Arely Gist

 ‼️ PREGNANT MOTHER FOUND MURDERER IN MEXICO MONTHS AFTER DISAPPEARING WITH SEVEN CHILDREN An Indianapolis mother who vanished with her seven children in late February was found murdered in southern Mexico, and authorities arrested her longtime partner in connection with the killing. Makala Pendley, 30, was discovered deceased Monday in a ditch near a village in the Mexican state of Chiapas, according to FOX59. Mexican prosecutors said Pendley, who was approximately six months pregnant, died from traumatic brain injuries caused by blunt-force trauma. Authorities also indicated evidence suggested she had been sexually assaulted before her death. In a GoFundMe set up for the family, Pendley’s sister said she was found “stabbed, r*ped, sod*mized, naked, with her head bashed in.” I will put the link in the comments.  According to Chiapas Attorney General Jorge Luis Llaven Abarca, Pendley's body had likely been in the area for between eight and 12 hours before it was discove...

 A teen went to break up with her boyfriend , so she brought her best friend with her for moral support . Sadly,they would never make it back home .  Jadeance Hale, 18, had been dating James Priddy, 21, but was ready to end the relationship .  Saturday , she asked her best friend 19-year-old Lila Asher to accompany her to break up with James . Not long after they left , police received a concerned call from Lila’s mother . Lila had told her mother that they had been kidnapped by James .  Barbourville City Police then located the vehicle they were traveling in, however, the car failed to stop, resulting in a pursuit. The pursuit ended in a crash and when officers approached the vehicle they found all occupants deceased . They believe James took the lives of  Jadeance and Lila and then his own .  Lila was a new mom with a 5-month old baby . Jadeance and Lila were inseparable and had a bond like no other . My heart goes out to their families....

My Son Gave His Umbrella to a Pregnant Stranger in the Rain – The Next Morning, 47 Umbrellas Appeared on Our Lawn, Each With a Numbered Box That Made My Heart Stop   My twelve-year-old son gave away the last thing his father, Darren, ever bought him, and three mornings later, forty-seven open umbrellas were planted across our lawn.   It started when Eli came home soaked from the rain.   "Where's your umbrella, baby?" I asked.   "It's gone, Mom," he whispered.   The umbrella was special. It had belonged to his late father, Darren. It wasn't expensive, but it carried memories. Darren had bought it just months before he died, and Eli treasured it.   "What do you mean, gone?"   "I gave it to someone."   "A pregnant lady at the bus stop," Eli explained. "She was crying and completely soaked. Nobody was helping her."   I wanted to be angry. That umbrella was one of the few things Darren had left behind. But then E...

 My MIL Gave My 8-Year-Old Daughter a ‘Birthday Cake’ with a Note Inside: ‘Even Your Birth Parents Didn’t Want You’ – One Minute Later, Karma Put Her in Her Place The morning of my daughter Lila’s eighth birthday was one I’d circled on the calendar months in advance. My husband, Caleb, and I had spent years trying to have a baby before she came into our lives as a newborn, only a few days old. From that first moment, she felt ours completely. I watched her bounce around the kitchen in her pink birthday dress, asking every five minutes when her grandmother Beverly would arrive with the “special cake” she had promised. “Mom, when is Grandma getting here?” Lila asked again, her eyes bright with anticipation. “She said she had a present I’d never forget!” “Soon, baby,” I said. Lila grinned and ran outside to check the driveway. I stayed in the kitchen, feeling the familiar knot in my stomach that always appeared when Beverly was involved. From the very beginning, Beverly had mad...

     Twelve-year-old Emma Sullivan stood trial on October 5, 1917, charged with fornication after becoming pregnant, Emma testifying she'd been assaulted by forty-year-old employer Mr. Harrison, prosecutor arguing Emma's pregnancy proved consent saying "pregnant girls are not innocent victims," jury convicting Emma of fornication, sentencing her to reform school until age eighteen,  Mr. Harrison being acquitted of all charges, legal system punishing pregnant twelve-year-old while freeing adult man who impregnated her, Emma's pregnancy being used as evidence against her, prosecutor claiming twelve-year-old who became pregnant must have consented, jury agreeing child's pregnancy proved guilt, Emma being imprisoned for being pregnant at twelve while man who caused pregnancy walked free, justice system treating pregnant child as criminal and adult man as innocent. Emma had worked as domestic servant in Harrison household, being assaulted by Mr. Harrison in March 1...

  I Went to My Grandmother’s School Reunion in Her Prom Dress – When an Elderly Man Saw Me, He Took My Hands and Whispered, “Your Grandmother Promised You Would Marry Me” I wore my late grandmother’s prom dress to her 50-year school reunion to honor her final wish. The moment I walked in, an elderly man grabbed my hands and whispered, “Elise promised you would marry me.” Then he slipped me a silver thimble and told me to check the dress for the truth. I learned to measure time by the patch of afternoon light that crossed my grandmother Elise’s quilt, and by the slow rise and fall of her chest beneath it. She was dying, but she was patient about it. “Did they send the invitation yet?” she asked me every week. “Not yet, Grandma.” “They will,” she said. “Fifty years is a long time, but they will remember.” I sat on the edge of her bed and let her thin fingers braid the ends of my hair, the way she had when I was seven. “Tell me about the dress again,” I said, because I knew it made he...