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.
How a stranger reminded me that raising little ones is magical
I didn’t notice her at first. It was Saturday morning at McDonald’s. I was in the midst of cutting up pancakes, getting straws in milk and generally trying to keep our three sons quiet and (somewhat) under control. And, out of the corner of my eye, I noticed a woman, gazing at our table. Her …
‘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?”
To The Woman In The Target Parking Lot On The Day Of The Sandy Hook Shooting: I Will Never Forget Your Kindness
“We were in the dairy aisle, just about ready to check out when my phone rang. It was my sister calling to tell me there’d been a shooting at Sandy Hook, the elementary school where my mom was the principal. I didn’t know yet that she had been killed.”
‘Alyssa Rachael, did you send him pictures of YOURSELF!? It was supposed to be of your car!’
“As you can see, I didn’t send pictures of my car…I sent him pictures of myself!🙃”
‘I looked at my little brother, knowing he was gone.’: Man’s letter to friends, dealers of brother who lost his life to drug abuse
“How badly I want you to use his life to turn yours around.”
My Daughter Ended Her Life Because Of Social Media Bullying
“We must manage, oversee, and parent our children’s social media use.”
‘He had passed away at home and their dog Sadie would not leave his side.’
“This picture screams ‘man’s best friend.’ more than a thousand photos of the family dog chasing a ball or swimming in the local lake.”
‘My lung function dropped. ‘You can do this. Please hold on, this will end.’ Two strangers became the most important people in my life.’: 23-year-old bravely details donor journey through cystic fibrosis
“My body became extremely frail as I continually lost weight. I was relying on a feeding tube for my nutrition because I was too sick to eat. My breaths became so shallow to the point where I was totally bedridden, gasping for air day in and day out. My anxiety increased to an entirely different level.”
There Were Times I Wished I Could Quit Being A Stepmom
“I went through several years in my stepmom role trying way too hard, beating myself up at every perceived failure, and ultimately reaching my breaking point multiple times.”
‘Just dropped a full soda with someone in stall next to me. All over their shoes. Sitting here in silence waiting it out.’
“I run my Amazon Movie Reviews account on my bathroom breaks and didn’t want the ice to melt so I stupidly took a large soda with me.”