Last weekend, my wife Susan and I attended the LA Impact Awards, an awards ceremony held by Family Equality Council every year to honor those advocating for LGBT rights. We were so happy to attend the event! We worked the red carpet and met Sarah Toce of The Seattle Lesbian and Kersh Branz of Queer Mamas*. […]
By Brandy Black Twins. The thought of having twins terrifies many, and my wife and I were terrified (an understatement) too. As soon as we heard that we were having twins — especially after being told that we only had a 40% chance of getting pregnant with our last two embryos — we were shocked and […]
By Brandy Black Over the last few months, our Youtube channel has grown significantly — okay, it exploded. The ride has been a fun and thrilling whirlwind, but we’ve loved it all. As the Youtube side of The Next Family has grown, so too, have we received more questions and comments by audiences about our […]
By Brandy Black Can you believe it’s already March? It’s that time of year when the weather changes, Spring arrives, and we start spring cleaning and letting go of things in our life. This March, The Next Family wants to focus on “letting go” in different ways in our lives. As parents, we’re raising little […]
By Brandy Black We have exciting news! The Next Family will be attending the 2017 Impact Awards hosted by Family Equality Council! If you’re not sure what the awards are or who Family Equality Council is, let me break it down. Family Equality Council is one of our favorite non-profit organizations because they “connect, support, […]
By Brandy My wife and I were recently asked, “How did you know she was the one?” For me, the honest answer is that I didn’t know that Susan was the one to begin with. I originally didn’t think that she would take on a serious role in my life, but, of course, I’m glad she […]
By Brandy Black As vloggers, we sometimes receive requests from viewers. Recently, we were asked by many to show pictures of Susan and I when we first started dating. This request seemed cute and fun, so Susan and I filmed ourselves as we looked through old photographs, and I’m so glad we did. As we […]
By Brandy Black Nine years ago, Sophia, my eldest daughter, came into this world and suddenly I was a mother. The journey to motherhood wasn’t an easy one. It came with 3 years of unexplained fertility, stress, tears, and anger, until suddenly my journey changed, and I was pregnant. I fought to be this little […]
By Brandy Black When you’ve been with someone for as many years as my wife Susan and I have, you sometimes forget those sweet moments at the beginning of your relationship. That was until we did the Lesbian Couple Tag challenge on Youtube. Susan and I had so much fun reminiscing on when we met […]
By Brandy Black Susan and I were recently approached with the question, how do you keep the spark alive in your marriage? Even as we tried to answer it in our newest Youtube video, Susan and I couldn’t help but get in a small fight. Ironic, huh? But that’s the thing — we can tell […]
