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The Holidays - I can’t believe it’s that time of year again. I started filling out our Christmas greeting cards yesterday and also considered putting up the tree, but thought better of it after considering how much fun Macy Gray might have destroying it while I’m at work. Any ideas on how to kitten-proof an [...]

Coming Out To My Parents - Part 2

This is the second part of Coming Out To My Parents. The preceding article can be found here.
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I hid out at my sister’s house for the next twenty-four hours, nervous about what was to come but feeling slightly excited about the future at the same time. My sister went to see my parents the next [...]

Coming Out To My Parents - Part 1

I came out to my parents almost thirteen years ago through a letter left on the dining room table. I simply couldn’t muster the courage to do it in person, so I waited until they had left one evening, laid it in a conspicuous location, and retreated to my sister’s house to wait for the [...]

Family Is What You Make It

We had a fantastic and enjoyable evening with our friend Kelly. After we took a refreshing dip in her swimming pool, she came along on our nightly visit to see Mrs. J.
Kelly has a real knack for entertaining and treating others with compassion and genuine concern. She listened earnestly as Mrs. J detailed how she [...]

Letter From My Father

When I made the decision to come out to my parents several years ago, I feared that my father would take it the hardest. I was even somewhat fearful of his reaction, but it turned out that I had judged him completely wrong. A few days later, he gave me a handwritten note on a [...]