When you realize you don’t WANT to go back to before

This morning I was having a very unexceptional, typical morning in my new life. I woke up in my studio, just across the driveway from the building that I used to call my home (in which my ex and my children still reside). I was eating breakfast, getting dressed, just going through the morning routine.

Coming Out on Facebook

Well, I did it, last Monday I made an extremely lengthy post on Facebook (and Instagram) in which I came out to the world at large. It’s been several months since Anne and I ended our marriage and I have been feeling pretty stable in this new way of life for a couple of months

Grief Is Complicated… And Verbose 🤣

[Written on February 10th, 2022] Today would have been me and Anne’s 23 year dating anniversary. I’ve been dreading this day for a few weeks now. When we were dating in high school we would anticipate February 10th for months. We would talk for hours about what sort of special date we wanted to go

“Kids… I’m gay.”

Last week Anne and I sat down with the kids to tell them what has been going on between us. Back in March when we first started discussing this topic more intensely, the kids noticed that she and I would suddenly disappear for an hour or two to talk. She wanted to acknowledge that something

Past the Point of No Return

The other day I was feeling really sad about my situation. Back in March when Anne and I first started having these conversations about my sexuality, I told her that if it any point in time this thing starts to threaten the stability of our marriage, that I will wrap this shit up and pretend