There are equal parts lovely and painful in this love story. When they first met, fell in love, and had a kid, Liz passed away in childbirth. Matt’s actions following her passing were really inspiring.

High school students Liz Goodman and Matt Logelin first crossed paths at a gas station one sunny afternoon. Both of them were raised in Minnetonka, Minnesota, but their chance encounter marked the beginning of a real love story.

Senior year of high school was when Liz and Matt met. Sparks sparked when she walked up to Matt after he caught her eye; the two became inseparable. up till the start of college…

As graduation drew near, the high school sweethearts had to face the fact that they were attending colleges in various parts of the country! In contrast to Matt, who remained at the University of Minnesota, Liz was traveling to California.

For this couple, who persisted and stuck together throughout their studies, the distance was nothing. Matt continued on to get his master’s degree at Loyola University of Chicago. He was contemplating getting a Ph.D. when he realized he needed to follow his heart and not his mind.

Matt was aware that he could no longer stand to be so far from his love. In order to be with Liz, he moved halfway across the nation to Los Angeles in 2005, packing his stuff.

From that point forward, the two kept leading full lives. While traveling, Liz and Matt explored new places, made memories, and deepened their understanding of one another and the world they lived in. It was just a matter of time until Matt realized that this was it and got down on one knee in Nepal to ask Liz to marry him.

In front of their friends and family, they exchanged vows to love one another forever on August 13, 2005. Seeing these lovers grab life and their love by the horns was exhilarating. For the young couple, everything seems to be going swimmingly.

They were not just happier than ever in their romantic relationships, but also in their professional lives. Liz worked as a financial professional at Disney, while Matt was a project manager at Yahoo! in California. The two decided to buy a house jointly to take advantage of their newly discovered financial security. From then, everything just got better.

After two years of marriage in 2007, the couple decided to grow their family, and they were thrilled to find out Liz was carrying their first child!

The couple was ecstatic and immediately told their family and friends about their good fortune. The couple began preparing for the joyous addition of their new child to their family. They were unaware that their lives would be put to the test in ways they never could have anticipated.

Since many of Liz and Matt’s friends and family members reside in Minnesota, they were unable to accompany them on their amazing journey to parenthood. The soon-to-be parents made the decision to take action and launched a blog to inform their loved ones of Liz’s pregnancy development.

In one of Matt’s favorite pictures that they shared, Liz, the joyful soon-to-be mother, is beaming and pointing to her growing belly. They were unaware that the image would eventually contribute to a global phenomenon.

The journey appeared bright and joyful for the happy couple as they anticipated their first child, but Liz had a tough pregnancy. The doctors advised her to spend a few weeks in bed since she had excruciating morning sickness.

Matt kept a close eye on her since he was anxious about his wife carrying his child. It was distressing to see Liz, who is often active and robust, confined to her bed. After that, she was taken to the hospital and told to stay in bed for a few more weeks. Matt monitored their newly launched blog about being pregnant throughout the entire ordeal. He had no clue what he would soon publish on that specific website.

Since Liz’s pregnancy was considered high risk, she was brought to the delivery room twice, each time at least 7 weeks early owing to false alarms. The doctors kept a careful eye on her since they didn’t want to take any chances.

The baby’s entry into the world was finally ready. Liz was still two months early, necessitating an urgent C-section. The lives of Matt and Liz Logelin were about to undergo a significant change on March 24, 2008.

The couple welcomed Madeline (Maddy) Logelin into their family after the surgery proceeded without a hitch. When she was born, she weighed barely 3 pounds, 14 ounces. Liz briefly got to see their adorable newborn daughter because the new parents were so happy (it was documented). The hospital personnel hastened to get her to the newborn intensive care unit (NICU) since she was born early.

In an effort to inform relatives and friends about the birth, Matt posted on their pregnancy blog, “The proud parents will continue to update everyone on our beautiful baby,” I anticipate receiving more encouraging news this evening. However, none was ready for the shocking revelation that would follow.

Since Liz needed to be monitored for an additional 24 hours after giving birth, she was unable to hold their daughter straight away. Once everything was through, Liz was prepared and eager to meet her baby girl who was now awake and well. She started to ride in a wheelchair to the ward.

Matt couldn’t wait to have both of his women in his arms, so he was there to assist his wife in practicing their stroll around the room before they entered the ward. They were about to have the mother-child quality time they had all been looking forward to. Disaster then struck.

When his wife slouched in his arms and muttered, “I feel light-headed,” Matt gently and tenderly helped her into the wheelchair. In an effort to calm Matt, the nurses explained that it was common for women to faint after giving birth.

