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Br. Patrick:
--- Quote from: Artiste on August 20, 2008, 09:49:03 am ---Much I can learn yet!
Au revoir,
hugs!
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See? You have raised my consciousness further! I did not ask the Objibwa his name.
{{{ hugs~! }}}
br. p
Br. Patrick:
--- Quote from: Lynne on August 20, 2008, 07:16:39 pm ---Hi there, Brother Patrick!
It is good to see you online! :)
I was thinking of you earlier this month because of the anniversary, but I have not been online much to post. I hope you are doing well. I miss our chats.
Much love to you *always*,
Lynne
:-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
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I thought my anniversary would make me happy but it only made me 'homesick.' Things are so "right" there. Polly is very busy and rarely has time to email and I lost my friend MaryBeth when I came out to her (says a lot about HER, doesn't it?) so YOU, my dear, and Milli are my only communicating girlFRIENDs!
That makes me very happy. Hope things are working out 'perfectly' for you~!
{{{{ Much Love~! }}}} :-*
br. p
Shakesthecoffecan:
I should send MaryBeth a condolence card, she has lost part of herself and don't realize it.
Artiste:
Does he know that you took that photo of him Br. Patrick ?
May I ask... Br. Patrick.
Au revoir,
hugs!
Br. Patrick:
--- Quote from: shakestheground on August 21, 2008, 08:11:19 am ---I should send MaryBeth a condolence card, she has lost part of herself and don't realize it.
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She's the pastoral minister at church and she used to be a Dominican Nun; she always said she couldn't handle it because of all of their 'nunny' ways. Since she is so warm and accepting as a person, I never connected the dots... Until she visited me one day after I had found out that Janice's brother committed suicide because the Doctor's told him he was probably homosexual; I thought Janice was talking about an event years ago - when homosexuality was still on the books as a 'mental illness' but no~! It happened around 1995~!!!! I have this problem with anger. If I get angry and there is adrenaline in my system, it turns into RAGE~! Marybeth saw me that morning and I was pissed off, to say the least. (I now have a medication that stops the possibility of this happening.)
When I told her that I came out at 19 in 1973, I was comparing dates. It was OK in 1973 - and not in 1995???? She saw me at my worse and said later she could no longer have me as a friend because of the rage. Now this is the same woman, who in 2004, acting in her capacity as a Registered Nurse, helped me get to the Psych Unit in the hospital because I had had a breakdown and was RAGING to her, calling her every name in the book!
I didn't try to hide anything from this woman. I have a 3'x5' BBM Poster in my living room! It seems everybody knows I'm gay once they get to know me and that is OK. It's just with her, the subject never came up until that morning.
NOW I understood why she couldn't handle 'nunny' ways because 99% of Nuns are lesbians! Same ratio for males in religious orders. So, it became obvious why the woman looked so butch anyway. She won't even admit it to herself. You're right - she lost a very big part of herself. Maybe what happened will turn out to be a blessing. If one cannot accept oneself unconditionally, how can one minister to others? I DO pray for the woman every day.
Ranting over.. Back to normal. I really do feel SORRY for her.
{{{Cyberhugs}}}
br. p
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