"Be mindful of the children."
I was kissing her at the Peace of the Lord. It was a kiss I had seen modeled for me over the course of twenty years, by my parents. It was Palm Sunday. Sixth months ago my girlfriend and I had become the first openly gay couple at our church. Sixth months later, on that Palm Sunday, we were told to be mindful of the children by a woman who was not a mother.
All I felt was shame.
So, it is time to add my voice: the struggle is not over. I am twenty, gay, femme, and Episcopalian. I am figuring it out. This online journal is my story. All of this will be true and honest. Here, in these pages, will be my heart.
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