By Mark Buttell Living with scars has not always been the most ego-boosting part of my life. When you’re young, it’s fun to show your battle scars, and of course,…
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By Lauren Backe “Where did the idea for the heart warrior photoshoot come from?” is a question I’ve gotten asked a lot recently. And that’s a long answer, partially…
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So Long as He’s Healthy “So long as he’s healthy,” she said. Inwardly, I cringe And my heart weeps a little. I ask myself, “But what if he’s not?”…
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By Lindsay Davis I want to preface this article by stating that I find scars to be a beautiful thing that no one should be ashamed of. I wear…
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By Melissa O’Donnell, new mom and new CHD advocate and student “I am going to send you to cardiology. It’s probably nothing, but I need you to go now.”…
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By Anna Jaworski You may have seen a logo that is a globe with a circle of hearts hugging it. That’s the logo for Hearts Unite the Globe: A Nonprofit…
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By Michelle Bowers Four years later, and I’m still angry. After all these years, I am still mad. Most parents take their babies home — friends and family visit;…
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By Jodi Smith Lemacks, Esq., National Program Director of Mended Little Hearts Mended Little Hearts (MLH) has been supporting families with children who have congenital heart defects/disease (CHD) since 2004, which coincidentally, is…
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By Whitney Reed Whitney became a heart mom in 2015, when her daughter was born with Pulmonary Atresia with VSD. Her daughter has had three open-heart surgeries — one…
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Getting through a child’s heart surgery or cardiac catheterization (cath) is hard enough when the child is little and doesn’t really understand what is happening, but preparing an older…
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