The shooting at Club Q happened in Colorado Springs this past weekend. I woke up on Sunday morning with the horror of the news. Saddened that another senseless murder has hit our community again. I laid in my wife's arms and cried. Cried that it is this...
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Surviving The Holidays
https://youtu.be/q99RzSovgA8 Survival Plan For The Holidays! Join Barb Rowlandson and I as we give survival tips for navigating the holidays when you are coming out and/or getting divorced!Reach out to Barb if you would like to a hand-out for the event....
Coming Out to Our Kids
https://youtu.be/x2x7a-r4tds Join coming out coach Anne-Marie Zanzal and Tonda McKay for their next Facebook Live event as they talk about how to approach coming out to children of all ages. Anne-Marie Zanzal is a coming out coach, chaplain, bereavement counselor,...
Children & Divorce – Some Thoughts
One of the biggest fears we have when considering divorce is the effect it will have on our kids. It is a valid concern. But so often we get stuck in all the negative that we’ve heard about kids with divorced parents that we don’t consider all the ways in which a...
8 Things No One Told You About Divorcing Your Spouse
Divorce is often an off limit topic, yet it’s also very common, so let’s get real and actually talk about it. When we do talk about it, it’s often vague or unemotional, not wanting to burden others or share what sometimes feels like a failure. We are rarely told what...
The Emotional Pain of Getting Divorced
Divorce is rarely if ever, an easy experience, or conversation. Just mentioning it can bring up a lot of discomfort, pain, memories, and opinions from those around us or even in ourselves. So it’s not surprising that when a divorce may be on the horizon or is our...
Fathers Day, By Tonda McKay
Here it comes again. Fathers Day. What I remember most from my childhood moments with my father was his incredible strength. He had huge biceps and used to delight in picking me and my step-sister up with one finger. We would hold onto his hand and he would lift us up...
If I Married a Man and Have Children Can I Still be a Lesbian
It’s not a question a lot of women married to men think they’ll have to answer. Not many would expect to be surprised by new feelings for other women or to have to acknowledge an awakening recognition of something that might’ve been there all along. Chances are,...
A Holiday in Four Parts – Navigating Through Transition
I had a major life transition - actually several - over the past four years. These include a divorce from my spouse of twenty-seven years; coming out as a lesbian at fifty; leaving a long held job; moving from my hometown (twice); starting a new life in ...
Coming out later in Life – Letting go of fear – Mom, Me, and the Library
My partner, Tonda McKay, is a professional photographer and I went with her to a shoot as her assistant. I had the opportunity to roam around the new Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library in Charlotte, North Carolina. This is a truly visually pleasing gem of a...
Coming out later in life – Letting Go of Fear “How are the kids”
It was February and two months before I had left the home I shared with my husband of 27 years. I had made arrangements to house-sit to save some money and to have a place that I could call my own for a couple of months before I would make a decision about my...