One Woman’s Story About Coming Out Later In Life
Maisie’s Story
Finally giving in to the realization her twenty-year marriage is over, Maisie feels like a failure – to herself and her kids. But living a life of quiet desperation has taken its toll and she can’t keep up the charade of the white picket fence any longer or she’ll go nuts. But is it too late? There was a time she smiled her way through life but now she bawls over her steering wheel on her way to work, touches up her make-up for her co-workers, then ugly-cries all the way home before mopping away trails of mascara to face her husband and kids.
As she plans her escape to a basement apartment big enough to house herself and her children, the unthinkable happens. She finds herself falling in love. Or at least she thinks she is. She fights these feelings with a fierce resistance. But night after night she tosses and turns on the sofa, knocking her little shih zhu, Poppy, from side to side as she struggles with her truth …
How can she possibly be 41 years old and in love with someone 9 years her junior … someone who she used to babysit … someone who happens to be a WOMAN …
How?
Life is about change.
Sometimes it’s painful. Sometimes it’s beautiful.
But most of the time, it’s both.
~Lana Young
The Telling – Part 1
I glanced around the bistro. It overflowed with the lunch crowd, people talking, laughing, sharing good company, enjoying good food. Coffee, strong and rich wafted past...
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The Telling – Part 2
Break It To Them Gently My hands shook badly and I thought I might throw up. I walked slowly down the hall and caught my look in the mirror. Mom’s words came back,...
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You Are Never Too Old To Learn
So, the most often asked question is, “Maisie, how could you be married for twenty years to a man and not know you’re gay?” And my answer has always
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Over and over and over again!
Coming Out ~ My Never-ending Story It began with my sister, Fionna. It was pretty easy coming out to Fi. She actually figured me out way before I was ready to tell. I...
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My Own White Picket Fence
As a child, I was naive. I thought my family was happy. And I was happy. Although I didn’t know the meaning of a ‘white picket fence’ life, every day was...
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Dork is my Middle Name
I don’t know how old I was when it dawned on me that maybe I wasn’t like everyone else. Maybe in high school? But I loved high school and had the best group...
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I Kissed A Girl
She gathered me into her arms and I felt her lips touch mine. The Kiss. How can I explain it? Soft. Gentle. Different. And right. I did not want to open my...
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Construction of a Closet
When I realized I was in love with Jess, she was thirty-two and I was the ripe old age of forty-one. In school, much like me, she liked boys just like her...
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As the Stomach Turns…and Other Rumours
I was in grade ten, uncertain of myself, yet doing my best to look cool and indifferent and most certainly failing miserably. I sat with a group of friends...
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How 2 Women Became 2 Moms
What? Wait a second! I already have 3 children! And I’m bloody 42 years old! I felt my easy grin turn Stepfordish – a robotic, macabre smile pulling at my...
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Why Can’t I Just Be Normal?
I was 40. An awareness was seeping slowly into my brain, a sick panic taking root in my center. I had met my husband – a shy guy with a disarming smile – in...
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Dear Mom and Dad
Dear Mom and Dad, When I was a kid you taught us the importance of family. You taught my sister and brother and I to stand up for each other no matter what...
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