Come on in, the water’s great!

Welcome to my little corner of the universe – I’m here to share stories and observations from me and my friends, with the goal of helping you to become the best version of yourself.

Chronicling my Coming Out journey via Glowing Up Gay was only the beginning for me to connect with folks who may be vulnerable or struggling. Thankfully my journey to authentic happiness has a happy ending and an optimistic future, but for many years of my life, I saw myself as a coward. I do acknowledge that it’s brave to come out of the closet at any age and especially after you’ve created a multi-decade persona, but I see most of my young life as one without taking personal risks and wasting emotional energy to deny who I was and spending most of my time pretending to be one person while the real person was effectively dying inside.

Why I am doing this…

I wrote my story to showcase what it’s like to feel trapped for years and then finally break free of that and reinvent yourself. I am no longer afraid of being outed as a gay man and I fully love, embrace, and encourage my true identity. This journey wasn’t easy and didn’t happen overnight. I took a major risk to walk away from my familiar (and admittedly broken) former life. I made plenty of mistakes along the way, but I can honestly say that all these decisions led me to where I am now: happy and at peace with myself. I don’t pretend to have a perfect life, but I’m not living a lie anymore. I passionately love the friends and family that support me and similarly, I do my best to display my love and support in return.

I’m not shy…

I’m not shy about my passions and my goofy side, so there will be plenty of fun along the way with this blog. From music trivia to cooking to the musings of my Chihuahua Felicia, I hope to entertain and educate you and encourage my readers to do the same. Sharing my metamorphosis has been wonderful, but helping others has been even better. When I can connect with someone who has a story like mine or when a colleague or friend reaches out to me about connecting with a loved one, it brings me tremendous joy that I’m helping someone, and that I’m making an impact.

Do you have a story to tell? Hopefully, we can Glow Up together!