Nick arrived six months later and filled our world with his own configurations of unexpected stars. Some were beautiful, some had sharp edges that cut.
“The truth is, honey, once that baby comes, you won’t be able to imagine how you ever lived your life without that child.” -- Gulp, precisely what I was afraid of.
I'll never know the true nature of Daniel's feelings. But what I know to be true is sad. Meeting Daniel reawakened me to how insidious homophobia can be.
We are little girls, my sister and I, but my father never tells us we were darling or smart or beloved. Instead, my father keeps piles of Playboys around the house.
The tragedy, when people say things like “stop resisting”, or “just do what they say,” is that a part of you dies when you knowingly and voluntarily submit to the violation of your human rights.
