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single mom struggling to pay off student loans reacts after a bank wipes out all her debt
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Struggling Single Mom Has $150,000 Debt Erased Entirely

We've all heard it: if you work hard and go to school, you will get a good-paying job and be able to afford decent things in life. In reality, many people invest in continuing education and are then stuck paying off student loans for a large chunk of their lives. That’s what happened to Jasmin Ford, a nurse in Chicago. She was dealing with a large debt and struggling to pay it off by working two jobs. Then, something incredible happened to her – the debt vanished. Here's how it all went down.

Woman Marries the Love of Her Life - Then Finds Out She Shares a Crazier Connection With Her Mother-In-Law
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Woman Marries the Love of Her Life - Then Finds Out She Shares a Crazier Connection With Her Mother-In-Law

We often hear about love at first sight and couples whose destiny is to be together. Many of us dream of finding a love like that, one that seems like it was written in the stars. One young woman thought she found the love of her life when she met him at the bank. Little did she know, they had a crazier connection than they could even imagine.His Mother Was a Labor and Delivery NursePhoto by Vicki YdeWhen Kelsey Poll was born in 2001 she almost didn’t make it. Her mother Stacy had a rare condition called velamentous cord insertion, a complication that occurs when the umbilical cord from a fetus doesn’t insert into the placenta correctly. The nurse on duty during Kelsey’s birth, Mary Ann West, never forgot the delivery. It was one of the scariest and most miraculous she had ever witnessed. While Stacy writhed in pain and recovered, Mary Ann counted Kelsey’s ten fingers and ten toes. “She touched Kelsey before I did. She put her on my stomach and let me see that she had 10 fingers and 10 toes,” Stacy Poll said.A Picture Is Worth 1000 WordsKelsey met Tyler West years later and the two instantly fell in love. What they didn't know was that their connection had started the day Kelsey was born.When Kelsey met Mary Ann the first few times, she felt like she recognized her but she couldn’t place her. Then, while looking through her baby album with Tyler, she stumbled on a photo of the nurse who had helped deliver her. Stacy was with the couple, and she immediately put two and two together.“I turned to [Tyler] and said, ‘That looks like your mom. Is that your mom?'”They couldn’t believe the coincidence, so they decided to investigate further.“We looked at the certificate with the footprints and there was a signature. I asked Tyler if that was his mom’s handwriting, and he said that it was definitely his mom’s handwriting.”A Family AffairKelsey and Tyler quickly got engaged and then married -- the two had never been more sure of anything in their lives. They knew they were meant to be. Kelsey owed her life in part to Mary Ann’s care in the delivery ward, and Mary Ann had always been impacted by the resilience baby Kelsey had shown the day she was born. The two families knew right away that they were meant to morph into one big happy group. “It was one of those things that confirmed to me that Tyler was someone I wanted to be with for the rest of my life, and it also made me feel closer to his mom and his family,” Kelsey said.You truly never know who you will cross paths with in life and the impact they will have on you.More from Goalcast:Woman Leaves Her Newborn Baby Girl in a Drop Box – The Firefighter Who Found Her Just Became Her DadParents Abandon Baby at Hospital After Being “Horrified” by His Face – Then One Woman Takes Him in as Her Own

Concerned Nurse Finds Out That Teen Mom of Triplets Is All Alone So She Takes Matters Into Her Own Hands
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Concerned Nurse Finds Out That Teen Mom of Triplets Is All Alone So She Takes Matters Into Her Own Hands

They say it takes a village to raise a child but for Shariya Small, she was a village of one.In 2020, Shariya gave birth to premature triplets. Having triplets is scary in the best of circumstances but having them in the NICU, hooked up to wires and machines, takes terrifying to a whole new level. Not to mention what made it even more difficult is that at 14 years old, she was still just a child herself.And without any type of support system to help her she was facing the grim reality of having to raise three babies, all on her own.That is, until her NICU nurse, Katrina Mullen, 45, made the choice to adopt her. A decision that changed all of their lives.What Led Up To a NICU Nurse Adopting A Teen Mother of TripletsTriplets Serenitee, Samari, and Sarayah were born at just 26 weeks, weighing less than 2 pounds each. They spent more than five months in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Community Hospital North in Indianapolis. It was a scary time for the young mother.Once a teen mother herself and now a seasoned nurse, Katrina understood what Shariya was going through. After noticing that the 8th grader never seemed to have anyone with her she made it her mission to do everything she could to help.She’d be there alone for days at a time sitting at her babies’ bedside,” Katrina told TODAY.com. "I immediately thought I needed to give her a shoulder to lean on."It didn't take long for a strong bond to form. Even after being discharged from the hospital and moving in with an aunt, the two remained close. Shariya would often call Katrina or FaceTime her for advice.The Call That Changed EverythingAdoption Day | Katrina Mullen FacebookAfter one of the triplets was hospitalized for "failure to thrive" the Department of Social Services (DSS) investigated Shariya's living conditions. The caseworker determined that Shariya and her three infants would need to enter foster care unless someone could take them in.That someone was Katrina.Already a single mom to five with three (ages 16, 14, and 7) still living at home, she didn't hesitate."Just from being a nurse, I knew there would not be many foster homes that would take a teen mother with three kids...I didn't want them to be separated. I wanted them to stay together," she said.Katrina enrolled in foster parent classes and Shariya, Serenitee, Samari, and Sarayah moved in.668 days later, Katrina officially adopted Shariya and became an instant grandmother to her three children.Paying It Forward(IndyStar)Today, the triplets are toddlers and they're thriving. So is their mother. The now 17-year-old has graduated from high school and has already been accepted into college with an academic scholarship.And Katrina couldn't be more proud.“I’m so proud to be Shariya’s mom," she said. “She just amazes me every day. When she’s frustrated with the babies, she never raises her voice. She’s just blossoming into this incredible woman.”Shariya hopes to pay it forward one day. She plans to pursue a career in social work, helping teen moms. Katrina has created a GoFundMe to go towards setting up Shariya and the triplets "for her future college experience and adventures this coming fall." So far it's raised nearly $42K."This is a success story and the success revolves around her. I just gave her a place to put her roots and to flourish where she needed to grow," Katrina told Today.A success story indeed.