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.
If A Child Can Understand The Importance Of Breastfeeding Openly, You Can Too
“So next time you see a breastfeeding mother, I challenge you to buy her a drink, or offer her a comfortable place to sit, or simply tell her how great she’s doing.”
It’s Time To Let Moms Sleep
“You’d never get into a taxi with a sleepy driver, right? Or trust a life guard who is dozing off by the pool? Or hire a security guard who is constantly yawning and too exhausted to react in a crisis?”
No, You Can’t Turn ‘Mom Mode’ Off
“It’s the way that a ‘night away’ belongs only to your physical body, because your heart and mind stay put with the ones you leave behind.”
‘I received a text from my mom that said, ‘Stop what you’re doing and start praying.”
“My first thought was, ‘Oh my gosh! What has happened, is everyone okay?!’”
I’m The Millennial Woman Who Would Rather Be A Mom Than Have A Traditional Job
“There’s a saying that goes ‘Do what you love and love what you do.’ To me, that means chasing babies around while my floor is scattered in Candy Land pieces while PB&Js wait in the kitchen.”
‘When my mother died, the priest asked if he could speak openly about suicide and mental health during his homily at her funeral mass.’
“Yes of course, we said. No of course not, others said. What the priest spoke about instead was quiet suffering. Private suffering. Carefully hidden suffering. The kind of suffering that kills people.”
‘You can tell me to screw off BUT it’s pouring, my daughter was supposed to have senior pictures outside. She’s in a wheelchair; can we come inside and take some pics?’: Family blown away by Starbucks employee’s act of kindness
“After getting inside we were greeted with hot chocolates (made with soy milk because they were unsure of allergies… who thinks that far into it?”
‘The kids are being nightmares’: Every now and then while I’m at work I get that dreaded text message
“Sometimes I see it and forget to even reply because I’m ‘busy’. We speak when I’m on my way home from work and by the time I get home they are already in bed. I missed it. She had to do it on her own.”
‘I cannot express what it feels like to carry around a dead baby for a month. I wanted to claw out of my body.’: After her month-long miscarriage, woman says she would ‘never wish this pain on anyone’
“Our doctor joked about the possibility of seeing triplets on the ultrasound. I was dizzy, so very dizzy. I laid down on the table and exposed my stomach. I wasn’t ready. I wasn’t ready for my heart to be broken again. He put the wand on my stomach, and I knew instantly. I couldn’t see a baby. My doctor was quiet. I told him there was nothing there. It wasn’t a question. I knew.”
‘He WALKED ALL NIGHT, 20 miles, to get from Homewood to Pelham so he could get to work.’
“How many times did he wonder if this was the best idea. How many times did he want to find a place to sit or lie down and wait till morning when he could maybe get someone to come pick him up and bring him back home. But he walked until he got here! I am in total awe of this young man!”