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.
“Back in the main room, I took my place next to my dad. It was nice to see my hero nervous. And he had good reason! My mom stole every ounce of air in the room the second she walked through the door.”
“My heroin addict never hangs up the phone without telling me he loves me. My heroin addict thanks me with tears in his eyes when I visit him in jail. My heroin addict apologizes when he can’t control his addiction.”
“I did what most of us do, but know we shouldn’t. I Googled ‘heart-shaped uterus’ and its risk factors. What I found on the internet gave me a panic attack. Why didn’t I know about this during my first pregnancy? If we had known, could we have saved him?”
“In that moment, I faced the biggest decision of my life. Either go back to the lifestyle, with no guarantee of ever making it back out alive; or fight for my life with everything I had. I had to fight.”
“I’ve never felt so many emotions at once in my life, then I saw them pulling in the driveway. I could do nothing but cry. I was finally able to hold my baby.”
“I knew I wanted to show off my new puppy like people do with their newborns and marriages because it was where I’m at in life. .People may think it’s excessive or silly, but results were absolutely heartwarming.”
“He didn’t know who we were at times. He didn’t know where he was. He couldn’t do anything independently. But he knew he had things to do. The lawnmower blade needed sharpening, the hay needed to be bailed. He had work to do.”
“I noticed he was getting super clumsy. But he was a toddler, and most toddlers are naturally wobbly. Yet this felt different. He was holding on to the wall when he would walk, sometimes he would just fall right over. It was strange.”
“I asked if this was the same child I had seen in on the news, and she confirmed it. I knew in that moment I had to put my whole heart in it for this family.”
“Easton lost his mom to an overdose, and then we both lost our father 12 days later to pancreatic cancer. Today marks the day that he has officially spent more time with us, than he ever did with his biological parents. Let that sink in.”
