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.
“15 years after my trauma, I am still learning to love my body for what it is, scars and all. It has taken a long time for me to be comfortable showing them, but they are mine and they remind me how far I have come. Your trials in life will make or break you. I was a victim, but I am a survivor.”
“Getting to hear my grandmother tell me ‘I love you too’ still makes me emotional. Although being unresponsive at points, she knew who I was.”
“I forgot about everything around me and kept my focus on her, which wasn’t hard to do. I mean come on, did you see her in those pictures?”
“I really wanted the woman I was going to marry to be the only woman I had ever kissed.”
“I thought I could never lose weight, that I would always be miserable with myself and never change. But I did.”
“I labeled this child ‘weird’ and the mom ‘crazy.’ I owe them both a huge apology.”
“I will push you away. I will sabotage and pick fights. I will try to get you to leave. I am afraid to feel like everything is out of my control again.”
“Why are we so hard on ourselves? Why do we hold ourselves to standards that no one can attain?”
“The mother that did all those things for all of us is now waiting for us to direct her, to hold her so she’s not scared, to make it better when she hurts, and most of all, to love her unconditionally. We have come full circle, and we are ready.”
“He was only supposed to be mine for four months. But then things changed.”
