Author Profile:
Stathi Afendoulis is an author, educator and philantropist, living in Metuchen, New Jersey. He is the founder and executive director of Lainie's Angels, a foundation that supports the parents of children with cancer and blood disorders, through parent advocacy and peer to peer mentoring. www.lainiesangels.org. He began the foundation in memory of his daughter Lainie, who died of Ewing's Sarcoma on June 14th, 2000. He travels throughout the U.S. and Canada, speaking about the challenges of caring for sick children and the impact chronic illness has on a family. His essays on bereavement can be found in "The Grieving Garden", a book co-authored by 22 parents who all lost their children, and share their stories of coping with bereavement. He welcomes the opportunity to write and be a part of Yummy Mummys.
About my kids:
Samantha, 21 and Alexandra, 16. They're wonderful kids who have been through a lot. The death of their sister, a divorce, tough years of therapy, but they both have a great capacity to love and support each other, me and friends and family. They're going to make fine yummy mummy's some day!
Parenting is...:
....impossible to define or describe, I'll say this, it's not for everybody, but it's the greatest gift and challenge a person can face. I know one thing, the minute all my kids were born, it was as if I had had them all my life! Of course, they became teenagers and all that changed, but I'm better for it...I think. I wouldn't change a thing!
We know you don't have a lot, but when you do, what do you like to do in your spare time?:
I read, exercise, volunteer and drink fine wine.
When are you at your yummiest?:
When I am fully engaged in a great conversation, surrounded by friends, with a glass of fine wine in my hand. Most yummy!
If someone wrote a biography about you, what would be the title?:
What superhero power would you like to have?:
To make people's dreams come true
If we gave you an elephant, where would you hide it?:
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