However, Matt felt that it wasn’t quite right and that it wasn’t just a faint. As they hurriedly raced about the room, doctors and nurses started to respond more swiftly. At that time, Matt was led outside the space. When he was by himself, he was unable to suppress his terror and felt more powerless than ever.

“All of a sudden, there’s this ‘code blue,’ and people are racing by me,” Matt meticulously recalled. He broke down in tears and said to The Guardian in 2011: “All of a sudden it hit me.” “She would never be able to hold her child,” the nurse said. “She was going to die in this hospital today.”

Only 27 hours, or slightly more than a day after giving birth to their daughter Madeline, doctors learned that a deadly clot had gone to Liz’s lungs and caused a rare, fatal pulmonary embolism. Liz passed away at the young age of 30, only hours after giving birth to a child, from a fatal embolism. Matt was left a widow one day after becoming a parent.

In only one day, Matt went from feeling on top of the world to fearing for his life. He was devastated. The pregnancy blog was meant to be filled with images of the growing family, but instead, his subsequent essay was only about melancholy.

After an excited birth announcement a few days earlier, Matt was now burdened with telling his friends and family the news and publishing a devastating obituary for the love of his life. In a blog entry titled “Liz,” he bemoaned, “Five weeks ago… everything was beautiful.” “That very day, everything in my world fell apart around me.”

You can only comprehend the new father’s complex and intense feelings… When he suddenly found himself a crying, enraptured widow and new father, it completely flipped his world upside down. In addition, he was faced with the possibility of having to raise Maddy by himself.

Matt was grieving and coming to terms with the reality that his partner of 12 years had passed away. Matt was unable to see the light when faced with the possibility of embarking on the parenting path alone and the sadness of losing his sweetheart. The only source of consolation and optimism he could find was his little child. Knowing that his wife would never be able to give their baby a hug, he snatched Madeline away from the sobbing nurse and hugged her for the first time.

After the funeral, the new father, who was still in his suite, hurried back to the hospital. In his reflection on his grief and being a single parent after Madeline was discharged from the hospital, Matt said, “When I finally got to bring Madeline home for the first time, I felt the house alive again.”

The first several weeks were the worst Matt had ever experienced. Every Tuesday at exactly 3:11 p.m., his thoughts would return to that fateful moment when his life altered irrevocably because he couldn’t bear to take off his wedding ring. At times, he openly questioned how he would manage in his new life without Liz at his side.

There were challenges in getting back home. There were sour reminders of Liz everywhere Matt turned. When guests asked about the baby’s mother, Matt would frank and openly reply, “She passed away the day after the kid was born,” because even leaving the house was tough.

The only consolation Matt felt in those early days as a widower was the knowledge that his young daughter needed him and the notion that a portion of his cherished wife lived on in Madeline. When Liz passed away, it was very difficult for me to be alone because she couldn’t enjoy our brand-new daughter’s arrival with us.

Matt was adamant that he would give his daughter the finest upbringing possible despite his sadness. He’s seeking for a way to express his feelings of dread and anguish. He started posting on a parenting discussion board hosted by his hometown newspaper, The Minnesota Star Tribune. But it didn’t end there.

He also converted Liz’s pregnancy blog into a personal parenting blog. He discovered calm in writing because he could express himself fully and use words as a desperate measure of comfort for the intense emotions he was going through.

Because of his open writing, Matt was able to prevent the grief from engulfing him completely in his role as a father and widow. He also asked other parents for guidance and support during this trying time.

Matt devoted his time to making his daughter Madeline happy and teaching her about Liz’s life so that she could see what a stunning woman she was. Liz is someone I have pleasant memories of, and I can tell her anything that has happened. Maddy wasn’t the only person who had to deal with these memories, either.

“There are times when I’m really happy, and other times when I’m so depressed that I have no idea what to do.” He has said, “I try to communicate that through the blog.” The blog soon changed into something more, with long-term repercussions for the little family.

Although Matt wasn’t sure what the blog would end up being, he was thinking of using it as a kind of online scrapbook for Madeline as she got older. He changed the title of the book to “Matt, Liz, and Madeline: Life and Death in a 27-Hour Period.” But before long, this forum would go beyond merely a memento for him and Maddy; it would also become a well-known internet phenomenon.

Matt was getting tips on anything Maddy-related, including how to use nasal aspirators and treat diaper rash. He has also created a community for other parents facing same challenges. In addition, the forum had between 1 million and 1.5 million monthly visits and tens of thousands of page views each day. What would it entail for Matt, though?

