LJ Herman is a former editor at Love What Matters and lives in Colorado. LJ is a concert, ticket and technology enthusiast. He has seen the Dave Mathews Band over one hundred times and counting.
‘Some of the best Grandmas live in heaven. That’s what I tell my sons when they ask where Nana lives, and if we can go to her house, just once, to see what it’s like there.’
“I want them to know they will lose people. People they love, people that are important to them. But just because we lose someone, doesn’t mean they are gone.”
‘I started the dishes, but the toddler pooped her pants, so I had to change her. Do you know toddlers can produce purple poo after eating blueberries? I didn’t until I called 911.’: Mom hilariously recalls her hectic day
“The lady called me an abomination. There was a cry in the bedroom. The baby had woken up. Oh wow he smelled a little like cheese, not quite blue cheese, but definitely aged cheddar.”
I Reunited With My Birth Daughter 17 Years After Giving Her Up For Adoption
“Every year on her birthday, every Mother’s Day, every holiday, every moment that passed I felt her absence.”
My Son Still Needs To Be Cuddled To Sleep At 4 Years Old
“People often ask how I stay so patient. The truth is, I don’t. Not always. But all I know is that he still needs me to get to sleep.”
‘There are moments I just want to walk away from it all. But even more I want to walk away from the super hard parts of parenting.’
“I am ridiculously unqualified for most of what I do each day and I sometimes find myself looking around for an actual grown up.”
‘I was lost at 4 a.m. I needed help and this man assured me he could help me get home. In a puddle of my own blood, he left me in the dark.’: Woman recounts attack while traveling internationally
“He called out in Spanish, “I have your phone, you can’t call anyone.”
A Stranger At The Grocery Store Taught Me A Parenting Lesson I’ll Never Forget
“I was pushing my shopping cart filled with children and food when an older gentleman approached us. He looked straight at me and said, ‘I want to tell you something.’”
‘I was standing in the checkout line at the grocery store. I had just had my third baby a month earlier. I will never forget what happened while we were waiting.’: Woman receives important life lesson from total stranger
“I turned back toward my grocery cart to begin putting my items on the conveyor with one arm while using the other to hold the baby and keep track of the two big kids. To my alarm, my cart was nearly empty.”
‘This weekend we had our first date together since March. Not halfway through and the sitter texted that one of the kids was throwing up.’
“We made guesses on how long until the rest of us caught the bug, and we contemplated how much extra to pay the babysitter for having to deal with a sick kid. But here’s the thing….”
‘My mom wanted me to take photos of her, but on one condition…’
“I call this series ‘Grandma: Gone Wild’. She gave them to my Dad for Christmas tonight… Check out his adorable schoolboy reaction at the end!”