Unashamed
“I paced alone outside of the barracks at Fort Gordon, Georgia, as the phone rang. “I wanted you to hear it from the horse’s mouth, Dad,” I said as I lit a cigarette and paced the sidewalk surrounding the barracks.
“You’re not telling me anything I didn’t already know, Emma. You are more worried about it than I am,” he professed calmly.
My mother was a little less accepting. “Are you sure? It’s not right, Emma. It’s a sin,” she said, and cried.
My grandparents on both sides were in t...heir late seventies at the time and took it surprisingly well. The reason this was surprising was that my mother’s gene pool is rich with active evangelists or ministers of the word of God. In fact, my maternal grandfather was a retired Pentecostal preacher when I made that coming out phone call and my aunt, an active minister.
My grandfather, whom I deeply respect on many levels, reminded me, “You know the Bible and what it says.MoreLess
“You’re not telling me anything I didn’t already know, Emma. You are more worried about it than I am,” he professed calmly.
My mother was a little less accepting. “Are you sure? It’s not right, Emma. It’s a sin,” she said, and cried.
My grandparents on both sides were in t...heir late seventies at the time and took it surprisingly well. The reason this was surprising was that my mother’s gene pool is rich with active evangelists or ministers of the word of God. In fact, my maternal grandfather was a retired Pentecostal preacher when I made that coming out phone call and my aunt, an active minister.
My grandfather, whom I deeply respect on many levels, reminded me, “You know the Bible and what it says.MoreLess
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