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 you were born Daddy was wearing this shirt.’
“When Josh got home from work – he saw Amelia in the dress. I asked him if he remembered why that shirt was so special. His whole face change in the realization of the significance of the shirt. He was so thrilled and picked Amelia up for a huge hug and told her why the shirt was so special.”
Dear Child: No Matter The Highs And Lows, I Will Always Reach For You
“When you were shrieking in your crib, the pain becoming too much to bear, I reach for you.”
‘This is DFS calling. His name is Baby Boy (he hasn’t been given a name). His mother abandoned him at the hospital. He is currently in the NICU ready to be released.’
“Just that morning I was sad I wouldn’t have a ‘baby’ anymore because mine was turning 3, and now I was picking up a baby.”
‘Graduating isn’t possible.’ My body was shutting down. But I was going to get my degree one way or another.’: Woman finds ‘strength, faith’ among tumor discovery and multiple chronic diagnoses
“She had only ever seen once in her career. My world completely stopped. I had to quit all my activities. I was separated from everyone. And just when I thought there might be light at the end of the tunnel, we got more life changing news. I bet you’ve never heard someone wanting to go to school so badly, but I did. I just wanted to feel normal again.”
No One Teaches You How To Love A Child You Didn’t Plan To Have
“When the same people who told you that you ruined your life are smiling ear to ear at your baby shower a few months later, it’s hard.”
‘This woman you are doing this for, this is her first baby?’ I nodded. ‘Should you tell her?’
“I looked away from what I was doing, over the mess of dirty children with fingernails that needed to be clipped, and asked her what she meant. This girl. She’s young. And she was so spot-on that I started to cry a little.”
‘For a brief second, I thought this was the same old hustle where a homeless guy just wants money for drugs.’
“I could see in this man’s eyes and humble demeanor he was serious.”
‘You are not old enough to be going through this.’: Husband’s resilience and positivity ‘stuns’ wife after her ‘life-altering’ chronic disease diagnosis
“We vowed to love each other ‘in sickness and in health.’ Little did we know how vividly those vows would be tested. I became acutely ill. I remember running out of a patient’s room to throw up. I felt as though I was the one who ought to be in the hospital bed. I was diagnosed with a total dysfunction of my autonomic nervous system. Illness has taken away much, but it has taught me even more.”
We Only Fall in Love with 3 People in Our Lifetime — Each One for a Specific Reason
“Often our first is when we are young, in high school even. It’s the idealistic love—the one that seems like the fairy tales we read as children. In this type of love, how others view us is more important than how we actually feel. It’s a love that looks right.”
Recycling Hack For Crayola Markers To Help Keep Oceans Clean
“If our kids learn habits that can be sustainable and responsible young, they’ll stick with them into adulthood.”