[yorkielady06]

As a mother of 1 boy (heterosexual) and 3 daughters (lesbian) I wish we lived in a perfect world where we did "live and let live" but unfortunately we do not. People judge, criticize and bully every day in every nation. Teens are committing suicide over this, adults are being bullied, fired, and murdered for this.

When my oldest daughter "came out" she asked me what I was thinking and feeling. I told her that no matter what I LOVE HER. I also told her that I wish she could be "normal" whatever that is. That she was not overweight, wearing glasses, or a lesbian. She got a little bent out of shape over me saying this but then I explained:
I wanted all my children to not have to be picked on, ridiculed, bullied, and snickered at. Being a lesbian was not the reason alone and that I would want for her not to have to face all those extra challenges in life when being a teenager is hard enough. Add to that wearing glasses, braces, being overweight and being gay and every card was stacked against her. I cried many nights about how cruel the kids at school were going to be to her and I could not protect her.
My daughter is 20 and in her 3rd year at Simmons College in Boston. She has maintained honors, will graduate a year early with double majors and will be going to law school in the fall of 2011. She graduated in the top 10% in her large high school. She has had her bumps in the road during those teenage years but is on the way to becoming a wonderful adult.
My twin daughters that are a year younger "came out" to me 2 years ago. Their sister had paved the way and they have had a much easier time with it at home but especially at school. They are in their first year of college and doing great. I still told them the same thing, I wish that they were not gay, wish they were not overweight, and list could go on. However, they are my daughters and I love them no matter what. It just is not the life path I would have "chosen" for them. And since they have no choice in how they are programmed they are making the best of what our maker gave them.

I wish that every child parents' loved them unconditionally. I wish that we lived in a perfect world where everyone respected and accepted each other for their uniqueness. I wish that all the animals on the earth were treated kindly and humanely. Unfortunately I am but one person.

So I wear purple today as do my daughters and my son.