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When Supporting Someone You Love Means Grieving Your Expectations

My son came out to me last week and I said all the right things but inside I am grieving and I feel guilty about that.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Love sometimes requires mourning the future we imagined while simultaneously celebrating the truth being revealed.

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