Amanda Doulos is a digital editor for Love What Matters based in New York City. She will graduate from Binghamton University with a Bachelor of English Literature and Spanish in Spring 2023. She loves staying involved as vice president of the mock trial team and secretary of Spanish Honor Society. In her free time, she loves reading, traveling, and spending time with friends.
“I was completely shattered. I’d known him 14 years, been together 13 years. We had a beautiful family home, a crazy dog who we rescued, and to complete our little family, our newborn daughter.”
“I am not a list of symptoms.”
“I finally felt the notorious pink cloud. I remember looking up at the sky and thinking, ‘Wow, is this what HAPPY people feel like ALL the time?’ I started facing my demons.”
“My wife is 15 years older than I am, and I’m 15 years older than her youngest son, so the age gap was a bit of an issue. Later, our oldest opened up to us about being transgender.”
“‘She has 1 hand and a nub, sometimes wears a robot hand and is a superhero!’”
“When I was 10 years old, in full Harry Potter mania, dressed up like him, with glasses and scar and cape – I started menstruating. To this day, I can’t describe what that did to me.”
“It would be days before he connected with Finley. I, on the other hand, held her in my arms and felt alive once more. Her eyes, just like her brothers, looked up at me.”
“You screamed. You stomped and threw down a classic parent-tantrum. But really, who hasn’t at this point.”
“My life revolves around hospital care, appointments, and medication charts. Many people do not have time for a sick friend.”
“Cancer was the start of our gratitude journal. It taught me to see the miracles and magic right in front of me and to remember there is ALWAYS someone craving your daily reality. It has given us the lifelong gift of perspective.”
