. . . . . . . . . Okay. Here I am. Back in the blog saddle and continuing where I left off. And where I left off was posting larger versions of the images above with the promise I’d be following them up the next day with a post and perhaps in some [...]

Posted in Coming Out, Perspectives 22 Comments »

I’ll say more about these tomorrow but I give them to you today for your consideration. Talk amongst yourselves. Or to yourself if that’s the only person who truly understands you.

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I’m gay and thus fulfilling yet another stereotype of conservatives everywhere, I have an agenda. World domination and a leaner body aside (with particular attention to the saddlebags and love handles) my agenda could be summed up in that: every GLBTQ person would know beyond question they are the beloved of the Most High so [...]

Posted in Christian Lesbian Identity, Coming Out, Personal Stories 5 Comments »

David Hayward over at nakedpastor created yet another awesome cartoon. I’m not one to throw the word hero around lightly but if a hero is someone who risks their life to save another, then I don’t consider it a stretch to attribute heroic status to those who come out of the closet. Every time someone [...]

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When I tried the school cafeteria’s apple crisp for the first time in eighth grade I regretted all the delicious squares of apple crisp I’d given away to my class mates over the years because it had looked too icky to eat. I wished I’d tried the apple crisp sooner. When I came out as [...]

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The other day I had an appointment with an occupational therapist to go over guidelines and suggestions for my post-surgical care as well as preparing me for the final surgery that will be coming up in a few weeks. After a hand-shake and introductions our conversation went something like this: OT:     “So it’s been three [...]

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“Do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your [...]

Posted in Coming Out, Grace Meditations 10 Comments »

I’ve been obese all my life. I spent my life transitioning from baby fat to chubby to overweight to obese to morbidly obese.  I only knew what it was to be the biggest kid in every class and the largest woman in every gathering. There were limitations on my life because of my weight. There [...]

Posted in Coming Out, Storytelling 31 Comments »

I’m not embarrassed to say that this middle-aged lesbian American has a rather significant though purely platonic love-crush on Jon Birch, the mastermind, artist, and frequently heretical Brit behind ASBO Jesus. While Jon’s archive is filled with wonderful pieces on homosexuality and being gay, this most recent one was especially moving because while reality for [...]

Posted in Coming Out, SnapShot Reflections 4 Comments »

Based on several of the comments to my previous posts, I want to clear up my intention on the previous and upcoming posts on relationships. Here’s what I’m not doing. I’m not telling you there’s a right way and a wrong way to any of this, at least in the areas I’m currently addressing. Trust [...]

Posted in Coming Out, Dating 6 Comments »