On this episode of Add Water and Stir, Mimi and ABM welcome the author of the blog, The Chronicles of a Non-Belly Mama, Sammie Mendez. Sammie is married with four children, one via foster to adoption and three via pregnancies by both she and her wife. They chat about interracial relationships, transracial adoption, assisted reproduction, you name it, they dish. You’ll love Sammie’s positive energy and fun-loving approach to life and family! The ladies forgo the Wind Down as the mourn the recent deaths of Terrance Crutcher and Keith Scott, both killed by police the week of recording. They round out the episode with a few recommendations and shoutouts. Find show notes at www.addwaterandstirpodcast.com; Like us on Facebook at facebook.com/AWASPod; Tweet Us @AWASPod

AWAS 048: LGBT Adoptive Families: An Interview with Sammie Mendez

Add Water and Stir will focus on promoting adoption within communities of color, especially within the African American community.  We want to give voice and visibility to families like ours who often seem left out of mainstream adoption conversations.  We hope to educate others as we talk about our struggles and triumphs of parenting adopted children.  Of course, there will be time for Mimi and ABM will kick it about all kinds of not necessarily adoption related topics as well.

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Kids & Family

ABM is joined by guest host & foster mom Cristi and Michelle Hughes to discuss the immigration crisis that has resulted in nearly 3,000 children being separated from their parents after arriving at the southern US border. This crisis is especially triggering across the adoption community due to questions about legal status, childhood trauma, and family separation.

AWAS 057: The Children of Migrants

We know, we know! Add Water and Stir has been idle for more six months as Mimi and ABM have been out raising kids, starting businesses, doing research and in short living their best, and sometimes, stretched lives. On this episode of the show, the ladies get together to catch up and discuss a change that’s been a year in the making: Mimi is leaving the show.

It's So Hard to Say Goodbye...to Mimi

Mimi and ABM are doing a special weekly recap for fans of NBC's This Is Us with commentary focused on fostering, adopting and parenting children of color. This week they discuss Season 2, Episode 03.

'This Is Us' Recap: Season 2, Episode 03

Mimi and ABM are doing a special weekly recap for fans of NBC's This Is Us with commentary focused on fostering, adopting and parenting children of color. This week they discuss Season 2, Episode 02.

'This Is Us' Recap: Season 2, Episode 02

Mimi and ABM are doing a special weekly recap for fans of NBC's This Is Us with commentary focused on fostering, adopting and parenting children of color. This week they discuss the Season 2 premiere.

AWAS 048: LGBT Adoptive Families: An Interview with Sammie Mendez

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