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 know this, I just don’t know how to get YOU to know.’ I could see how difficult it was for her.’: 3 women become teachers together, ‘We are raising the future’
“Our parents were raised in different countries which didn’t carry out the same educational system. We realized we’d like to change that for FUTURE generations.”
‘The doctor said, ‘I’m pretty sure this is something you’ll live with for the rest of your life. Good luck.’: Woman diagnosed with lupus says ‘we are warriors’
“I sat the phone down and ugly cried in my car. I was only 27. I wasn’t supposed to be sick.”
‘One day he sat me down and said, ‘Stop bullsh-tting. Start your OWN non-profit.’ It was the little push I needed.’: Young woman opens non-profit animal rescue
“My love for animals had been inside my soul forever. It was the little push I needed.”
‘Your body is attacking itself.’ On the outside, I looked like a normal 27-year-old.’: Woman shares lupus diagnosis
“The joint pain became unbearable. I couldn’t open doorknobs, do my makeup, or write my name without pain. My legs were so swollen I couldn’t wear shoes.”
‘I dug out my resume, blew off the dust. As I read through the skills, I started to panic.’: Mom shares importance of forming good habits, being your ‘own champion’
“I decided to return to work, no faith in my abilities.”
‘Do unto others as you would like done unto you.’ I am the sole enforcer of that rule.’: Woman on self-love journey shares random acts of kindness
“I finally began to work on myself. And that’s hard. Looking in the mirror and being honest about the ways you can grow is daunting.”
‘Will we ever be matched again?’ From that day forward, I’ve never celebrated Mother’s Day without grieving first.’: Adoptive mom facing infertility shares journey
“I had no idea patients admitted for hysterectomies stay in the maternity ward. It was a sick comedy. Anyone who entered the room congratulated me and asked if it was a boy or girl.”
‘I faced the choice of buying food or affording diapers. It’s a lonely place to be.’: New mom thanks local baby bank for donating supplies
“My situation was a living nightmare. We wanted to give her the basic things every baby should have, like a soft toy. We simply couldn’t afford it.”
‘She was there for every single contraction. She reminded me to breathe. She held me when I felt like crumbling.’: Woman says being a doula is ‘making friends for life’
“I had my daughter at home, unmedicated, in a birth tub in my living room.”
‘What am I doing wrong?’ It had been hours since she last nursed. She must have been starving.’: Mom shares breastfeeding journey, ‘A fed baby is a happy baby’
“I tried to feed him, but he’d just cry and scream or show no interest at all. I felt like I was failing for the second time.”