But the way she processed this information, quite possibly saved her daughter's life and, by extension, the communal life of our family. In a letter to her anti-gay church pastor my grandma wrote:"I have two daughters. "I thought about what abandonment means in the life of a homosexual: abandoned by family, the workplace, society, the church. "After this I knew it was imperative for me to do something for her, for myself, for the whole family. (My Aunt Barbara, Grandma Ellen, and Barbara's wife Suzanne at lunch.

Source: Huffington Post September 10, 2016 22:41 UTC