Simon: Did you know?
Emily: I knew you had a secret. But when you were little you were so carefree. But these last few years more and more it’s almost like I can feel you holding your breath. I wanted to ask you about it, but I didn’t want to pry. Maybe I made a mistake.
Simon: No. No mom, you didn’t make a mistake.
Emily: Being gay is your thing. There are parts of it you have to go through alone. I hate that. As soon as you came out you said, “Mom, I’m still me.” I need you to hear this: You are still you, Simon. You are still the same son who I love to tease and who your father depends on for just about everything. And your the same brother who always compliments his sister on her food, even when it sucks. You get to exhale now, Simon. You get to be more you than you have been in, in a very long time. You deserve everything you want.
My dad recently visited me in LA and we went to dinner with him and all of my roommates. He said something that I’d never heard him say before.
He said “Shannon was my little buddy when she was growing up. She just wanted to be with me and around me all the time. Then something changed when she was a teenager. When she came out to me, she came back to me. I got my little girl back.”
I’m emotional just typing it.
