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.
“Halfway through the store in the paper towel aisle I looked down and noticed. He was abnormally quiet. I said his name, and as he looked up I saw the tears streaming down his face. I crouched down to see what was the matter.”
“All kids are jerks.”
“Why do people who seem to have it all end their life? Why would ANYONE end their life? Those are questions I wondered growing up, never being able to understand how someone could be in so much pain inside, that dying was the only solution.”
“It was perfectly timed. That is all he needs to get him through each new day.”
“The first time my ex-anniversary rolled around the calendar I tried to block it out. That lasted about 10 minutes. Suddenly, thoughts and feelings about my divorce started to bubble up. I didn’t know how to feel. I couldn’t keep ignoring my past.”
“They passed away within two months of being born, never making it to their first birthday.”
“Twenty-seven days after Cayden’s death I opened that door. But I wasn’t ready for it. I went in to iron my skirt on the ironing board but everything froze, including me.”
“My highest weight, at 4’11”, was 230 pounds. Yeah, that’s what you call a dangerous BMI. I was terrified, afraid I’d die in my sleep. My boyfriend rushed me to the hospital after finding me barely conscious in my car in a Walmart parking lot at 2 a.m.”
“This is a picture that was taken at our 4th adoption. Unable to have children, my husband and I turned to fostering to adopt.”
“My heart hurts. I feel ashamed and guilty that my daughter was fighting for her life underwater, drowning, and I didn’t even see it.”
