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My first step on this journey came when my youngest child and I were eating dinner one fall evening. Homecoming was around the corner,...
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Lindsay Kjar
Mar 7, 20224 min read
My Non-Binary Teen
All I’d ever known of queer humans were stories of hiding and shame. A friend in his late thirties whose entire family was told by the...
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Neca Allgood
Nov 25, 20213 min read
Grandma's Quilts
November is Transgender Awareness Month, so Mama Dragons is highlighting a few of our favorite posts featuring heartfelt stories from...
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Olivia Petersen
Nov 11, 20215 min read
All in the Garden to Flourish
November is Transgender Awareness Month, so Mama Dragons is highlighting a few of our favorite posts featuring heartfelt stories from...
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Em English
Nov 6, 20215 min read
A Few Snippets and Glimpses of Me
On Trans Parent day, Mama Dragons celebrates transgender parents who model the joy of authenticity. This blog post shares one transgender...
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Gretchen Rath
Nov 3, 20214 min read
Mom, I'm Trans
November is Transgender Awareness Month, so Mama Dragons is highlighting a few of our favorite posts featuring heartfelt stories from...
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Amber McVey Mortensen
Mar 4, 20204 min read
Wrapped in Hugs
Quilts have been a significant part of my life. This seems strange to say, as I am neither a skilled crafter nor the owner of any...
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Laura Howells Leavitt
Dec 23, 20193 min read
A letter from our Mama Dragons blog editor
By Laura Howells Leavitt This has been a humbling year for me as I’ve invited and gathered the sometimes heartbreaking, oftentimes...
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Mary Furgiuele
Nov 12, 20193 min read
Spreading Hope Around the Globe
My name is Mary, a woman with many adjectives. I’m a mom to 5 in a blended family, finally married to my best friend. I’m an artist, a...
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Wendy Bradshaw
Oct 29, 20195 min read
You Have the Power!
When my 6th grade granddaughter came out as bisexual at school, she was bullied for it. During that trying time in 2015, my wife and I...
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Marion McClellan
Oct 21, 20195 min read
The Greatest Blessing I Never Knew I Wanted
Photo by Jonathan Canlas Hey y’all, my name is Marion McClellan, and I am so grateful/thankful/blessed to be a Mama Dragon. I live in...
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Annie Frazier
Oct 8, 20197 min read
Seek Love and Light
Clip, Clop, Clip, Clop. I sat in my car crying, watching five-year-old Phoebe walk down the driveway towards her cousin’s Princess Tea...
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Diane Oviatt
Sep 30, 20194 min read
Our Voices Have Power
Peace starts with how we treat our most vulnerable. I have always had a heart for the underdog. As a pediatric nurse I’ve been drawn to...
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Dusty Bolstad
Sep 23, 20194 min read
Scared No More
I was the parent who prepared for everything. When I found out I was pregnant with my oldest child, the nursery was painted that week and...
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Julie Turnbull
Sep 16, 20191 min read
Julie’s Story
Watch Julie's video about her experiences with a gay son and Mama Dragons.
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Marcie D. Schear
Sep 2, 20194 min read
Until Our Son Landed Us in Oz
It was September 2017. Our son, 16 yrs old and a sophomore in high school, sent a text to my husband and I on our family chat during his...
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Lindsay Brunt
Aug 5, 20193 min read
Paying it Forward
By Lindsay Brunt Four and a half years ago, I walked into the Utah Pride Center with my son for the first time.  He’d been there before...
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Ayn Witman
Jul 29, 20194 min read
Face, Eyes, and Smile
My dad was a gay man in the 80’s and 90’s and died from AIDS complications in 1998. I was 16 years old. I begin with this not for shock,...
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Rhonda Carr
Jul 1, 20194 min read
Getting Used to Our New Reality
I was one of those kids who was in church pretty much from birth. There was never a time in my life when I didn’t believe. I married a...
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Shauna Jones
May 28, 20194 min read
The Gift Inside
By Shauna Jones I lost 45 pounds during my pregnancy with Beckett, my oldest child. I had a pregnancy condition called hyperemesis...
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