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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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Marion McClellan
- Oct 21, 2019
- 5 min
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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Diane Oviatt
- Sep 30, 2019
- 4 min
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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Julie Turnbull
- Sep 16, 2019
- 1 min
Julie’s Story
Watch Julie's video about her experiences with a gay son and Mama Dragons.
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Kaye Katseanes
- Sep 16, 2019
- 1 min
Kaye’s Story
Watch Kaye's video about her experiences as the mother of a gay son and finding Mama Dragons.
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Brenda Hooley
- Sep 16, 2019
- 3 min
No Matter What
I would first like to introduce myself and my children. I’m Brenda, the Mama Dragon of three baby ducks—I’ve called my kids my baby ducks...
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Marcie D. Schear
- Sep 2, 2019
- 4 min
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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Lori Davis
- Aug 26, 2019
- 3 min
BELIEVE Good Things Are Going To Happen
I am a mom to 4 beautiful boys living in the stunning mountains of the Wasatch front in Utah. Like most parents I had lots of...
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Lindsay Brunt
- Aug 5, 2019
- 3 min
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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Sandra Smithey
- Jul 22, 2019
- 6 min
Acceptance in Action
At 14 years old, my son was bottled up inside himself and wouldn’t talk to me, so I begged him to write down whatever was bothering him....
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Ana Pollorena Carpenter
- Jul 8, 2019
- 4 min
A Path to Follow
My four children attended Catholic schools. My two oldest girls attended from pre-k through 6th grade, Robert from pre-k through 4th and...
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Neca Allgood
- Jun 10, 2019
- 3 min
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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Shauna Jones
- May 28, 2019
- 4 min
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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Jen Blair
- Mar 25, 2019
- 4 min
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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Monica Johns
- Feb 7, 2019
- 4 min
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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Yadira Vadillo
- Dec 10, 2018
- 4 min
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, 2018
- 6 min
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, 2018
- 5 min
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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Wendy VonSosen
- Jan 30, 2018
- 5 min
Boys Who Wear Makeup
DISCLAIMER: 4/20/2022 Hey there! It’s been about five years since I wrote Boys Who Wear Makeup and it has made its way around the virtual...
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