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.
5 Ways White Moms Can Raise Anti-Racist Kids
“Together we can make the world better for all of our children.”
How To Survive When Your Child Won’t Go To Sleep
Step 7. Don’t close your eyes to make your baby close theirs. I promise they’re still open.
Why I’m No Longer Raising My Daughter To Be ‘Polite’
“Last week, a boy at school punched my daughter in the face. HARD.”
I Take Pictures Of My Kids To Be Present In The Moment
“When I stop to take a photo of my children, so stops the incessant to-do list running through my head.”
Publix Employee Touched After Woman Pays For Stranger’s 1st Birthday Cake In Memory Of Stillborn Baby
“It was one of the most touching things I’ve seen in all my years working in retail.”
Breast Cancer Survivor Shares PSA On Harmful Slogans
“Do you know what is said when a woman dies from breast cancer? That she ‘lost’ a battle. No, she didn’t. She lost everything, but not a battle. This is NOT in our hands. We don’t lose because we aren’t strong enough, we die because there is no cure.”
‘We planned a weekend getaway. Instead, I took him to the ER to learn his cancer battle was coming to an end’: Pizza shop delivers dying man’s favorite slice 225 miles away
“Without hesitation Dalton asked what kind of pizza we wanted and told my father he would bring it to us. My dad clarified we were in Indianapolis, at least 3.5 hours away. Dalton said he understood, and would leave after he closed the store.”
‘A pregnant friend of mine asked me, ‘How is it possible that moms get depression? Isn’t motherhood joyous?’ I spat my wine out in her face.’
“Remember you said in pregnancy, ‘Oh my mother will watch the baby while I rest/recover/get my nails done?’ – only to realize your baby doesn’t want to be anywhere but ON YOU and no one, NO ONE, can look after this baby properly except you?”
‘If you joined the gym for the childcare. If crumbs fall out of your bra when you take it off. If the last thing you read all the way through was reviews on a new sippy cup.’
“If you’ve ever dropped your kids off at Sunday School and thought, ‘I wonder if they’d know if we went and got brunch instead.'”
My Best Friend And I Accidentally Got Pregnant, And I Wouldn’t Change A Thing
“I took out my phone and, with a violently shaking hand, I called Egg. ‘I did another, and it’s positive. There’s a cross. It’s faint, but it’s definitely there.'”