By: Iarrann mé

“There was a father that thanked me for existing. Literally. He didn’t even care about the whole author/book part of it. He just thanked me for being here. For doing my thing, for sharing what I can. That completely broke my heart. And he had a daughter who had recently come out. I was just crushed. In a good way.”

And now I’m semi-crushed. My dad died before I had come out to anyone but my husband-at-the-time. I think he would have had a bit of a hard time with it initially (conservative Catholic) but I know without doubt that he loved me. I think he’d have come around, probably faster than I ever thought.

I’m missing him and a lot of other people. Of course, the bright side is I’ve had a lot of people I’ve cared about enough to miss…

Thanks for so often introducing us to new artists and writers. I have a HUGE list of books/authors to snag from the library as soon as this frickin dissertation is done. Gonna spend like at least a month reading for fun.