Sunday, March 18, 2012

A Love Story

Hello and Welcome!
This is me.
I'm 43, struggling with my weight (well, not struggling really... i let it win), and trying to turn Work I Enjoy into a lucrative career. 


This is my baby.
His name is Russ. He's the greatest. We have been together for over 10 years now. It hasn't always been easy. Hell, i don't think it's ever been "easy". But we love each other and we try to hang in there -- no matter what life throws at us.


And, well, this is old.
This is a picture of us from about, oh... 5 years ago. It's probably my favorite. This is us "partying" on New Year's Eve. This is exactly the kind of wild, extremely fabulous, gay life we lead.

OK. So here's the deal. I was reading this great blog article and the author was discussing gay "rights" and the progress on gay marriage. He was saying (i'm just going to admit right here that i don't remember where i read this. don't hate. if you know, please give props and a link in the comments!) that the progress we've made is a result of increased visibility. By stepping out and showing people that we are ordinary people living ordinary lives who happen to be homosexual, we change perceptions. He encouraged everyone (again, kicking myself that i can't properly attribute here...) to share their stories. i thought that brilliant.

So, here's Ours. i will attempt (no promises!) to be diligent and share with any and all who might be interested our boring, mundane (but ever so dramatic) lives as we struggle with money and family and weight ... (sound at all familiar?). i will attempt to be entertaining but unflinchingly honest. 

i am not always pretty and i am not always right. i'm not ashamed to admit it. Everyone who reads this should always remember this is Our Story. i am not shooting a documentary or writing an article. This will be where i tell the story of us ... even as it is being written.

Love is... the journey. Enjoy the trip.

1 Comments -- Say Something!:

  1. sooooooooo, there's a few things i just address but nothing for which i will apologize. i regard capitalization as a form of emphasis much like italics or bold. similarly i don't agree with always capitalizing "I". we live in a society of self-importance and i refuse to participate -- consider this my form of grammatical rebellion. and i'm pretty free with the punctuation. ultimately the point is to express myself.

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