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.
‘I had to trade in their momentary happiness for a lesson I hope will last a lifetime.’
“I made sure my children knew, once and for all, that I am not their friend; I am their mother.”
‘There’s no one way to be a man’: Man brings ‘colorful’ cat lunchbox to work to stand up for bullied cousin
“A man can love whatever he wants and not be afraid to express that love.”
Dear Parent Shamers: You Never Know The Whole Story
“It’s so easy to assume, so easy to think we know.”
If My Day Job Was Anything Like Motherhood, I’d Quit In A Heartbeat
“I don’t get days off. I don’t get promoted. I don’t get a check. I don’t get paid for all of the over-time. Even when I’m asleep, I’m still on call.”
‘This little baby was created in a tiny dish. She was a perfect product of us.’: After same-sex couple’s harrowing Reciprocal IVF journey, their advice is to ‘stay strong’
“I heard crying. I was walked over to see her and it was amazing. I can’t explain how it feels to see your daughter laying there. It was overwhelming. This little girl you had once seen as an embryo. Love makes a family. Love is something every person has in common. Love matters most.
I Don’t Love My Kids The Same
“This worry-turned-fact is something that kept me awake when I was pregnant with my second son.”
Aunt’s moving gesture for parents who welcomed her autistic nephew at birthday party: ‘I was overwhelmed’
“No amount of emojis or words can really express what it meant to our family to be welcomed by Jake’s family.”
Cancer-stricken woman bravely plans for her own death: ‘Give your loved ones a roadmap’
“Where would you want to be if you were dying? It’s a morbid question, and emotionally laden, but it’s one that may be asked when you are diagnosed with cancer.”
‘They deserve CHAIRS.’ Why this Oklahoma teacher is walking out
“Today a student actually carried his chair with him to sharpen his pencil because he got in early enough to get a good chair.”
Dear TSA, Thank You For Treating My Son With Autism Like A Human
“He’s 13 and has autism. When we walked through your doorway at 5 a.m., there were people everywhere.”