life Archives • The Elephant Mum

Race and cultural heritage are two topics our family is actively learning on, especially in relation to transracial adoption. I recently wrote a ...

I received several comments on Instagram asking me about by day job. I am lucky to have the best job in the world. You heard the saying: find a ...

Cultivating emotional intelligence in children is a fundamental responsibility of parents. Wikipedia defines emotional intelligence as the ...

I recently found out I am married to “Vuoden Isä 2020“, Father of the Year. Every year Finland awards few fathers with this title and ...

I receive a lot of questions about our experience of adopting our son after having a child through birth. There are several families that walk ...

The Finnish word ruska refers to the change of colours the autumn brings, the forest turning from green to yellow, red, and brown. Autumn is my ...

This might be my post with the biggest time lag between intention and actual execution. It’s not that I lacked motivation to write it, but ...

Going on short hikes is one of my favorite family activities. Living in Finland we can enjoy wild nature right out of our doorstep. We have been ...

At the end of this year I want to stop and reflect on courage, on the invisible struggles I faced in my adult life, and on the choices I have ...