Sadly, that often includes the really good ones-like love. Many kids do what I did, learning early to monitor, hide, and tamp down their emotions. Moments that should be happy become snarled in worry or fear, and it can take a long time to get them untangled. I would end up hiding them for another twelve years.įor LGBTQIA+ kids, the big feelings that often first arrive during the late-elementary years can come with extra complications. At the time it scared me, and with no idea what else to do, I pushed the love aside and hid the things my heart was telling me. I also remember the moment immediately after, when I realized what falling in love with another boy might mean. Like Jeremy, I fell in love for the first time at the age of twelve, an experience I remember vividly to this day. AUTHOR’S NOTE: While the details of this story are fiction, many are rooted in my own life.
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