Gay daddy with son

My kids listened and followed their lead. This included keeping it from our kids and her side of the family. A heartfelt story about family, courage, and the quiet strength it takes to be truly seen and. Chicago offered the stability I needed in a job, friendship and at this point, a new relationship that all contributed to my healing in this new gay world.

The distance was to create some with between my now ex-wife, who struggled being in proximity to me. It all began on a quiet Friday evening when Mum left for her trip. Everyone tells me, “ Mike, you have lived the most unusual gay Christian life ever!

Brandon Puszkiewicz, of Indiana, was 23 years old when came out to his father Matt in Nov. To share the big news, Brandon, now 31, wrote a letter that he mailed to his dad, who later left an. When the moment to break the news to my kids finally came, I had a lot of issues to navigate.

It had been a long 15 months since coming out to my wife, an experience I unfortunately wouldn't describe as positive, fun or something I ever want to repeat. It was 15 months later that I started that same conversation with my three boys -- 9-year-old twins and an year-old.

So here are some feel-good, true scenes from my life as a son, husband to my wife, dad, Papa, and husband. I had decided I needed to be safe, free of the stress and emotionally sane to be a good father to my boys, even if that meant transitioning from every involved dad day-to-day to a day shuttling between Chicago and the suburbs of Detroit multiples times a month.

It wasn't necessarily a bad topic, it just wasn't discussed. What’s it like growing up in a household with two fabulous gay dads? Homosexuality wasn't a topic well discussed in our family. It was a normal part of gay job took her out of town often, and Dad was always the one holding down the fort.

Even prior to coming out, it was hard for me to hear my kids come home with stories of teachers degrading gay marriage or gay people, to see it in their workbooks, reinforcing the bias against being gay. It was wrought with son happiness of finally telling the closest person in my true identity, while simultaneously ripping her world out from under her.

With many emotions and stress, I accepted her daddy to keep the reason for our divorce -- due to me being gay -- a secret for at least another year. We chose the school because we wanted to give our kids access to the best education and a strong foundation to take on the world.

Scott Takacs, a year-old and father of three, penned a personal essay about his experience coming out as a gay man to his sons. Gay marriage was in the news, but not discussed in our house other than the occasional negative comment from a close relative.

Read about his journey below in his own words. We were all adjusting to a new, modern family, more like a family in transition. I was 42 years old when I came out to my wife. The whole experience is somewhat of a blur, mostly in part to the fact that at that surge gay in my life there was a lot of change happening and some significant pent-up emotions.

Gay friends were just friends -- respected but their relationships not necessarily discussed. One hilarious kid shows us–and it’s everything!. My kids attended a very conservative, private Christian school. There wasn't much of a plan, no guidebook in hand, only goals that I hoped my boys would start the process of understanding and accepting their dad for whom I truly was: a gay man.

Through fear, silence, and misunderstanding, they find acceptance and love in the most unexpected way. I never thought much of my dad being alone with me. Over 15 months, I had finalized the divorce, moved again and taken a new job based in Chicago, miles away from my boys.

In many ways, it a loving place for them, but I came to realize that teachers spoke openly against gay culture and textbooks labeled homosexuality as sinful and evil.