I had the pleasure of reading this terrific letter from a Father to his daughter who kicked her "gay" son out of the house.
But I also find it rather disturbing that a mother can simply turn of their "love" switch and forget they raised a child since birth; Loved and cuddled with them since they were little, and yet their hatred for being born a certain way engulf them to the point of stupidity.
OMG, I absolutely love this! I definitely had to post it as "A Very Special Moment" on my blog. The story is courtesy of Facebook friend, Kyle Ryan Palmer, who posted it on his newsfeed this morning.
Oh, how I love Mothers! They are undeniablythe best at EVERYTHING!!!! And so very cunning too!
Check out the story below.
A Mom went to have dinner with her son who lives with his roommate.
During the course of the meal, his mother couldn't help but notice how
handsome his roommate was. She had been suspicious about her sons
sexuality but being a good mother she felt that he would let her know if
and when the time was right but seeing the two together just made her
more curious.
Over the course of the evening, while
watching the interaction between the two she wondered even more if
there was more here than meets the eye. Her son, sensing his mothers
watchfully eye volunteered, "really Mom, I can tell what you're thinking
and you can just get it out of your mind, we are just roommates and
nothing more".
About a week later the roommate remarked, "ever
since your mother was here the silver serving platter has been missing,
do you think she took it?"
He responded, "Well I'm sure she didn't but I will email her and ask just to be sure" he sat down and wrote:
Hey Mom,
I'm not saying you did take the silver platter from the house and I am
not saying you didn't take it but the fact remains that it has been
missing ever since you were here for dinner.
Love, Your Son.
A couple days later he got a response from his mother:
Dear Son,
I am not saying that you do sleep with your roommate and I am not
saying that you don't sleep with him and you know I love you and could
care less either way but the fact remains that if he was sleeping in his
own bed he would have found the platter under his pillow.
When are the two of you coming for dinner? Love, Mom
Why have I bestowed Krista Tillman "Mother of the Year times 2"? Because she understands what most ignorant people don't, that people are going to leave your cities. And because she's a loving, doting mother to a son who happens to be gay. But it isn't just the fact that she's an understanding mother. She's a dean of a college in North Carolina, and knows what she's talking about. If these REDs keep going to the extreme far right on their issues, they will never understand the economic impact that will hinder their states in the future.
You may think that Texas is a Republican state, but it's only Republican because we have all those small tiny towns all over the state who hate everyone who's not white. Little do they know, people have been leaving their small towns and relocating to cities that are more accepting - like Houston, Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio. Watch this short 3 minute video - it's good.
When I first saw this video 2 years ago I was struck by how close it hit to home. It was hard enough being hispanic in a country where we're considered a minority. But I also had to lie to keep my homosexuality a secret from the people I cared most about, and it tore me up inside. I would pray to God every night hoping he would fix me. Little did I know, he couldn't fix what he had created.
Here you have a father who's an ex-marine, a devoted christian, and a loving husband and he has to come to grips with the fact that he has a gay son. As you watch the video below you will come across one of my favorite parts of the documentary - when the boy's father realizes God couldn't possibly condemn his son. "I thought to myself inside that everything I've ever been taught that it's an abomination and yes, he's going to hell, but I also quicky thought.... my son, he's a beautiful kid, he's compassionate, he's warm, he cares for people, he's respectful, he's kind. How? If we have such a loving God, How could God condemn my son to hell?"
Always My Son is one of a series of short documentary films that were being produced by the Family Acceptance Project to help ethnically and religiously diverse families decrease their LGBT children's risk for suicide, substance abuse, depression, HIV, homelessness and placement in foster care or juvenile justice settings -- by increasing family support.[source] [source]
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