Hi, please be patient w/us during this "beginning blog" experience. It occurred to me the other day that I'm sure there are other couples out there like us. We are two lesbians trying to start our family. Where we live in Louisiana there are few examples to go by. Before we started on this "Journey to Start Our Family", we researched several alternatives. I would have loved to been able to sit down with someone and ask them a million questions. Now, 2 years into our journey, we figured maybe we can help someone, encourage someone, support others that are in a similar situation as us.
I thought I'd start out by telling you a little about my wife and me. My name is Barbara and I'm 32-years-old. My wife is Nikki and she's 29-years-old. Our 7th anniversary is "right around the corner". We met on November 2, 2005. Little did we realize then, but just two short months later on January 6, 2006 we would realize our friendship had developed into something much deeper. It was magical! At the time I was involved with a guy. I had previously been involved with women, and knew I had feelings for women, but because of my religious upbringing I tried to suppress them. Unlike my situation, Nikki came out to her family when she was 15-years-old. She is such a strong person! In January, after realizing, rather confessing, our feelings for each other, I had a decision to make. I had never "come-out" to my family and friends. It would be a tremendous step for me. Basically, I went to my parents and was completely honest with them. I was 25 at the time. My family and I have "been at odds" the majority of the past 7 years. They do not agree with how I live my life (being a lesbian). The love I felt for Nikki was worth any repercussions I may face from anyone. I just knew that what I felt for her was something I had never felt with anyone I had ever known. She made my life make sense! She made me stronger! . Being open and free to love whom I want took a weight off my shoulders that I'd carried around far too long! This is the beginning of our love story!
Written by Barbara
It is so funny how close some of our story is! My wife and I are about the same ages and have been together about the same amount of time! My wife also started dating girls when she was in her teens but I didn't really come out until my mid 20s. So cool to find a couple so similar!! Too bad we live so far apart!
ReplyDeleteI thought the same things when I read your posts. It's nice to be able to read someone else's story for encouragement.
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