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.
The Day I Survived The 9/11 Pentagon Attack
“No soldiers deal well with a sucker punch.”
‘I have a good friend who was with her husband from age 18. She found out that, over a year ago, he cheated on her.’: Mom details friend’s ‘life after divorce’
“As soon as I walked in I was asked, ‘Why are you friends with Sarah? She’s gone wild now, she’s got all these tattoos, she dumps her kids so she can go out partying. I heard she’s got another boyfriend already! Those poor kids!’ Because she’s moved on, she was called a sl*t.”
‘I was so unhappy with what I saw. Then I caught my youngest daughter staring at me. All of a sudden, the realization hit me like a load of bricks.’
“I’ve always been ‘tiny’ and never struggled with weight loss, only weight gain. This struggle was so unfamiliar to me, and no amount of clean eating or working out was helping. It was trying to tell me something was wrong, but I ignored it.”
‘Isaiah and this lady had NEVER met before. Color doesn’t matter to a lot of people, I love her and don’t know her!’: Woman shares stranger’s touching act of kindness
“This lady patted and rocked Isaiah to sleep like she had given birth to him.”
‘My 92-YEAR-OLD neighbor saw me with the delivery guy. She proceeded to give him her order!’: Delivery man’s act of kindness for elderly woman will serve you all the feels
“I honestly thought he would just ignore her, laugh and be on his way.”
‘We forget what it is to go into labor. To be wracked with pain so excruciating we can’t fathom ever withstanding it. A mama is meant to forget.’
“We are mamas, and we are meant to forget.”
9/11 Hero’s Final Words To His Wife, Heroic Actions Played Out Minute-By-Minute
“I’m on an airplane that’s been hijacked. I’m putting a plan together. Tell the kids I’ll talk to them later.”
‘It took us a second to realize this firefighter was walking the flights of stairs as all the firefighters did on 9/11. Things like this make you stop and think.’: Firefighter honors fallen brothers by reenacting their steps
This year, 17 years after the fatal attacks, the tradition continues. Never forget.
‘There I was, 17 and 34 weeks pregnant, learning my daughter had a huge tumor in her brain and was going to die.’: Teen pregnant with daughter receives terminal brain cancer diagnosis days before delivery
“I had no time to digest this news, no time to research, no time to prepare. I went into early labor and delivered my daughter days later. More doctors, more scans, more blood work, all to be told my week-old daughter had stage III brain cancer. Terminal. ‘You can expect her to die soon.’ What was supposed to be the happiest few days of my life were the most painful and traumatic moments I’ll ever experience.”
‘This is miscarriage. The belly that still looks bloated and pregnant, but isn’t. The headaches and cramps still left over from hormones that haven’t yet gotten the memo.’
“The waiting room where now 6 times I have had to embarrassingly walk by other waiting patients, puffy, red and with mascara dripping down my cheeks.”