As a Digital Editor of Love What Matters, I'm here to pull on your heartstrings and make you smile. After spending nearly six years as a Digital Reporter for ABC News' "Good Morning America," I'm thrilled to continue sharing touching and inspiring stories that the world is so craving. We can all use more love in our lives -- now you've found the perfect place to get it.
When the devil looked my marriage in the eyes and said, ‘You are not worthy of a child, your body has failed you and your arms will forever be empty,’ God looked back and said, ‘Sit down.’
“It started on the cold lonely bathroom floor where I lay in a pool of my own blood, saying goodbye to the children my body could not protect, grow, and nurture. Three pregnancies in nine months that all end in miscarriage is not good for the body. Or the mind. Or the soul.”
‘Last week, I made a call. One that had me feeling anxious until about 9:10 a.m. this morning.’
“I agreed to call a local fitness chain and schedule myself a guest class. Were you expecting something more daunting? If so, you must not understand how terrifying certain social situations can be for some people.”
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“These incredible stories, 95 of them – hard ones and easy ones, painful ones and hopeful ones – are the stories they are just beginning to write on their own.”
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“My strength was rising. Not only did I feel like Superwoman after all of those injections, meds, blood draws and doctor visits, but I found strength emotionally, as well. I learned how to be brave.”
I called my fiancé in tears after the ambulance arrived. ‘I don’t know if we’re going to make it to Ohio –You may be at our engagement party alone.’
“That morning, instead of being awoken by my alarm, I was awoken by my mother’s voice on the phone. ‘He passed out, and we can’t get him up. His fever is 105 and he’s in and out of consciousness.’”
‘We played, smiled, sang. Daddy took him downstairs. At 5:15 a.m., my beautiful little boy was unresponsive.’: Mom loses her son to SIDS, claims ‘not a day goes by where I don’t cry’
“I immediately began CPR. He still had a pulse and I was determined. I was so, so in love with this little man. The entire ambulance ride was a blur. I sat there, watching them work on my 4-month-old, tiny son. ‘Not my beautiful baby!’ We were such good parents. How could this happen to us? We finally left the hospital having to tell my other son the hardest conversation I’ve ever had. It was the worst nightmare ever.”
‘I took hostages everywhere I went, and the first one was my grandmother. Loving, kind, and elderly made her the perfect target for my addiction.’
“She gave me a car, a phone, and a bed to sleep in. In return I gave her lies, sleepless nights, and stole everything I possibly could.”
‘Today is my parent’s anniversary. My dad is on hospice with only a short time left from cancer. We set up one last anniversary dinner for them to remember.’
“Their love story is beautiful. But most of all, he taught us all how to live, and now he is showing us all how to die. With grace.”
‘I was ignorant enough to think a 2-year-old wasn’t going through any trauma by tragically losing both of his parents in a matter of 12 days.’
“In my head, he was young enough that he was completely unaware of what was really happening. I truly believed he would walk into our family and things would go smoothly.”
40 years ago my parents were asked if they would have an exchange student. I wonder if they knew the doors it would open to all of us?
“I look back with such wonder and appreciation of who my parents are. I will forever be in awe of the way they live their life.”