John Morris – One thing I learned all too well from Marvin was how to shut myself off from others as though I had an internal light switch
The world around us screams that we must accept – and even celebrate – homosexuality in all its varying perverse forms. We should glorify state-sanctioned same-sex liaisons as though they were actually real marriages, and we should tolerate mentally-ill men in dresses...
Vladimir – There are times when I still struggle with depression, anxiety, and self-hatred. There are also times when I wonder if I have any capacity to love
My father has been married five times. My mother was his second wife. According to my father, I am responsible for the destruction of his third and fourth marriages because “I had not accepted the death of my mother.” I only have one memory of my birth mother. For...
Laura – I grew up in a world where marriage didn’t mean anything, and nobody stuck around for very long
I was nine years old when my parents told me they were getting a divorce. I was coming home from summer camp. I’d had a horseback-riding accident at camp and fell on my arm. I needed to see a doctor. My parents picked me up together. I told them about my arm, but they...