Love always wins
“I’d rather have a live daughter than a dead son.” Those were the words of Jeanette Renee, mother of Jazz Jennings, on a recent interview. I’ve hear these words before from other parents of transgender kids when asked about learning to accept their son is their...
Using they, them, theirs as singular
What is the issue with using they, them, theirs as singular pronouns? I just don’t get it. Don’t get me wrong. I have my grammar pet peeves and one is the misuse of pronouns such as he, him, her, she, me and I. But this to respect someone’s chosen pronoun? What...
Happy New Year!
It’s 2019 already. Where has the time gone? Happy New Year! This has been a remarkable year for me, one of dreams come true. I don’t have a lot of big dreams and the ones that materialized I never thought would. That’s a great lesson for me. I remember in the months...
Christmas Gratitude
Yesterday was Christmas. Most of you know that I’m Jewish and so don’t celebrate Christmas at home but I do have Christmas traditions. We are visiting California, where we lived for the past 29 years (not counting this last year since we left). We spent Christmas eve...
What’s it like now?
My son came out almost 30 years ago. I’ve written a lot about what it was like then, how I felt and how I reacted. What’s it like now, 30 years later? It is so different. I no longer think about his safety every day. I don’t worry any more. He has shown himself to be...
What if your son were gay?
What if your son were gay? Imagine asking yourself that question when he was first born or just a toddler. I asked myself that question when my son was three years old. I remember telling his father, “I don’t care if he marries someone of another religion or race, but...
What Chanukah Means to Me
We are in the middle of the 8 days of Chanukah. Tonight, we light the 4th candle. Chanukah is really a minor holiday in the Jewish religion. It commemorates the miracle of the oil. When the Maccabees rededicated the Temple, they only had enough oil for one day. One of...
Holidays
With Thanksgiving just past and holidays approaching, I think a lot about LGBTQ people who don’t have family to spend the holidays with. It breaks my heart. I can’t imagine the sadness at a young person’s first holiday without their parents, siblings and extended...
Thankful
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving here in the United States. This has been a year of changes for me and I am so thankful. I’m thankful to live in a state filled with natural beauty. I’m thankful to live only ½ mile from my older son and to see him as often as I do. For the 29...
When their child first came out
I recently asked the parents in my secret Facebook group what their first thoughts were when their child first came out. Nothing they said surprised me. It always amazes me how similar our stories are. So many of us were surprised, having no idea that our child was...
A checklist for parents of a LGBTQ teen
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