“I used to care what others thought. But I know now, none of that matters at all.”
By LJ Herman -
‘I found this picture the other day. Life felt incredibly difficult and overwhelming at that time. I was still in my 20’s, trying to survive and make it through each day.’
By LJ Herman -
‘In sickness and in health.’ Little did we know how vividly those vows would be tested.
“Just months later, I became acutely ill. I remember running out of a patient’s room to throw up in the employee bathroom. I felt as though I was the one who ought to be in the hospital bed. I started passing out frequently, I vomited every time I ate or drank, and I began to rapidly lose weight.”
By LJ Herman -
Raising Overcomers: How to Teach Your Kids to do Hard Things
“Let Them Fail. Really. Home is a training ground for life and is the safest place for them to trip and fall and learn about what it takes to get back up again.”
By LJ Herman -
To my strong-willed daughter: We may battle it out from time to time, but I can’t help but applaud you for your grit.
“Some people won’t be able to handle your tenacity, and that’s okay. You can’t please everyone. But you will leave each person with a sprinkle of your spirit as you move past them.”
By Eliza Murphy -
Why Are Kids Impatient, Bored, Friendless, and Entitled?
“Using technology as a “Free babysitting service” is, in fact, not free at all. The payment is waiting for you just around the corner.”
By LJ Herman -
‘Having 2 brothers with Down syndrome is far from disabling’: From ‘humiliation’ to ‘compassion,’ sister’s says her special needs siblings ‘teach us more than we teach them’
“When I was 14, my parents surprisingly had another child with Down syndrome. My mother went through a year of emotional breakdown. She felt humiliated.”
By Eliza Murphy -
What I Want My Child To Know After They F*ck Up
“In anticipation of an occurrence that I wholeheartedly hope never happens, but undoubtedly know will, I have preemptively drafted myself a script that I will hopefully remember in the coming years…”
By Eliza Murphy -
‘My 8-year-old daughter has autism, one child walked off, refusing to take part in the lesson because my daughter was on her team.’
“Does she have to be on our team?”
By LJ Herman -
‘If you can’t control your kid, then don’t go out’: What it takes to turn a child into a person.
“These lessons take patience, hard work, and real world experiences, and I’m sorry to those at the bar who got irritated by my child’s fit, but you are part of this practice.”
By LJ Herman -
‘He gave me a house before a ring and that’s OK’
“I’m aware that we didn’t follow the bible, and that does bother me. I can promise you this though: I do pray about it, and we are very serious.”
By LJ Herman -
