It's gut-wrenching and terrifying how quickly a friend can turn into a monster with absolutely zero self awareness.
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🧵 This is going to be an anonymized #rant about a former friend I've known for ~15 years. I may delete it later, but I need to #vent. #grief #losingFriends

I keep finding things that I bought for them but never got the chance to send to them, stashed around the house. It's depressing. Losing a friendship is hard, particularly one as strong as I had with them. #losingfriendship #friends #losingfriends

Steve Peterson reflects on growing up gay in rural Iowa, turning his experiences of rejection and healing into the Bursting Through movement for the LGBTQ+ community.

#growingupgay #comingout #bullied #Bulling #homophobia #losingfriends #borndifferent #lgbtqcommunity #burstingthrough