Today is my personal 5 year anniversary. February 5, 2000 was the first time I told someone that I was gay. I know it probably sounds odd to remember something like that, but for me it was when I really started being who I actually was, it was like a huge weight was lifted off my shoulders. This quickly lead to me telling others and by that summer I had pretty much told everyone I felt I needed to tell and could consider myself “completely out”. I would personally like to thank Pete and Heather as they were the first people I told and even thought they pretty much had a feeling as to what I was going to say, they waited the hour it took me to actually spit it out and say it out loud myself, which is what I needed to do.
It is hard to believe that it has been five years because they have flown by so quickly. It is great to think of the people I have met since then who have also helped shape me as the person I am today. Thank you to all of you also, you all know who you are. I tend to be a shy person, but I realize how much that has changed also in the past five years also, I guess because I know that I no longer have anything to hide, so there is less reason to be as stubbornly shy as I use to.
The first 5 years has been a great start, I look forward to what all the next 5 has to offer…..