What If Diaries http://whatifdiaries.com ... every life has an if ... Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:28:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en What would you do if you had a son whose biggest dream was to join the army, to fight in a war that YOU did not agree with? Would you allow him to follow his passion, would you allow it but not give him your blessing, or would you completely disallow him from joining? How would you handle it? (Oh and I’m not actually faced with this problem). Source: help.comShareThis http://whatifdiaries.com/2010/02/15/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-a-son-whose-biggest-dream-was-to-join-the-army-to-fight-in-a-war-that-you-did-not-agree-with/ What if you gave birth to a 15-pound baby? A Minnesota woman gave birth to a 15-pound 6-oz. baby boy last Monday, Nov. 23. Axel Laverne Dolton was born three weeks premature and still wieghed in at more than twice the average birthweight of babies born in Minnesota. Axel's mother and father, Wendi and Michael Dolton of Rochester, Minn., told the ... http://whatifdiaries.com/2009/12/01/what-if-you-gave-birth-to-a-15-pound-baby/ What if you were in a coma for 23 years and could hear everything? An engineering student thought to be in a coma for 23 years was actually conscious the whole time, it has emerged. Skip related content RELATED PHOTOS / VIDEOS Man Trapped In 23-Year 'Coma' Was Conscious Enlarge photo Rom Houben was misdiagnosed as being in a vegetative state after a car crash left him totally ... http://whatifdiaries.com/2009/11/25/what-if-you-were-in-a-coma-for-23-years-and-could-hear-everything/ What if you Googled yourself and found your long lost dad? Searching for her long lost father became really simple for April Becker-Antoniou - all it took was a Google search. Up popped an URL named just for her, with a message from her father, Dr. Scott Becker and an e-mail address to contact him. Thirty years had passed, but she did. The ... http://whatifdiaries.com/2009/11/22/what-if-you-googled-yourself-and-found-your-long-lost-dad/ What if 36 years later you found out you have a son and two grandchildren? Pete McKibben had to leave his girlfriend and unborn son behind in Vietnam 36 years ago. He's been looking for them ever since. The former U.S. Marine had lost hope and believed his sweetheart and child had been killed in the war-torn country, reported CNN. But, decades later, an email via ... http://whatifdiaries.com/2009/11/22/what-if-36-years-later-you-found-out-you-have-a-son-and-two-grandchildren/ What if you found your long lost brother living across the street? Who’s the guy across the street? Turns out it was Candace Eloph’s brother, who had been given up for adoption 32 years ago. Jamie Wheat was born at Barksdale Air Force Base’s hospital. His birth mother, Joellen Cottrell, eventually moved from Louisiana and had other children, but did not keep her ... http://whatifdiaries.com/2009/11/22/what-if-you-found-your-long-lost-brother-living-across-the-street/ What if you spent spent 18 years looking for treasure? The News In almost fiction-esque proportions, an unemployed British metal detector enthusiast and a Staffordshire landowner will share a multi-million pound payout after finding the largest haul of Anglo-Saxon treasure ever to be unearthed - in Staffordshire, in Britain. Behind the News His name will be well-Googled by the time you read this, ... http://whatifdiaries.com/2009/09/25/what-if-you-spent-spent-18-years-looking-for-treasure/ What If Your Co-Worker Was Your Brother You Never Knew? Seven years into his tenure as a furniture mover for a bedding retailer, Gary Nisbet was joined by a new colleague, Randy Joubert, who looked so much like him that customers asked whether they were brothers. "We thought they were just trying to razz us," Joubert said. Turns out the customers were ... http://whatifdiaries.com/2009/09/23/what-if-your-co-worker-was-your-brother-you-never-knew/ What if you didn’t leave an airport for a month? A ticketless woman, who had reportedly lived at Pearson International Airport since mid-April, was cleared out and given a bus ticket this morning. Peel Regional Police sent the woman on her way after receiving a call from an airport employee who had seen her sleeping on a pink suitcase in Terminal ... http://whatifdiaries.com/2009/05/14/what-if-you-didnt-leave-an-airport-for-a-month/ What if you found out you were switched at birth 56 years ago? On a spring day in 1953, two babies were born at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in the Eastern Oregon town of Heppner — DeeAnn Angell of Fossil and Kay Rene Reed of Condon. The girls would grow up, get married, have kids of their own and become grandparents. Then, last summer, ... http://whatifdiaries.com/2009/05/14/what-if-you-found-out-you-were-switched-at-birth-56-years-ago/