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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Cindy Scott
Jun 24, 20194 min read
Transitions
Last May, I had a conversation with my 30 year old child (via text) that I never expected. It happened on May 9th, 2018, at 4:37pm. My...
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Rachel Ellis
Jun 17, 20194 min read
Finding Hope for the Future
By Rachel Ellis When our oldest started intermediate school (sixth and seventh grade in our area), our once happy kid started to...
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Neca Allgood
Jun 10, 20193 min read
Grandma’s Quilts
Eight years ago, in May of 2011, my middle child publicly came out as transgender. During the couple of months prior to that...
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Jaime Jara
Jun 3, 20195 min read
Our Trans-Parent Journey
By Jaime Jara When I was young and vast opportunities lay before me, I aspired to have my life somehow impact the world for good. I...
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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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Lisa Evans Dame
May 13, 20193 min read
Here Be Dragons
The dragon, as folklore, exists in almost every ancient civilization from the beginning of recorded history. They were often portrayed as...
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Glenda Crump
May 6, 20195 min read
I Choose My Child
Finding out my daughter Candice was gay was not something I was prepared for. She was always very feminine, wore make-up, kept her hair...
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Rachel Ellis
Apr 18, 20191 min read
Rachel’s Story
Rachel shares her experience when her daughter came out as transgender and how she and her family found support and understanding amidst...
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Jen Blair
Mar 25, 20194 min read
It Was a Miraculous Mix of Organic and Divine
Mama Dragons has come a long way in a few years. At the start of 2014, Gina Crivello created a Facebook group for the 8-10 women who were...
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Jill Hazard Rowe
Mar 18, 20193 min read
Our Beginnings
As a mom with an LGBTQ child, Mama Dragons has been a source of strength and support for me from the very beginning. After my son came...
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Monica Johns
Feb 7, 20194 min read
The Gift of Massive Empathy
Our son came out to us just after high school graduation in 2014. It’s remarkable to me how much change can happen in such a short amount...
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Chrisann Toelupe
Jan 30, 20194 min read
Love is What Matters Most
I guess I’ve always suspected that our oldest son, Christian, was gay. His development was atypical of most boys. He loved The Little...
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Wendy Stringfellow VonSosen
Jan 8, 20195 min read
Expanding the Harbor for Mothers in 2019
Life is unpredictable. Just when you think you’ve got it all figured out, opportunities open up and you find yourself looking back and...
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Ana Maria Hernandez
Dec 17, 20183 min read
Love Knows No Boundaries
IÂ gave birth to three sons; a set of twins, now 30, and a 25-year-old. They are my everything and I adore them. When my twins were 13...
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Yadira Vadillo
Dec 10, 20184 min read
The Power of a Mother’s Love
I want the world to know that my son was conceived with a lot of love, and that from the beginning he was a wonderful and beloved child....
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Vickie Walker
Jul 15, 20186 min read
A Celebration of Love
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you – Maya Angelou I was born a Mormon.   This statement reflects what has...
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Melanie Flake
Feb 14, 20185 min read
Real Friendships
My husband comes from a very large Mormon family (he has 84 first cousins- just on his dad’s side). They are like a giant group of...
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