The blog evolved from something really horrible into a place of solace, hope, and inspiration. It provided a therapeutic outlet in addition to a lot of helpful advice from other parents. The online community joined together for something really important and sincere, as well as for supportive remarks.

While it was never his intention, Matt started to get help and presents from total strangers who were touched by his tale. People gave Maddy a wide range of helpful goods to ease the burden of the situation and allow him to concentrate on raising his kid and coping with his sorrow.

He began acquiring items he had no idea he need! You name it: toys, baby clothes, and plush animals. He asked for baby formula, hair clips, diaper bags since he was scared he wouldn’t be able to dress Madeline the way Liz would have liked.

Soon, the house was overflowing with gifts. “I never expected people to care as much about us as they do,” he said. With the aid of some of his ardent supporters, Matt eventually established a nonprofit foundation in Liz’s honor to spread the love and support farther than he had anticipated.

In her honor, the Liz Logelin Foundation, which is totally operated by volunteers, staged fundraising events including 5-K walks and runs. $4,400 was raised at one event, and it was given to Matt and Maddy. Matt, on the other hand, had a different idea of how to honor the memory of his wife.

According to Rachel Engebretson, co-executive director of the charity, “Matt asked if it was OK if he handed out all the money that had been raised for him and Madeline to the widows and widowers he had met through his blog.” He wanted to help them since “they didn’t have the same support system.”

The Celebration of Hope gala, one of several events put on by the Liz Logelin Foundation, took place on the weekend closest to Liz’s birthday, September 17. Numerous auctions are held for the benefit of charities. They also participate in the customary 5-kilometer walk/run in Minnesota, where she was born.

Every year, the foundation hosts the same 5K Walk/Run, but it happens somewhere else in the world. People are encouraged to buy race packets and walk or run around their neighborhood. The entire net revenue from this venture goes to the Liz Logelin Foundation. As a former runner, Liz finds immense satisfaction in watching these things come to life. But that’s not where the narrative ends.

After some time had gone, Matt realized how much his late wife’s likeness in tiny Maddy and how crucial the blog had been to his coping and surviving. It’s in many ways a love letter to Madeline and Liz, he said.

I want Madeline to know that her father didn’t instantly curl up in a ball and start binge drinking, even if Liz will never read it. The Daily Mail quoted him as saying, “I want her to know I was out there doing everything I could for her and trying to make her as happy as I could.” He didn’t, however, intend to keep the blog running permanently.

After a year, Matt intended to end the site, but so many widows, widowers, and understanding parents had found comfort and connections there. Contrary evidence was provided by its enormous popularity and extraordinarily positive effects on so many individuals.

Matt and Maddy made the decision to focus their time and efforts on helping people in similar circumstances after being shocked by the overwhelming reaction to their blog. But shortly after, the two took a different route that once again significantly changed the surroundings.

Four figures suddenly into Matt’s mind while he was driving, right before Maddy’s first birthday. He cannot recall what he was contemplating. He recalled that those were Liz’s bank account PIN numbers. He has really lost all memory of the incident.

With the money he discovered in the account, Matt made the decision to host a lavish birthday celebration for his little daughter. Because in addition to Liz’s birthday, it was also the anniversary of her passing.

When Matt made the decision to give up his job and put money toward a therapeutic journey for him and wife Maddy in 2009, their lives were forever altered. They continued to India, where Matt could write a memoir in solitude. India held a particular place in Matt and Liz’s hearts because they had traveled there a year after getting married.

In addition to giving his young daughter, Maddy, a love of travel that Liz treasured, he was also able to write his memoir, Two Kisses for Maddy: A Memoir of Loss and Love, and connect with his daughter during the two months they were away from the busy city life.

The book rapidly became a best-seller on the New York Times list. The tide had, however, only just started to shift in the right way.

About his experiences as a single father and his story, Matt was once interviewed. He said he’s won several awards for parenting Maddy alone, but he doesn’t believe he’s doing anything special compared to other parents.

Matt made the decision to stay at home with Maddy during her first few years of life in order to raise her. On the other hand, he doesn’t think it’s special. He feels that by becoming a parent, he is only attending to his daughter’s fundamental needs.

The year his book about his first year as a widower and a single father was released, it seemed like love may be in the cards for him once more. He started dating Brooke Gulliksen, a volunteer with the Liz Logelin Foundation.

The two had first connected on one of the group’s yearly charity races the year before. Before Matt felt confident enough to ask her out on a date, he gave it a year after they first met. Brooke stated she met Maddy by Christmas and knew right away that Matt was the one. The young widower’s circumstances finally seemed to be getting better.

