I've received over 1500 emails from guys who are or have been in an abusive gay relationship. Emails thanking me for bringing this issue front and center, thanking me for kind words, advice, hope and resources. This column is dedicated to the guys out there, the abused partner in a verbally or physically abusive gay relationship. One third of all gay relationships are abusive, yes one third!
"Packaging up a previous nightmare to make room for the rest of your life wasn't’t easy. "Sometimes things need to be said, and they need to be said, because you’re finally ready ...
There are those unique of moments of surprise and joy when a child first discovers his own fingers, a bright color or even a new toy. Steven’s kiss, the feel of his lips, his hand on the back of my neck, I was that kid just for a moment.
We sat in this car for about fifteen minutes, Steven had a lot to say. He talked about five years ago. Not just that short lunch but heartfelt words about me, about feelings from other distant moments that involved me yet I never knew about them. His secrets. As ...
On a recent visit to Illinois, Rodney bought some Amish jam that was being sold. I wasn’t with him, so I didn’t get to see the set-up.
But when I got a look at the jar, I couldn’t help noticing the label said www. amishjam.com (yes, there was a space in the address, for no apparent reason).
That seemed odd. I thought the Amish rejected modern life. Why would they have a website?
So I took a look at amishjam.com. Of course the design was horrible. I already expected that. But the real surprise was that they offered online shopping, credit card ...
Since I was rambling about teevee stuff yesterday, I thought a teevee themed meme was somewhat appropriate.
It is very easy to see the glass as half empty but, as you know, it could be half full. During tough times we can drag ourselves down with looking at all the negatives. We look at life and realize all the bad things that are happening to us. Sometimes we need to lean on the benefits we get instead.
I tend to always see the glass as half full and a lot of my friends are drove nuts by this fact. I just rather dwell on the positive than the negative. I want to see all I am receiving instead of ...