Filling Up on More Than Food at Our First Filipino Thanksgiving

November 27, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

A Thanksgiving Post. Who is at your dinner table? How do I lean in to more than just the turkey and in my case, the Mac + cheese.

When Your Family Doesn’t Love Your Interracial Love (Lessons from Ron + Barbara)

November 20, 2019.Reading time 10 minutes.

He was Irish and German. She was a mixed woman, but to her father-in-law, Native American is all he saw. Here is advice from Ron and Barbara how to love in the face of disapproving family members.

I Am Good Already (A Poem for Mixed Kids)

November 13, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

I never feel wholly one or the other And never fully a part of one half of my heart or the other But somehow two halves make one whole me Rebekah “RJ” Johnson Intro Last week, I wrote a review of the ABC TV show Mixed-ish. And I was moved by the main character’s question […]

My Mixed-ish Girl Thoughts On “Mixed-ish”

November 4, 2019.Reading time 20 minutes.

Fun Story! The working title of my book used to be “Story of a Mixed Girl” until an old professor of mine said, “But that term does not fully define you.” You are not only mixed, you are multi-cultural, though because of your adopted family not in the traditional way people think. You need to […]

How to Love My Special Needs Family

October 3, 2019.Reading time 21 minutes.

This post is a short Intro into the day to day life and special needs of my brother, Justin. His special needs shape the character of my whole family mosaic.

My Family’s Adoption Language

September 25, 2019.Reading time 25 minutes.

My parents used a lot of positive language about our adoption that helped build a culture of love and trust in our family. Read how they did it here!

Welcome to Mosaic

September 11, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

This is your official welcome to the blog! The pieces of your story, whether adopted, bi-racial, or whatever wild card you’re holding, make your “Mosaic” glorious, baby.