LJ Herman is a former editor at Love What Matters and lives in Colorado. LJ is a concert, ticket and technology enthusiast. He has seen the Dave Mathews Band over one hundred times and counting.
‘He’s going to leave you,’ it said. I cried and I shook. I wanted to be a mother for as long as I can remember.’: Woman with endometriosis keeps fighting
“I called Will, asking him to come over so we could discuss my appointment. I told him I was terrified I’d lose my left ovary as quickly as it had taken my right. I cried and I shook, and he held himself steady.”
‘You’re the girl who feels like she is never enough. Dear girl, you ARE enough. Why? Because no one else is YOU.’: Woman writes touching note to others struggling, ‘We don’t break, we bend’
“The girl who is forever going out of her way. Who feels like nothing she does ever measures up. Who can’t do or be what everyone expects of her. That is your power.”
‘I took a big, deep breath. ‘So she was born yesterday?’ We were meant to meet her.’: Couple adopts baby born on late daughter’s birthday, ‘She gave me courage’
“Blake died one week shy of 11 months old in her daddy’s arms. ‘She is one day old.’ I told him she was born the day before, on Blakey’s birthday. ‘Wait, what? Are you serious? Well, let’s go get her!’ She seemed so tiny.”
‘I still remember his face as he stared into my eyes while I puked with every contraction. The little things have helped shape what’s important to me.’: Mom writes inspirational note of hope during pandemic
“I remember the times we’ve brought each other takeout, changed a dirty diaper, remembered to pay a bill, and watched a show together despite a million interruptions… I remember how he hugged me when I cried. The little things… they’re what truly matter.”
‘I HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE.’ I was in fight or flight WHERE I least expected it. I felt so small.’: Woman shares details of anxiety attack, ‘I ENCOURAGE people to get help’
“I texted, ‘I have a headache.’ Which was true. But not the entire truth. All I can think about right now is this hole punched in my heart today by absolutely nobody.”
‘Your sister passed away.’ In a matter of years, I lost half my immediate family. This grief is not linear.’: Woman pens moving grief journey, ‘I live every day with authenticity’
“My cousin showed up at my house. Though her voice was calm when she arrived, I knew in that moment my sister was gone. Her death would be under investigation. She’d been struggling for months.”
‘This crying thing is a daily occurrence. But I’m fine. No, really, I AM FINE.’: Mom urges others ‘remind any mom you know you’re there for her’
“It is truly just that hard to be everything to everyone all at once. I’d be lying to you if I said I haven’t cried a whole h*ll of a lot.”
‘I used to make breakfasts for kids in footie pajamas. Now, I watch them spread their wings.’: Mom pens touching note to parents with growing kids, ‘They still need us’
“I used to be the one they went to for all the things.”
‘I’ll take it.’ She was very sick, and he loved her so much. He knew she didn’t have long.’: Man writes touching story of lifelong friend, ‘You will always have a place in my heart’
“I was thinking, ‘No, I don’t want to try to sell them a car. Not in this situation.’ I was just trying to make a wish happen for this woman, and she was smiling from ear to ear.”
‘I usually hug a crap ton of strangers but because of Covid, I’m home in my bed, with no rainbow to wash off my face.’: Mom calls for LGBTQ love and acceptance
“The idea my children would one day have to seek refuge in the arms of some stranger’s mother… my goodness, that just wrecks me.”