tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722447614945782871.post8571289484739018170..comments2023-09-12T11:31:20.729-05:00Comments on Straight-Friendly: Set Them FreeTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01271248501086241494noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722447614945782871.post-17575976507518439932010-10-11T16:19:43.313-05:002010-10-11T16:19:43.313-05:00Vikki, what a truly marvelous story (with a surpri...Vikki, what a truly marvelous story (with a surprise twist at the end, no less)! What moves me most about it, though, are how these amazing people managed to stick together without listening to calls and criticisms from the closet. I'm sure there were a lot of very tense conversations with family, friends, and neighbors along the way. I'm sure there were moments they really had to fight to hang on to one another. And I'm sure there were a lot of questions along the way. And yet I'm sure there are a lot of people who watched their integrity and commitment and were inspired to leave their own closets! Oh, how this story blesses me. Thank you for sharing it.<br /><br />Phil, yes! I pray God allows me to live long enough to tell a young person "We used to have this thing called National Coming Out Day." And I pray I'm not so deep in my dotage that I won't recognize the surprise and consternation in his/her eyes. We've come a long way in a very short time, and we've got a long way yet to go. But if we keep pressing ahead, the day we dream of will come!<br /><br />Blessings to you both.<br /><br />Much love,<br />TimTimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01271248501086241494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722447614945782871.post-30348259844093538162010-10-11T14:56:33.477-05:002010-10-11T14:56:33.477-05:00Wonderful Tim.
I just pray for the day when it won...Wonderful Tim.<br />I just pray for the day when it won't be necessary to have a day like this. <br />BlessingsBlue Eyed Ennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06181985609681328032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722447614945782871.post-63213645867175734672010-10-11T14:18:16.121-05:002010-10-11T14:18:16.121-05:00I have a dear friend whom I've known since jun...I have a dear friend whom I've known since junior high. I knew the moment we met that he was gay, but that never mattered to me. He struggled with his sexuality for years and years, at one point telling his family that he was bi-sexual. He subsequently married his best friend after graduating college and had two wonderful children. In his late thirties he was so miserable for living a lie that he considered suicide many times. I wonder how often he came so close. He felt such guilt about the kids, and his wife. He love his family but he was denying a major component of himself. I know it must have been so hard to finally make that leap, but thank God he did! Had he not done so, I'm certain that we'd have lost him forever. Now he lives with his life partner, and his ex-wife lives with her new husband next door. They all raised the kids together, and house sit and dog<br />sit. They have huge family gatherings and even own a houseboat together. The kids are college graduates,and one is even bringing a grandbaby into the mix!<br /><br />He'd have missed out on so many blessings had he allowed the darkness to win. I am one of many who rejoice in the fact that he didn't. <br /><br />He's my ex-brother-in-law, but always my brother and friend!kkrynohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07727264476742817993noreply@blogger.com