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.
‘I mustered up courage to ask where he was on 9/11. ‘The 47th floor of the North Tower,’ the museum worker said.’: Young woman’s chance encounter with September 11 survivor makes her ‘proud to be an American’
“We were near the 9/11 Memorial entrance. It was POURING rain. ‘You guys come with me.’ He escorted us past the long line, past the police officers, and told the security guards, ‘These are my two friends, let them in.’ Before he left, he told us to look for him in the museum; we would find his picture and the watch he wore that fateful day. Sure enough, we did.”
‘If I pray enough, I can fall out of love with her.’ I lived in a society where people said you can’t be Christian AND homosexual. I knew it’d make or break my family.’: Woman details self-acceptance and coming out journey
“‘Coming out’ wasn’t easy. I spent COUNTLESS hours talking to God. How could I be so in love with someone others thought I wasn’t supposed to marry? ‘I know this isn’t right. It can’t be.’”
‘They found a baseball-sized cyst on my ovary.’: Mom celebrates overcoming risky pregnancy with Chick-fil-A photo shoot honoring her ‘little nugget’
“I was told it was unlikely we would be able to conceive with the cyst, because the other ovary also had several small cysts as well.”
‘I knew I would die very soon’: Man loses a whopping 215 POUNDS in just 10 months
“I predicted I would probably live to 30 or 35. The change is so drastic, I’ve been questioned concerning the authenticity of the photos.”
The Ultimate 9-Step Summer Packet (To Prepare Your Child For The New School Year)
“A parent asked me the other day, ‘Are you sending home a packet of work for the summer?’ Take it or leave it…here’s my Summer Packet.”
Dear Pregnant Momma: Once You Hold Your Baby, Everything Else Fades Away
“It will be weird. It will be scary. Your boobs will be sore. Your hands and feet will swell to the size of a pufferfish.”
Anxiety Attacks Don’t Always Look Like Hyperventilation
“It took multiple trips to the doctors, hospitals and many, MANY appointments to discover what I was suffering from was actually anxiety.”
‘What I am doing WILL make a difference!’ Teacher’s inspirational story behind the ‘greeter’ in this video proves ‘how far he has come’
“Asher has a disease. When school started, he had very limited speech.”
‘When I wear my Navy t-shirt, folks stop and say, ‘Thank your husband for his service.’ I AM the veteran.’: Female Navy veteran urges ‘we are equal’
‘I am the veteran, not the veteran’s wife. It’s time to go the next step and remove our unconscious bias.”
‘I had absolutely no idea that was the last morning I would ever clean up after him.’
“We don’t realize just how meaningful a pair of combat boots by the door really are.”