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.
‘Today I went looking for the photo of your casket. In the middle of this storm, I found it. Proof you were loved.’: Mom urges ‘hug your babies’ after outliving daughter
“I downloaded the photos of the day you were put to rest and promptly hid them in a folder on my laptop. I wasn’t ready. Today I went looking. I needed to see the reminders of your impact.”
This Having To Carry The Load Of Their Blackness, It Weighs Them Down
“We place huge backpacks on their backs, and we slowly fill them with bricks.”
They Say Mothers Are Made Not Born – But This Mother, My Mother, Was Born To Be Mine
“Her talent at loving her kids in just the right way, it’s made me better at doing the same. And for that, I’ll be forever grateful. Every day, I attempt to be even half the parent she is to me.”
5 Things Everyone Needs To Know About Mental Illness
“Mental health disorders do not have a ‘look.'”
Dear Husband, I Think We’ve Forgotten Each Other
“Sweet husband, in this crazy mix of kids, I will do my best to remember you. And I ask you do your best to remember me, too.”
7 Ways To Support The Special Needs Mama
“I am not the person I used to be.”
Dear Society, Please Stop Objectifying Breastfeeding Mothers
“I saw a man staring behind the counter with the most disgusted face. He spit out, ‘You know, we have bathrooms where you could do THAT.'”
‘The elderly woman’s voice started to break: ‘You saved us and I just wanted to say…THANK YOU.’: Woman shares heartwarming moment with veterans, ‘We are ALL Americans’
“The entire room turned to stare at the woman. ‘I was in the Netherlands. And they slipped a note under our door telling us to stay inside. A note that said you were coming. To save us.’ I just broke down and cried.”
‘What do you mean you found a lost CHICKEN?’ My 12-year-old and her best friend came bursting through our side door.’: Mom urges ‘savor moments of joy in the chaos’
“Folks, I grew up near New York City. The only thing I know about chickens is how to bake them at 350 degrees. ‘Mom! Mom! We have to save it!’ It was getting dark quickly.”
‘I was carrying VHS tapes when I noticed a boy staring at me curiously. ‘Umm..’ he finally said, ‘Is there a reason you don’t just carry the whole box?’: Woman recalls first time meeting husband
“I stopped in my tracks. OMG. I was a moron. So embarrassing. What I didn’t know was him and I would be spending the next 32 years together.”