When Brooke moved from Minnesota to Los Angeles to be nearer to Matt and Maddy, he felt forced to explain himself on his blog. The forum had turned into an online family to him, and he felt forced to be upfront and honest about his choices. He emphasized that he hadn’t replaced Liz and said, “But even in my darkest…periods there has been happiness, and with Brooke now in our lives, there is even more happiness.”

At first, the couple had tried to keep their relationship a secret, but word soon got out. However, not everyone was as ecstatic. Most of Matt’s blog readers were sympathetic, while some were harsher and accused him of “sweeping Liz under the rug.”

It was clear that Brooke and Maddy’s relationship was serious once they first met. From the beginning, Brooke was clear that she wasn’t attempting to replace Liz as a mother, and she constantly discussed this with Maddy.

When asked if Maddy calls her mother “Mom,” Brooke said that she goes by “Brookie.” Even while Brooke acknowledged that it wasn’t easy to go from being a single person to becoming a mother figure, she wouldn’t trade her relationship with Matt and Maddy for anything.

In an interview, Brooke was questioned about her relationship with widower Matt Logelin. She asserted that she started reading about it and even finished reading Matt’s book. She was curious about how a widowed person handled their situation. She was confident that it would strengthen their bond.

Various people and organizations helped Brooke. She received some advise from a woman who is married to a widower and is one of Matt’s blog’s most passionate fans. The two women started corresponding often and grew close. However, things were not going well between Matt and Brooke.

Now that word had gotten out, they could no longer maintain a low profile. Soon after, Brooke spoke with Parenting.com for an interview where she expressed her feelings and opinions on becoming a “replacement mom.” By the summer of 2013, Matt and Brooke’s relationship had deteriorated.

Even though Matt’s relationship with Brooke didn’t work out, he still had hopes for love, as he posted about their breakup on Facebook.

After Brooke left, Matt took some time to himself and concentrated on Maddy. But soon after, rumors started to spread about him and Lizzie Molyneux, the author of the cartoon series Bob’s Burger.

The claims appeared to be true when the two shared a stage at a comedy show to raise money for The Liz Logelin Foundation in the fall of 2016. In order to stop rumors about their relationship from spreading, the couple requested anonymity. On the other side, curious fans conducted some research and made an amazing discovery.

Matt’s friendship with Brooke taught him the value of keeping things private. He and Lizzie Molyneux kept their relationship mostly under wraps for the sake of their daughter Madeline’s privacy. On the other side, some fans did some investigating and found something amazing!

Fans found the wedding webpage for Matt and Lizzie! Nobody knew that this clandestine couple had already taken their passion to a new level and secretly wed in Palm Springs, California, in February 2018. Even though Matt prefers to keep his personal life private these days, one A-lister has been interested in his stories about Maddy.

The Lifetime network thought about turning Matt Logline’s memoir Two Kisses for Maddy: A Memoir of Loss and Love into a television series in 2012. The TV project was meant to be spearheaded by Martia Kauffman, but it never materialized.

2016 brought rumors that Channing Tatum might appear in a more expensive Hollywood adaptation of the novel. In the upcoming father-daughter thriller, the well-known actor will serve as executive producer and maybe as the lead. But what happens to Matt and Maddy now?

Nobody can doubt that Matt has experienced his fair share of terrible sorrow. He has, nevertheless, been able to comprehend and inspire others on how to get up after a calamity and make the most of what seems to be the worst circumstance because of this unexpected path of sorrow, challenges, and hope.

According to Matt, Liz was typically the outgoing one while he remained in the background. In light of everything, he has grown more extroverted and has become a guest contributor for Glamour magazine as well as a speaker at numerous grief and widowhood summits. How is tiny Maddy doing now, though, after all of this?

Maddy Logelin turned 10 years old on March 24th, 2018. Ten years had passed since her mother Liz’s terrible death at the same anniversary. Her father, family, and friends have done all in their can to encircle her with love and happiness despite her horrific history.

Matt has made his blog’s details less private as Maddy has aged. The instant Madeline shouts “stop,” it is over. He constantly made the assurance that “the plug will be pulled.” Over the years, Maddy has learned about her mother via stories and pictures, and her interest in her has only increased.

One day she naively questioned, “Daddy, did you hold my mommy’s hand when she died?” She frequently asks her father questions about the activities he and her late mother used to do, but one in particular brought Matt to tears.

Despite Matt’s best efforts to be honest and explain things to his little daughter, “What I said will never take away what happened that day,” he added. When Matt thought back on the discussion, he noted that Maddy had been well aware of what he wanted to hear before saying, “Daddy, I love you.” I also adore you, Maddy,” he said.