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.
The Heartbreaking Reality Of Saying Goodbye To My Foster Child
“How do I tell my three boys, whom have formed an incredible bond with her, that their baby sister is leaving?”
‘He was both deaf and blind. That’s when this lovely young woman came into the picture.’: 15-year-old helps stranger aboard flight to make sure ‘his needs were met’
“It was a beautiful reminder, in this time of too much awfulness, that there are still good, good people who are willing to look out for each other.”
They Say You Only Have 18 Summers With Your Kids, And I’m On Number 18
“My head knows this is a good thing, but my heart? It just hurts.”
‘I was part of the ‘human rights violations’ taking place on the border.’ Confessions from a paramedic on the border
“Through the course of my career I have spent, off and on, 15 years working as a medic on the border.”
Having A New Baby Is Like Starting A New Job
“You start off with the three month probation period, the most difficult three months in your career. Your boss is basically a jerk. He told you the hours were flexible and ‘family friendly,’ but what he meant was you’d be working overnight without double time or a toilet break.”
‘We were only together a few months when I changed jobs. I quit because they weren’t treating me fairly. I was young and stupid.’
“‘Men don’t just quit their jobs, Brad… they find something else first and they stick it out. That’s just what adults do.’ She was worried because I wasn’t.”
‘He’s crushed and I’m dying laughing’: Dad hilariously replies to daughter’s tweet about his ‘disbelief, anger’ over Red Hot Chili Peppers concert instead being ‘PIPERS’
“I was driving around Evansville, Indiana, and saw a billboard for what I thought was the Red Hot Chili Peppers coming to The Victory Theatre in August. I didn’t get a great look at the billboard.”
‘I blurted out what first came to mind; I would have an abortion.’: Woman has miscarriage, prays for rainbow baby, ‘Those 10 days changed me forever’
“We watched our butterfly kind of stumble around a bit, until we said, ‘Mommy loves you,’ and ‘Daddy loves you’ The butterfly flew away into an overcast sky.”
I Found Out I Was Adopted At Age 45 On April Fool’s Day
“I was looking through old family photos when my wife comes in and says, ‘I need you to read this, and pull up a chair.'”
‘We didn’t know what was ‘wrong.’ Months went by with nothing. I was left more and more devastated with each negative test.’: Young couple fights through IVF, male-factor infertility, ‘We try to look with a positive light’
“We just wanted to have a baby! It should be easy, right?! Every pregnancy and birth announcement would make me cry. Everyone would ask, ‘When are you going to have kids?’ Inside I was broken.”