Brandi Walton, Author at Them Before Us

Father’s Day for a Lesbian’s Daughter

by Brandi Walton | Jun 19, 2017 | The Latest | 9 comments

Another Father’s Day. Another phone call I didn’t make. I was raised by my lesbian mother who divorced my father when I was one year old. My mother told my father to go away and never come back. And that’s exactly what he did. It should come as no...

Brandi Walton’s story | “As far as I was concerned, I already had one mother; I did not need another.”

by Brandi Walton | Apr 11, 2017 | Stories

I knew from a young age that living with two women was not natural. I could especially see it in the homes of my friends who had a mom and a dad. I spent as much time with those friends as I possibly could. I yearned for the affection that my friends received from...