by Maria Tumolo | Oct 22, 2020 | Families, Mixed Race Families, Mixed Race Relationship, Motherhood, Multicultural, Parenting, Parenting and Mixed Race Children
Some months ago a friend sent me a video featuring mixed race young adults talking about their racial identity and prejudices they’ve experienced. I sent the video to my American cyber friend Nikki. Like myself, Nikki has a Blasian son. We got to talking about our...
by Maria Tumolo | Sep 21, 2020 | Families, Motherhood, Multicultural, Parenting
It seems like many moons ago since I first met Maria, my namesake. We met at a blog event and have been following each ever since. I enjoy seeing what she gets up to with her family, when they are out and about. It became clear to me that we enjoy doing similar...
by Maria Tumolo | Sep 2, 2020 | Families, Motherhood, Multi Racial, Multicultural, Parenthood
Some months ago, I was scrolling through my Instagram feed and I came across the account Abby & Izzy, ‘Sisterhood of the Travelling Ankara’. I loved the name and their photos were so joyous! I reached out to their mum for an interview to talk about...
by Maria Tumolo | Aug 26, 2020 | Mixed Heritage, Mixed Race, Motherhood, Multi Racial, Multicultural, Parenthood, Parenting
A few years ago, I began following little Nova’s insta feed, but I never spotted her parents. From time to time we liked each other’s snaps and commented, untill recently. When I decide to host the series on Mixed Heritage Family Life, I reached out....
by Maria Tumolo | Aug 12, 2020 | Families, Mixed Heritage, Mixed Race Families, Motherhood, Multi Racial, Multicultural, Parenthood, Parenting, Parenting and Mixed Race Children
Croatia has been on my mind for years. It’s on my list of places I must visit. However, Hubby is less enthusiastic and unsure what it would be like for our family to visit. When stumbled upon Ireti’s Instagram account I followed instantly. When I reached...
by Maria Tumolo | Aug 5, 2020 | Families, Mixed Heritage, Mixed Race, Motherhood, Multi Racial, Multicultural, Parenthood, Parenting
New to The Tiger Tales is a series of interviews with parents to mixed race children across the globe. Each week throughout August into September a new interview will be posted. It is my hope that by sharing our stories, we help each other find ways to fuse cultures,...