“This is going to be hard to read for those of you that know me, but I need you all to hear my voice.I have been living in Madrid for the last months and I had a friend visiting me this past weekend. We went out for the night to...

Two politicians, a staffer, and the pilot of a helicopter miraculously survived when their aircraft collided with a power line and crashed to the ground before erupting in flames.Shocking video captures the moment the silver helicopter carrying Brazilian MP Hercílio Araújo Diniz and David Barroso, the deputy mayor of Governador...

I became a mother extremely young. You know the old saying ‘babies taking care of babies?’ Well that was me. At 18 years old, I set out on my journey of motherhood. It was an easy pregnancy, no complications, an easy delivery of a perfect baby boy! I had no...

I was walking in to pick my middle son up from a drop off kindergarten science class, toddler on my hip, another child in the class across the hall, I turned the corner and took in the situation. On one side of the class there was a crying child, holding...

While Kirstie Perez may be an experienced birth photographer, one delivery earlier this month took her by total surprise. Perez makes a living capturing the most gorgeous imagery of mamas bringing babies into the world and the look on dads’ faces when they see their newborn for the first time....

“I’m either drinking water & green tea or I’m in the drive-thru with a Coke or a sugary coffee.I’m either waking up with the sun and getting 63838464 things done or I’m coasting until bedtime. I’m either an hour into the elliptical or I’m halfway through a bag of Doritos.I’m...

An encounter at a gas station written by Nicole Marie Heintz and shared by Love What Matters is spreading like wildfire as it reveals the very depths of God’s compassion and His contagious love.Warning: You’re gonna wanna have the Kleenex box close by for this one! The Facebook post reads:So...

As I moved from room to room of my childhood home, the pictures my Mom had scattered on the shelves and walls over the years caught my attention in a way they never had. There were photos of me in youth sports, school pictures, my senior portraits, and decades worth...

Once upon a time, parenting meant letting your kids play hide-and-seek outside with the neighbors while you did the dishes in the kitchen. Do that in front of the wrong set of eyes today, and you best prepare yourself for a full-blown police investigation and visit from DCFS. One thing’s...

“I went on my daily work walk. Today I went alone… as sometimes that happens.I headed down the street and as I’m walking, I see this young man on the other side of the street. Actually, I heard him first… he was singing and rapping, and I thought man he...

What you see here appears to be a photo of some old friends. People who have known and loved each other for a very long time. Debbie Baigrie and Ian ManuelThe truth is, this is the first time that Debbie Baigrie and Ian Manuel have seen each other in more...

Yesterday I went from celebrating an 11-year-old boy’s birthday party with my brothers and sisters at work to responding to the absolutely tragic death of two babies.This is the other side.The raw side that nobody talks about.The side everyone who isn’t in law enforcement doesn’t realize happens to us… but...

-year-old Seven Bridges tragically took his own life Saturday morning after enduring intense bullying from classmates over his colostomy bag. Seven was found hanging in his closet by his mother, Tami Charles, who had just returned from shopping when she made the soul-wrecking discovery. His dad, Donnie Bridges was attending...

“Our love story started a little over 5 years ago.I remember the first time he came up to talk to me. I was at Church with my sister and the service just finished. Everyone was mingling, and in the corner of my eye, I could see Emmanuel coming closer to...

“On April 2nd, 2019, two days short of being 38 weeks pregnant, my daughter Goldie Rhiannon’s heart had stopped. My womb had turned to a tomb and I had to deliver my beautiful, perfect, silent baby. While many parents going into labor dream up who and what their baby will...

“I have been hesitant to talk about my son through all of this. I did not want to use his blackness as a platform. Being an adoptive mother of a black son, does NOT give me any first-hand knowledge or experience of what it is like to live in black...