Thank you Mom and Dad.

I told them thank you but I want the world to know how incredible my parents are. Just like ever person and their parents, we had our "disagreements." It was hard at times to get along with them but I've always know that I could count on them to always be there. When my mom asked if I was gay I wanted to die. She knew. I knew that she did ever since I revealed my favorite show was Desperate Housewives and she told me it was ok if I liked boys. I believe I was 13 at the time. So it was 2009 when my mom asked if I was gay. I had came out to pretty much everyone else in 2008 but just had no idea how to tell my parents. I had two older sisters that were married or getting married and starting to build families. There was all the expectations for me to do the same. I didn't want to hurt them. I couldn't. When it rains in my life, it pours. Around the time when I was "gearing up" to tell my parents my friend had an accident with my four-wheeler and totaled it. This drove a wedge between us and delayed my progress from months of having my friends build me up. One day I woke up and realized I didn't know how long it had been since I had talked to my parents. I felt like this would be how it would be when they found out that I was gay. I didn't like this feeling. Back to the story though. So my mom walked into my room. Sat down at my desk and just asked if I was gay. I just pulled the trigger and said yes. I didn't know what to expect next. I was freaking out. She hugged me and told me that she loved me no matter what. She was worried about me. She asked if I was picked on and if I was ok with who I was. She then even asked if I wanted to be a girl. I'm not exactly sure what was going through her head but she followed that with, "cause we'll do whatever it takes to make you happy." They actually supported me. It was mind blowing. Though we went back to never talking about it, (That's just my family. No one talks.) I always look back at that day with a warm heart.