Amanda Bouchard is an editor and content curator for Love What Matters based in Connecticut. She is a magna cum laude graduate of The University of Rhode Island with a B.A. in Public Relations, with minors in Communications and Gender & Women’s Studies. She is passionate about adoption and foster care. She enjoys reading at the beach, concerts, or traveling to new and exciting places.
“All the challenges he’s had in his 5 years of life had an answer. As we enter 2023, we are faced with so much uncertainty but abound in hope.”
“I finally feel like I am getting better. I finally feel like I am starting to live again.”
“I was so relieved, I had confirmation that it was not all in my head. I had plans for the next steps and someone finally believed me.”
“My bad experiences and thoughts partly outweigh the rest, but I always get out of there stronger.”
“Despite all the challenges and in face of all struggles, there is so much love in our house.”
“We’ve enjoyed our life as a couple and we are excitedly anticipating being a family.”
“10 years, 9 kids, 1 grandson later, and I’m still fostering. This is not about me, my feelings, or my needs.”
“Alcoholism is a progressive disease. It wants you alone, in a room, dead – simple.”
“Society has moved forward, but old-school stereotypes remain ever so present.”
“My experience of being adopted has been an emotional roller coaster. I will always wonder where my birth family is, but in the end, I will always be thankful.”
