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Woman rents billboard to celebrate daughter’s doctorate degree
Nothing in this world can come close to a mother’s love. When a child achieves significant success in life, it is the parents who are most delighted.
This is why a woman from New Jersey, in the United States, is gaining traction on social media for putting up a billboard to congratulate her daughter who earned a doctorate degree.
Kendra Busbee was so proud of her daughter that she chose to tell the entire city about her accomplishment. The proud mother paid $1,250 to hire the billboard, according to reports.
Ms Busbee in a post shared on Facebook on July 28 said: “You must be my shining star. You were going to shine no matter where you are! I am the proudest mommy. I love you Dr Kristine S. Smalls.”
The post acquired hundreds of likes and comments with users congratulating Dr Smalls on her achievement and Ms Busbee for being so proud.
Everyone passing along Route 130, just south of Airport Circle near Camden, could see Dr Kristine S. Smalls’ face and her accomplishments.
According to a report, Ms Busbee’s daughter, Kristine, obtained her psychology doctorate from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine on July 29.
“At the age of five, she knew that she wanted to be a doctor. That’s was the only reason to celebrate big,” Ms Busbee said. — ndtv.com
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Message in bottle floats from Canada to Ireland in 13 years
A message in a bottle launched by visitors to Newfoundland’s Bell Island was found washed up on an Irish beach nearly 13 years later, after apparently crossing the Atlantic Ocean.
Kate Gay said she was walking a Dingle Peninsula beach this week when she spotted the wine bottle with a sheet of paper inside.
Gay showed the bottle to members of Creative Ireland NeartnaMacharaí during a meeting at her house that evening, and they broke the bottle open.
The note, written by a couple named Brad and Anita, was dated Sept. 12, 2012. The letter described the couple’s day trip to Bell Island.
There was a phone number on the letter, but there was no answer when group members tried to call.
The Maharees Heritage and Conservation group posted photos of the bottleto social media on Monday, and within an hour group members were messaging with Anita.
Group member Martha Farrell said Anita reported that she and Brad had married in 2016 and are still together to this day. -upi.com
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Woman earns world record for collection of 15,485 egg cups
A Spanish woman who has been collecting egg cups for over 50 years earned a Guinness World Record when her collection was tallied at 15,485 items.
María José Fuster recruited two witnesses to help her tally her collection at a community center in her hometown of Campo, Spain.
Fuster’s collection includes multiple patterns, colors, designs and even novelty cups bearing the images of characters including Superman, Betty Boop and Garfield.
Fuster maintains two blogs related to her hobby — one to catalog each piece, and one to list the names of the people who have donated egg cups to her collection.
Some of her most prized egg cups, about 1,143 of them, are currently on display at a local museum.
-upi.com
