Posts by: Sophia San Filippo

Based in New York City, Sophia San Filippo has worked with Love What Matters as a lead editor and content curator since early 2019 and has acted as Managing Editor since early 2021. She is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Binghamton University who holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, Creative Writing, and Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies. She is passionate about personal storytelling and creating a positive space in media to better the lives of others. On a typical day you can find her rocking out at her local concert venue, admiring nature, or baking her latest kitchen experiment.

‘My sweet little innocent girl looked right at me and said, ‘But mom, you are Santa.’ I could have lied. Instead, I confessed the truth.’: Mom teaches daughter ‘true magic of Christmas’

“I wanted to tell her that even though the writing on her presents looks like mine, it isn’t. I wanted to tell her that when her elf caught fire last year when he was sitting on a hot light bulb, that she didn’t smell melting plastic. She is still so little, and I wanted to savor that magic.”

Sophia San Filippo - Nov 11, 2020

A Letter To Working Dads

“You come home from an 8-hour day job to start your second shift as Chief Tickle Monster. You do the dishes when mom is at her wit’s end, without even asking.”

Sophia San Filippo - Nov 11, 2020

Adoptive mom smiling in selfie with teen adoptive daughter

She Gave Up On Being Adopted, Now She’s My Beautiful Daughter

“Sitting in a shelter, she envisioned aging out of the system. She had given up on the possibility of being adopted before even meeting us. Honestly, I think she had given up on the possibility of people really loving her for who she is. But the universe has showed me this beautiful, brown-eyed girl was supposed to be with us.”

Sophia San Filippo - Nov 11, 2020

‘How the heck am I going to have TWO babies? How will I afford them? When will I sleep? What will I do?’: Twin mom reminds us ‘you can, and you will’

“You will stretch a scientific f*ckton as one baby creates a prison cell out of your rib cage, while the other sticks its head into the birth canal and calls it a day. Or a month. Or nine. Our bodies are so much more capable than we give ourselves credit for.”

Sophia San Filippo - Nov 11, 2020

My Kids Aren’t Spoiled, They’re Loved

“People would always say, ‘If you go to your baby every time they cry, you’re spoiling them.’ Yet every time they cried, all I could think was, ‘If I don’t soothe them, who will?’”

Sophia San Filippo - Nov 10, 2020

‘We hid under the guise of ‘best friends.’ Suspicious, my roommates logged onto my Facebook. They exposed our romantic messages to mutual friends and strangers.’: LGBTQ+ woman details brave ‘coming out’ journey

“That night, while on our big red couch in our cozy den, my mom turned to me and asked, ‘Kaila, are you gay?’ I spilled my heart out. She didn’t interrupt. She didn’t insert her feelings or her worries. She simply listened, and assured me how much she loves me.”

Sophia San Filippo - Nov 10, 2020

‘My legs froze. I collapsed. ‘It could be worse.’ Embarrassed, I was carried away in front of an entire field of people.’: Fibromyalgia warrior raises awareness for invisible illness

“I was handed a sheet with a human diagram instructing me to ‘shade the painful areas.’ I shaded the whole body.”

Sophia San Filippo - Nov 10, 2020

‘I no longer wipe tiny butts or blow on soup. There’s no one to nurse to sleep at bedtime. I used to wish for these days, but now my heart aches.’: Mom urges ‘they’ll always need you mama, just in different ways’

“They’ll always need you, Mama. Always. Just in different ways.”

Sophia San Filippo - Nov 10, 2020

I Battled Infertility For 9 Years, Now I’m A Mom To 10 Kids

“Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine I would be a mom to 10 children.”

Sophia San Filippo - Nov 10, 2020

‘Late-night milk run, huh?’ I was standing in front of a tired momma in Target just before closing. ‘Go get that precious baby to bed. I got you.’: Woman shares act of kindness for stranger

“She cried and asked me if she could hug me ‘pandemic’ and all. We embraced as the cashier got teary-eyed. In five minutes, I managed to make two strangers smile.”

Sophia San Filippo - Nov 10, 2020