A New Day Has Come
So, I just got off the phone with Kim, and for all of you who have been reading my downtrodden away messages and journal entries, know that my talk with Kim and an e-mail from Paul have lifted my spirits, and I'll be back on track today.
A fresh start from here on out...a fresh start on the work week, a fresh start from retreat drama, be it past or present...I'm wiping the slate clean and letting the new day come!
Some thoughts from today (yesterday) that I'd like to share:
"well...you always kept me looking on the positive side throughout the entire retreat...thanks.." -Ralph
Thanks, buddy; I really needed to hear that.
Also...
"Long after practice, I sat in the locker room with Casper and Brad. I'd been talking to the guys. They were full of questions like 'How long have you known?', 'What did your parents say?', and more other questions than I can even remember. What struck me wasn't the questions, but how much all of them supported me. Just about all of them expressed surprise, but not one of them was down on me. A few seemed a little stiff when talking to me, like they were afraid of being near me, but even those made an effort to let me know that it was cool with them that I was gay. I'd never have guessed they would react like that. I'd always thought that a few might stand by me, but I expected most to withdraw from me like I had some kind of disease. I really thought I'd become an outcast when they found out about me. I was wrong. I'd underestimated not only Brad, but all of my friends." -from A Better Place by Mark Roeder
I'd like to thank all my friends that have stood by me...I love you all!!!
Love,
~ PJ ~
A fresh start from here on out...a fresh start on the work week, a fresh start from retreat drama, be it past or present...I'm wiping the slate clean and letting the new day come!
Some thoughts from today (yesterday) that I'd like to share:
"well...you always kept me looking on the positive side throughout the entire retreat...thanks.." -Ralph
Thanks, buddy; I really needed to hear that.
Also...
"Long after practice, I sat in the locker room with Casper and Brad. I'd been talking to the guys. They were full of questions like 'How long have you known?', 'What did your parents say?', and more other questions than I can even remember. What struck me wasn't the questions, but how much all of them supported me. Just about all of them expressed surprise, but not one of them was down on me. A few seemed a little stiff when talking to me, like they were afraid of being near me, but even those made an effort to let me know that it was cool with them that I was gay. I'd never have guessed they would react like that. I'd always thought that a few might stand by me, but I expected most to withdraw from me like I had some kind of disease. I really thought I'd become an outcast when they found out about me. I was wrong. I'd underestimated not only Brad, but all of my friends." -from A Better Place by Mark Roeder
I'd like to thank all my friends that have stood by me...I love you all!!!
Love,
~ PJ ~