[Samantha Rogers]

Thanks for sharing, Lenneth. My heart goes out to you. To have a family circle so unsympathetic...well, it happens all the time, but that does not make it suck any less. For crying out loud, it isn't like it is anyone's fault that they are the way they are. And if people were just not so stupid and uneducated and uncaring and...but they are...but if they were not, they would know there is nothing wrong with any of us. We are just different but no less special and beautiful. A lot of people talk about love, but so few really know what it means.
It makes me sad and it makes me mad.
I understand about leaving things out. There are things we are ready to share and things we are not. I would guess there are secrets all of us have. That's normal and to be expected. But you have friends here with whom you can, or not, and it will not make a bit of difference. We still love you, sweetheart. Really.
There is a bond here, among all of us, that very few can ever understand. No we are not all exactly the same. Each of us has a unique situation and difficulties unique to them self. But we all share some piece of the same puzzle here, and in that there is, I hope, for you, comfort to be found. Your family may not get it, but we do. You have another family entirely right here, if you want it. And we do get it. We do understand. And we got your back, baby. Really.
Hugs