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.
If I Were A Husband
“If I were a husband, I would get it right. So, why can’t mine?”
‘As an unmarried girl,’ woman shares emotional father-daughter dance with her cancer-ridden dad before it’s too late
“He held me in his arms and told me how beautiful I was, and I got to see the pride and the joy in his eyes to be dancing with me, all dressed in white.”
My Son Died Of Encephalitis Just 14 Days After Being Born
“I won’t see Logan every day of his life. Instead, every day of my life, I see his life in a book.”
‘The Air Force sent DJ on a 7-month deployment. To Afghanistan. 6 weeks before my due date.’
“Then I heard the best sound… the FaceTime ring on my phone. My mom held the phone up next to the tub, and I was overcome with joy.”
‘The policeman works all alone. He needs a friend.’: Selfless 3-year-old gives her Elmo to ‘lonely’ officer
“Gabby looked at him, raised her arms to give him Elmo and said, ‘I want you to have my Elmo so you don’t work alone.’”
‘Hold me, Dada.’: Stepdad ‘promises forever’ to stepdaughter during emotional wedding ceremony as he ‘marries’ her too
“He has kissed her booboos, rocked her to sleep, cleaned up throw up that went all down his shirt. He has been her constant.”
‘This is going to hurt.’ I immediately tried to stand up. I could feel the broken bones in my leg.’: Police officer recalls ‘humbling’ addiction journey after on-duty injury, ‘I didn’t set out to be an addict’
“Dispatch put out a call for a collision. I was quickly changing lanes, hell bent on handling my call. I remember the panic setting in. The chaos, the pain. ‘You’re staring down the barrel of amputation.’ I didn’t care. I wanted a fighting chance.”
‘I knew my brother had died before I even picked up the phone’: Sister resented her mom’s grief for brother who overdosed until she had a son of her own
“My mom valued my brother’s death more than me, and I was still here.”
‘With both of us active duty soldiers, we’ve learned to adapt to spending more time apart than together, and live for the quiet moments.’
“I had just flown back from halfway across the globe, feeling as though my heart and soul had been drop-kicked across the Pacific. I spent the last of my savings to get home, with divorce papers clutched in one hand and the last of my dignity in the other.”
‘I cost my parents thousands of dollars in medical bills because I was not ready to admit my problem.’: Woman overcomes severe eating disorders after finally admitting sexual assault
“When I was 13 I was sexually assaulted and hid it from my family. I gained more than 100 pounds to hide myself from the truth I didn’t want to believe. I was so bitter and angry for so long, but I survived each version of myself, and I’m better for it.”