As part of our ongoing Spotlight Series, we thought we would sit down with new moms celebrating being Mother’s for the first time this year. Sarah Toce is Editor-in-Chief and founder of The Seattle Lesbian. TNF: Did you and your wife always know you wanted to have kids? Sarah: Yes, we’ve always discussed having kids […]
The Next Family: How did you start your family? Bridget: Karrie had 3 boys from her previous marriage and I had 2 boys from my previous marriage. The Next Family: How did you two meet? Bridget: We both were employed at the same place and had a few mutual friends at work. The Next Family: […]
The Next Family: How did you start your family? Angie: Kami and I had been together for about fours years before we started trying to have a family. We used a sperm bank and found a donor that had physical characteristics that resembled me as well as had traits that we felt represented our family. Kami did […]
By Brandy Black TNF: How did you start your family? Kevin: David and I went to Disneyland for his 32nd birthday, and after watching the infectious excitement between parents and kids, we were inspired to revisit our kids conversation that led to us making a pact at Sleeping Beauty’s castle. We agreed that the next time […]
TNF: How did you start your family? BETHANY: We chose an anonymous sperm donor from a sperm bank called NY Cryos and we did 3 at-home inseminations which were unsuccessful. We then went to a local fertility specialist and did two IUI’s before my wife became pregnant with our first child, our son Jaxson. We are […]
Note from the editor: Suey and Christina have a beautiful little girl who’s a part of the foster care system and in accordance to the rules for foster care in NY her face cannot be shown. TNF: How did you start your family? SUEY: When we met just under 5 years ago, one of the […]
TNF: How did you start your family? COURTNEY: Mia and I have been together over 12 years and after finishing our graduate degrees, settling into our new home and jobs, we knew it was a good time to start a family. We also wanted to do some travel as a couple so we traveled to […]
TNF: Where do you live? STEF: We live in a small paniolo (cowboy) town called Makawao, this is on the Island of Maui in Hawaii. TNF: Did you always want to have kids? STEF: Yes from the time we were younger we both felt the desire to have kids. We both wanted lots of kids because we […]
TNF: How did you start your family? NETTE: We started our family within our family first. My sister decided to go to a University close to where we live. To help her stay close with her daughter our great niece moved in with us. Prior to that we finished taking our classes to foster/adopt kids. So with […]
TNF: Tell me about your family. NEYA: My name is Neya and my partner is Heather. We have been together for a year now (even though it seems longer). We are raising two kids together. Our son (Elisha;12) is biologically mine and our daughter (Tyler; 6) is adopted. The kids call me “Mommy” and call […]
