By Leah Campbell Originally published on Babble Becoming a mother didn’t happen in the usual way for me. There was a lot of heartache in getting here, fueled first by years of infertility and failed IVF cycles, and then by a sense of not knowing whether I would ever get to be a mother at all […]
10 Ways to Support Friends Who are Parents Going Through Divorce
By RoiAnn Phillips There are shelves and shelves of books on birth, death, illness, marriage, loss and the stages of grief, describing what you might expect, how to cope, and how to support friends and family. What I have not yet discovered – and mind you, I’m a newly divorced mom, so I haven’t been […]
Adopted Chinese Orphans & Best Friends Reunite in Adorable Video
Eleven months without seeing your best friend is a long time — especially when you’re young orphans and separated by adoption. Yet, for two newly adopted Chinese orphans, they don’t have to worry about being absent from each others’ lives any longer. A video is circling the internet of two adopted Chinese orphans, Hannah and […]
How to Meet Parents That Are Just Like You
Friendship. We appreciate the friends that we have and have always known, but as we grow older and have the chance to make new friends, we realize that it’s sometimes nice to make friends with people that are similar to you. This is especially true as parents. As an LGBT parent, it’s sometimes nice to […]
Gay Dad: Phlegm, Pee, Puke and Poop
By John Jericiau Human waste. Bodily secretions. Discharges. Emissions. Call them what you will, but these are the bane of my existence. My entire life has been spent avoiding these at all costs. First, as a grade school boy, I utterly detested the loogies that my friends would hurl across the playground during recess. Disgusting! […]
Gay Dad: Full of Thanks
I’m thankful for Alen, who over the last ten years has been referred to first as my boyfriend, then lover, partner, domestic partner, better half, and now, thanks to the judicial system, my spouse. Soul mate, man, mate, and partner-in-crime also come to mind, although we have never broken any laws together (well maybe if […]
Gay Dad: The Beginning of the End
By John Jericiau As happy an occasion as it is, the first birthday of your last baby is also filled with lots of sorrow and nostalgia. Of course I’m glad that we’ve made it through the first 365 days relatively unscathed, although his forehead has had more than his fair share of bruises now that […]
Gay Dad: Hi, I’m Ying, and this is my husband Yang
By John Jericiau My spouse and I are coming up on ten awesome years together. We marked the calendar from our first date together: June 11th, 2004. Most of our hetero friends start the clock as of the date of their wedding, but since we weren’t afforded that opportunity until June 21st, 2008 (during a […]