A Year From Now

August is here. In a mere twelve days, I will send my firstborn to college.

From Fear and Denial to Acceptance and Beyond: A Guest Blog Post by Karen Graci — previously posted on PFLAG Charlotte

I'm taking a writing break this week and spending time with family! Please enjoy this post from my friend and fellow PFLAG parent Karen!

We Are Just Like You

I was angry at myself for waiting six months to attend my first PFLAG meeting!

Open Letter to the NC DMV

I don’t forgive you for discriminating against my daughter.

Everybody Hurts

Trigger warning. This post discusses suicide.

One in a Million

I have a confession to make (old Catholic habits die hard). I don’t have my s*%t together, not at all. My daughter came out to me April 13, 2016. Do you know when I finally felt like I had reached the point of acceptance? October 2017. A full year and a half after she told … Continue reading One in a Million →

You Learn

When I am unfamiliar with something, I need to find out as much as I can about it.

Losing My Religion

Each week at church, I would kneel after Communion and repeat the same fervent prayer, “God, please bring my son back to me.” Months came and went, things went further in the opposite direction.