"Some days we forget to look around us. Some days we can't see the joy that surrounds us."
Who: foundmywayout and nobodysvictim
What: Good and bad news
Where: LGBT Community Center, Christopher Street, NYC
When: Afternoon after THIS
It had to be close to three years since Dave last stepped through these doors, and he actually paused for a moment to look up at the sign above and remembered the first time he had walked through them. Newly graduated from high school, newly escaped from the stifling and fearful confines of Lima, Ohio... he had been grateful to make it out alive, but still so scared, lost, and fighting a hard battle of recovery that he finally found the balls to seek the help he needed to make it through.
It had taken a lot of counselling in his early college days to get to a place he was content within himself, and finally began to live his life out of the closet. It was easier in New York, but Dave still had a lot of demons and guilt to fight. He honestly wasn't sure where he would be today without the help of his center, and the support he had found here, but now life had taken a much happier turn for him, he knew it was time to come back and reconnect to the guy who helped him above and beyond all else.
He knocked softly on the door of the small office and shot Nathan a grin. "I can't believe you still haven't done anything about the décor in this place. I at least expected some new drapes," he joked.
What: Good and bad news
Where: LGBT Community Center, Christopher Street, NYC
When: Afternoon after THIS
It had to be close to three years since Dave last stepped through these doors, and he actually paused for a moment to look up at the sign above and remembered the first time he had walked through them. Newly graduated from high school, newly escaped from the stifling and fearful confines of Lima, Ohio... he had been grateful to make it out alive, but still so scared, lost, and fighting a hard battle of recovery that he finally found the balls to seek the help he needed to make it through.
It had taken a lot of counselling in his early college days to get to a place he was content within himself, and finally began to live his life out of the closet. It was easier in New York, but Dave still had a lot of demons and guilt to fight. He honestly wasn't sure where he would be today without the help of his center, and the support he had found here, but now life had taken a much happier turn for him, he knew it was time to come back and reconnect to the guy who helped him above and beyond all else.
He knocked softly on the door of the small office and shot Nathan a grin. "I can't believe you still haven't done anything about the décor in this place. I at least expected some new drapes," he joked.