“I’ve always been ‘tiny’ and never struggled with weight loss, only weight gain. This struggle was so unfamiliar to me, and no amount of clean eating or working out was helping. It was trying to tell me something was wrong, but I ignored it.”
By LJ Herman -
“This lady patted and rocked Isaiah to sleep like she had given birth to him.”
By LJ Herman -
“I honestly thought he would just ignore her, laugh and be on his way.”
By LJ Herman -
“We are mamas, and we are meant to forget.”
By LJ Herman -
“Tom’s last act on earth was one of the most courageous things imaginable. His last words to his wife are among the most inspiring I’ve ever heard. I’ll never forget Tom’s last words. I hope you won’t either.”
By LJ Herman -
This year, 17 years after the fatal attacks, the tradition continues. Never forget.
By LJ Herman -
“I was lying on the operating table, 18 years old, a first time mother, asking God to let my girl live. My daughter was going to die. We didn’t know exactly when, but we were told she would and to expect it soon.”
By LJ Herman -
“The waiting room where now 6 times I have had to embarrassingly walk by other waiting patients, puffy, red and with mascara dripping down my cheeks.”
By LJ Herman -
“The floodgates broke, and I sobbed uncontrollably. Was I less of a mother because of how my baby was being delivered? It was the worst thing that could have been said to me.”
By LJ Herman -
“I remember laying in my bed, crying, and asking God why He would make me if He was going to send me to Hell.”
By LJ Herman -
