a heartbreaking voice...
A young woman who works as a maid for a billionaire's family does a DNA test and discovers she is his daughter and his spoiled, nasty daughter's sister
A childless physics teacher adopted her best student after discovering him sleeping in a parking lot after school. She raised him as her own son, and he made sure to recognize her contributions to his life by calling her up the stage during one of his awards nights.
Adam and his family sit down for dinner with the radio on—only to be interrupted by a severe weather warning. As the night progresses, the storm worsens, forcing the family to take refuge in the dilapidated trailer in their yard...