A letter from May 7th, 2020

Peaceful right?

Hi *****, I've been dealing with this for a while, and I just need to talk with somebody about it. I think that I may be Lesbian or Bi. I've felt this way for a long time, but I've just ignored it or told myself I'm 'confused'. My parents are homophobic, they were raised conservatively, and I don't want to talk to them about it. They don't know yet. The church at ****** is really open-minded, and I just need some help working through this. I don't want my parents to know (at least not yet), so sticking with e-mail would be good. Thank you for being there, ***** That's the letter we just sent to our pastor. If not now, when? Sure, it's Coronavirus. Sure, I'm quarantined in with my homophobic parents. Sure, I have absolutely nowhere to go and no resources to speak of. Sure, I'm currently sitting in a closet (really) crying. Sure, I'm mentally probably not ready for this. But, if not now, when? Wherever you are, good luck. And I love you. And so. does. God. -You a year ago

Epilogue

2 days later

Hi dearie,

Well, it's a been a year, that's for sure. A long, 15 months of March with life transformations packed in to the brim.

I suppose you'll...

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Teh swa mesrum. . . ,nolg llfa dna oto swa eth. Ot fro ym and ethn nesarpt tiem wi,nter htiw the enrrtu came ivel to adn. . . I 'dtidn. Mthe, of i rfom mthe eihtr slalc uto fo tnicrfa ekwe no ttoncsan adn ecam ushr a dna hnet ipnac nde ot lif,ree a etlf. Em epecxt eedp eped, eitrgnmsansundid lrsfeau ot nda and. Tunerr dnfou whit os, herti ot semo mbesmre nthsmo nsdpe ktscu utacfnsoigf tihw oc,npamy siedtna i r,eeth vlie dna d'indt to ialfmy. St'i dna llvoey bene.
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Negdahc hvea hrteo sa uyo ehav mya inhgts erseltcy tdeepxce o,ot. Eadsrht ni fo ym od a d'gso rof your chnirsati )dimn, wetes ekep raonemy is ot tno i hthogu( eolv hhicw rcpteapaie aprt a ym frosetf saw m'i icsihatrn sepratn htaw. Enbe hwne ont evah yan dna deasrtneg lltis ni (neev whlie eddolvpee, woh ylmfse, edus i aynm ot ithngs ttha wtha ever dan m'i evah nhat ppy)ha nad nfdi from i gurohothyl hripape ,tfdhsei as,ec i be,.
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Eoms fupeloh ofr mi' in eth yasw freut,u. Touab isismcpstie het a and hepo nda eptlan of woehl auxions sa eth saol. G?thir fgneirs ss,roedc.
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Dear iatvianodl uyo, bkac ensdngi ovle, nad ecapctaec,n ym to.

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