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The Day My Relationship With My Family of Origin Ended
It was a hard, necessary, and good decision
Five years ago I made the absolutely heartbreaking decision of cutting my family of origin out of my life. Like most people that end up going no contact with their parents, it was an incredibly hard decision because despite the severe abuse, I still wanted love and connection with them. I knew that I would never obtain their love or favor, but I still wanted to try.
It was an agonizing choice that happened after my sister Georgia decided that she needed to defend my parents’ honor. I had been part of the book release and promotion team for Nadia Bolz-Weber’s book “Shameless: A Sexual Reformation.” I obtained my copy in July of 2018, and the release would be in January of 2019.
I wrote a review that I posted publically on my Facebook page, and Georgia read it. I had mentioned that the book had been something that really helped in my understanding of sexuality. I wrote about how I was unable to reveal that I was a lesbian until my 30’s because my family of origin hated queer people.
Georgia stated that this was the first they heard about my being a lesbian and warned me about God’s judgement of queer people as it exists in the world according to Georgia. I’m thankful that Georgia isn’t God and doesn’t make…
