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.
“I got it on video and my hand started shaking. I parked my car and jolted upstairs to show my dad, and after a few plays, he too heard what I heard!”
“It’s funny how you spend most of your life doing everything in your power to NOT get pregnant. Then you get older, get married, and some have to do everything in your power TO get pregnant. We sat there, listening to every word my doc said, but all I heard was, ‘You can’t have a baby.’ We’d have to pay $17,000. I immediately felt all the blood drain from my body. $433 a MONTH for a child we didn’t even know if we were going to get.”
“I was told that he was going to have Down syndrome. At the moment, I didn’t want to hear ‘I’m sorry,’ or that I could terminate my pregnancy. That was never a thought I would ever have.”
“This was a photo my husband never told me he took. Now when I look at this picture, I see something beautiful.”
“The exact second I stepped into my daughter’s hospital room was the very second the surgeon threw his hands in the air and said, ‘That’s it. There is nothing else we can do.’”
“This nameless mother called me at the gay bar I work at for advice on how to respond to her son. ‘I don’t want to say anything that may mess him up.’ It really warmed my heart. I’ll never be able to stress just how lonely being an LGBT American can feel. We live in the closet out of fear of rejection. I told her exactly what any of my friends, or bar patrons, or any LGBT person would say: ‘Tell him he is loved and accepted.’”
“He will now always have a part of me with him. And I will always have the scars to remind me of this special moment in our lives.”
“I’d waited my entire life to be a mom, but I always felt sick, exhausted, and couldn’t even do small tasks. I was so tired of being overweight! My fitness plan was going great until I received shattering news. ‘The day you meet your son may also be the day you say goodbye.’ I went from feeling on top of the world to hearing the worst news any parent could hear.”
“Joey began calling Ellie his girlfriend. He tells us he is going to marry her. When they see each other outside of school, they immediately hold hands, hug and look into each other’s eyes. It is as if they know something we do not.”
“She senses when I’m upset or stressed; I had no idea she’d be able to detect that I had cancer lurking underneath my skin.”
