Annette's Wanderings

Annette's Wanderings

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Ch 19: The Grief that Set the Stage
How the tragedy and shame of polio sowed the seeds of secret-keeping.
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Ch 14: Straightening Up
Anne and I quickly learned that being together meant hiding who we were to each other to the outside world.
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Ch 17: Do You Want to Know?
My sister's friend Marcia reveals the truth about my life
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Ch 22: Finally Legal, Finally Whole
The U.S. Supreme Court decision in support of marriage equality meant so much more than the legal rights it conferred. With it, came dignity, pride, and…
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Ch 12: The Second Coming (Out)
Six years earlier, a nun outed me to my Mom. Now it was my turn.
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Ch 18: Revisionist History
My mom's best friend offers an alternative theory to how it all happened
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Ch 11: A New Life
After I ended my engagement, I started a new job in a new town, but the universe kept finding ways to make it difficult for me to embrace my new life.
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Ch 2: Making It Official
Death, divorce, marriage, and adoption--critical events in securing the secret
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Ch 13: Smoke and Mirrors
My first lesbian wedding opens the door to previously unimagined possibilities.
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Ch 16: Historical Markers
Sometimes connections come when you least expect them and for reasons you can't comprehend.
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Ch 15: Duck! Duck!
Sometimes laughter snatches the cloth off of the truth and leaves only threads behind.
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Ch 5: Pardon
Through a timely death, my parents are publicly exonerated but privately the secrets become more complicated to unravel.
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