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Rhianna’s story | “I never have had a mom’s love and affection.”

Rhianna’s story | “I never have had a mom’s love and affection.”

by Them Before Us | Jul 5, 2018 | Stories | 3 comments

I am a 38-year-old married woman, a wife of 10 years, and a mother to a 3.5-year-old daughter and a 1-year old son. My mother is African American and my father is/was Caucasian. I was born in the late 70’s where it was still taboo for interracial relationships to...
Annie’s story | “Everything in my world was shaken to its core. My dad, who was he really?”

Annie’s story | “Everything in my world was shaken to its core. My dad, who was he really?”

by Them Before Us | Mar 6, 2018 | Stories | 3 comments

I grew up in a Pastor’s home and I am the youngest of four children. The summer before first grade, my family moved from California to Northern Idaho. We moved into a beautiful tri-level 5-bedroom home in a great neighborhood. That would be my home and haven till my...
Maia’s story | “Our mum left to pursue a same sex lifestyle, leaving my siblings and I devastated.”

Maia’s story | “Our mum left to pursue a same sex lifestyle, leaving my siblings and I devastated.”

by Them Before Us | Oct 31, 2017 | Stories

I am the oldest of 8 children, consisting of 3 full brothers, 2 step siblings, a half sister and a half brother who passed away when he was 3. My parents were married. Our childhood was fairly run of the Mill, we grew up in the Burbs and lived in a time where you...
Ginger’s story | “My mother would carry on that my birth father never wanted me, he only wanted her.”

Ginger’s story | “My mother would carry on that my birth father never wanted me, he only wanted her.”

by Them Before Us | Jul 20, 2017 | Stories | 1 comment

I was born to a teenage mother. According to her siblings, and even my grandmother, my birth father loved my mother very much. I heard stories over the years of how much he loved and wanted to marry her. My mother never lied in my younger years about who my birth...
Heather G.’s story | “Mom said to us, ‘Don’t come around too often, my boyfriend doesn’t like it.'”

Heather G.’s story | “Mom said to us, ‘Don’t come around too often, my boyfriend doesn’t like it.'”

by Them Before Us | Jun 29, 2017 | Stories | 3 comments

I grew up with divorced grandparents.  When my parents divorced I felt double the shame. I remember clearly the day my mum announced she was leaving us. It was the day before her birthday and my little sister’s 6th birthday was two days later. Dad said...
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