Journey to Global Community
We arrive home from Palm Springs, and within minutes I hear the hair clippers. Then this emerges: Brian: Silent and straightfaced. Me: "Your mohawk is crooked." Brian turns around and goes back in the bathroom where I hear the clippers go on again. Brian: "Fine, but I'm keeping the mustache!" Me: "Quick, grab me some peroxide and hairspray!" Brian: "Why?" Me: "I need to make sure I am a good Loni Anderson to your Burt Reynolds." Brian turns around again and the … [Read more...]
When I returned from my month long African adventure, I hadn’t seen Brian in over two weeks. We were still talking about our spa and massage experiences in South Africa and so I had (what I thought was) a genius idea to do home massages. Affordable and fun...or so I thought. I bought special oil, we put on Skyfall, and I gave Brian a full-body massage for the entire movie. Brian returned the favor later that night. Awesome, right? Well, it probably would have been if we were trained … [Read more...]
Well, it happened. Brian had his first interview. We received an email a few weeks ago for an interview request. What made us excited was it wasn’t for me, it was for Brian! They wanted to get his views on AP. This is the first time anyone has ever asked to talk to him about it. “It’s about damn time!” Brian said. I agreed. We were excited and said yes before we had time to really let it sink in. Here is the thing: Brian has a fear of interviews or … [Read more...]
Well, it happened. Brian donated his hair. It happened unexpectedly, so there are no photos before or during the big chop. It was pretty cool to find out that Brian’s curly locks were deceiving us. Those ringlets when straightened were almost longer than my hair! Brian was about at the end of his patience with growing it and found out he had to cut it for his job, so he was quite relieved when we found out he had just made the cut-off length for donations. Here is a photo of him … [Read more...]
Who is the strong silent man behind the blog? No one seems to know. He does need to keep a bit of mystery on here, but we will let you in on a little more of his personality. Brian and I met the month I turned sixteen. He was almost twenty-one at the time. He wanted nothing to do with me because I was so young. Needless to say, I was fuming by this rejection. I didn’t hear from him for two years... until the week before I turned eighteen, when I received a convenient phone call. He’s … [Read more...]
Brian sometimes takes the kids to the park so I can get things done around the house. When he goes by himself he finds himself without any parents to socialize with. Why? Everyone is afraid of him. Sure to some he may resemble a common criminal, but my goodness, he's not like some creepers who come to the playground part of the park without any children. He has two. He came home last week really down in the dumps when a lady frantically called her child over to her and left the park in a … [Read more...]
Our hope is that people will get a chance to see a family that may look a little different, but is as close and loving as a family that meets the stereotypical ideal. It is time to break barriers, stop making assumptions, and realize that families come in all different shapes and sizes and can still define the term. Find Out More ››
