Quote by Zeddikas
Courage comes in many forms.
Shared this with my friends and family on Facebook and quoted this line. Such a simple sentence, yet such a powerful statement. Thank you!
I didn't come out to my family until I was 28. The year prior, I had moved to the Albany, NY area, and when I did so, was determined not to live under any false pretenses. There was no "coming out" in this process, just as I met new people and we got to know each other, I would talk about who I was without fear.
But when I went back home the following Christmas, I remember each of the "coming out" conversations I had with the people I felt like I needed to talk with personally: first my dearest cousin and her husband, then my sister, my mother followed by my father (still married, but felt I needed to handle them separately to "tailor" my delivery (a discussion filled with empathy with my mother, and one that was a personal, but gentle, challenge to my father (an orthodox Roman Catholic).
As I stated in my brief Facebook page... I hope I get to see the day when these conversations aren't preceded by hours, days, weeks, months, or even years of dread.
