By The Seattle Lesbian Driven to Empower India’s Queer Community, Start-Up LGBT Cab Companies Emerge You know it could be a great plot for a Bollywood movie: a story about India’s first-ever queer-owned and operated taxi companies, Gender Taxi and Rainbow Wings. However, it’s a true story. Last month two start-up taxi cab companies were […]
By: Kerrie Olejarz The feeling of going home was very exciting! We could not wait to show off our little miracle to friends and family in person, not just on Skype! We has just over 24 hours before we departed, but India was not complete. We were getting ready to have dinner with intended parents […]
By: Kerrie Olejarz The time in the hospital was far from fun. We could barely run the air conditioner, for two reasons: one, Cailyn was naked and we could not let her get cold; and two, when we did turn on the AC for a brief moment it sounded like we were killing the pigeons […]
An Interview with Kerrie Olejarz by The Next Family TNF: How has it been blogging for TNF? Blogging for TNF has been a lot of fun for me! I do have my own personal blog (http://markandkerriesjourney.blogspot.com/) but it is really nice to be reliving every moment from the past as I write for TNF and […]
By: Kerrie Olejarz Here is our list of must-haves when picking up a baby in India… For Baby: Lots of onesies – you will mostly wash by hand, and since it is so humid and space is limited, it is better to have too many than not enough. We used the little baby face cloths […]
By: Kerrie Olejarz Saturday we had to take Cailyn in for her Day Three pediatrician visit. Dr Tandon, the senior pediatrician, was such a lovely man and shared as much info with us as possible. He did a thorough exam on Cailyn, reviewed her birth blood test results, told us her blood type, etc. Then […]
By: Kerrie Olejarz Just the thought of going to the High Commission appointment could be terrifying, but we were as ready as we could be and got our stuff together and waited for our car. We had to make a pit stop on the way to get some passport-sized pictures of Cailyn for her citizenship […]
By: Kerrie Olejarz When we returned to the hospital we learned that Cailyn had spit up. The doctor wanted to monitor her for a bit, and asked us to feed her and watch her to see if the spitting up continued. It was with great pleasure that we sat in the little room next to […]
By: Kerrie Olejarz It was now the second day of Cailyn’s precious little life. We were super excited to get back to the hospital to see her. At breakfast we were explaining to Hariz the cook that we were going to see her and he was very excited for us. He obviously loves children and I […]
By: Kerrie Olejarz Cailyn…our daughter had a name. It was settled and sorted and shortly after finishing our meal we packed a bag of nice things for Cailyn and headed back to the hospital. We took a beautiful muslin blanket and a few onsies. She looked so small so we opted to take a few […]
