Category: compassion
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You Can Piss Me Off Like That Anytime, Kiddo!
I shrieked, thrilled and stunned. Our daughter, Michelle, turned white as a sheet. “Are you mad? I knew you’d be mad,” she said.
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Reclaiming the Perverted
Today, my friend put up another post, this time without the symbol but naming it, asking if it had been wrong for him to post it yesterday. Again, the majority of people, supportive friends, gave him plenty of props for being brave enough to put it up. Since the young…
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I’ve Waited a Lifetime for this Interview – Finale
As you know if you’ve read my last few posts, I’ve been asked by a nephew who is a leader in his evangelical church to answer some questions about my life in general, and gay marriage in particular. He asks a series of questions, and I will answer them one…
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WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES
Well, in another example of how the world shifts and tilts upon occasion, I was thrown for such a loop I landed keister up, arms and legs akimbo. (If you can picture this without thinking it out, you’re my type of person.) My last two posts have been dismal, but…
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THE UGLY SHIRT NO ONE WANTS TO WEAR
Or: BACK IN THE CLOSET YOU GO Many gay folks have reported their straight co-workers, friends, and family coming to them with words of support, understanding that the trauma of #OrlandoPulse spreads farther and wider than the immediate neighborhood. Some describe the concern and warnings their loved ones can’t help…
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RAINBOW AT HALF-MAST
It’s been a hard couple of days, I won’t lie. There are the inevitable questions: Why there and then? Who was really behind it all? What made him do it? And while there are answers, they won’t satisfy, because there are no answers good enough to make up for the…